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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 / Thursday, January 26, 2012 / Categories: Seedlings

An Angel Trumpet influenced by two great ladies

When you make an Angel Trumpet cross with two classic ladies, you can usually count on some of the offspring being watchers. Here's one seedling from the cross I made between Brugmansia Painted Lady x New Orleans Lady that I feel is worth watching for a few more seasons.
paintedladyxneworleanslady-3.jpgMost pf the blooms on this seedling have had the bloom form pictured above.  Sometimes it will produce a bloom that strongly resembles its father, New Orleans Lady, as you can see below.

paintedladyxneworleanslady-2.jpgAlthough my sense of smell is not that great, I was able to pick-up a nice scent on this one.  I'm sure it was the influence of New Orleans Lady's genes.

paintedladyxneworleanslady.jpgI plan to wait until summer to decide if this one should be a keeper or not.



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