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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...

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Sommer Gardens / Sunday, May 29, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

A variegated surprise amongst my Angel Trumpets

I'm always on the lookout for anomalies in my Angel Trumpet seedlings, especially in growth habits and foliage.  Last week I spotted this unusual variegation in a Brugmansia Dark Rosetta x Super Pink seedling.
darkrosettaxsuperpink-variegatedsport.jpgThis seedling has three stalks and the variegation only appears on one.  The variegation pattern is unusual and is similar to that of Brugmansia 'Freckles'.  Only time will tell if this variegation pattern will be permanent or if it is just a temporary display triggered by environmental conditions.

darkrosettaxsuperpink-variegatedsport-2.jpgI plan to place this one into my watch zone so I can keep an eye on it this summer.

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