Sommer Gardens / Friday, November 13, 2009 / Categories: Hybridizing, Brugmansia, Seedlings A jungle of Angel Trumpets A couple of readers have asked where all my Angel Trumpet blooms come from so I decided to post a few photos of my primary growing areas. Today's photos are from what I call my brug jungle. This is an area where I tie the largest brugmansia seedlings to rows of rope to help keep them upright. The seedlings are in 3-4 gallon size pots and have to be at least 6 feet tall to earn their place in one of these rows. This photo shows older seedlings carried over from 2008. Many suffered damage in last year's freezes and are just now preparing to bloom. Most of the plants tied up here are 7-8 feet tall. Here's a picture showing the younger seedlings that have an average age of just over a year old. My guess is that I have about 1,200 brugmansia seedlings in my "tie zone".When these seedlings bloom they are either tagged as watch, trash, or sell. I often wait a couple of bloom cycles before I get around to tagging them. Some of the ones I want to watch are immediately pulled and placed in 7 gallon pots. If any show signs of weakness or possible disease, they are yanked right away and put in my burn pile. The ones marked "sell" are ones that are nice seedlings, but are not unique enough to be carried over into my hybridizing program. I plan to sell some of these at a couple of spring plant shows in 2010. I'll wait until winter before I before I start pulling the "to be trashed" ones from the mix. Field of Angel Trumpets A Brugmansia with classic form, just like momma... Print Rate this article: No rating 6664 Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsSeedlings