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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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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, May 26, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

An Angel Trumpet merged with a citrus tree

This beautiful Angel Trumpet seedling is also a carry over from last year.  It is the result of a cross I made between Brugmansia seedling (Jacayna x The Chief) #5 x Brugmansia America.

jacaynaxchief5xamerica-4.jpgDon't be confused by the citrus like foliage and what appears to be green fruit hanging nearby.  While I wish my hybridizing skills would allow me to cross a Brugmansia with citrus tree, this navel tree is just acting as a support structure for an overgrown plant in queue to be re-potted.

So far all the blooms have had triple corolla skirts and have remained medium in size.  It is not a shy bloomer and performs well in the heat.

jacaynaxchief5xamerica-5.jpgThis seedling will be bumped up to a 7 gallon pot this weekend and placed in my watch zone for the summer.


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