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Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...

Fred's Garden Blog

After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

Sommer Gardens / Thursday, August 4, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia

A Sacajawea Sunset

One thing I love about Central Florida is that we have beautiful sunsets almost every day.  Here's a photo I captured yesterday of Brugmansia Sacajawea silhouetted by a thunderstorm.
sacajawana-silhouette.jpgWhat is unusual about this photo is that I am shooting towards the east, not the west, so you would expect this to be a sunrise photo instead.  This sunset was so bright that it encompassed the entire skyline, reflecting off the numerous afternoon thunderstorms in the area.

sacajawana-flash.jpgA touch of fill-in flash shows off the beauty of this bright yellow Angel Trumpet.  Brugmansia Sacajawea was introduced by Alice Harris and was named in honor of Indian Princess Sacajawea, made famous by explorers Lewis & Clark in the early 1800's. 

I made a bunch of crosses with Brugmansia Sacajawea this past spring and just recently sowed the seeds. Hopefully I'll have some of her beautiful children to show off next fall.


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