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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 / Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

An Angel Trumpet that stacks up

Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling from the cross between brugmansia Orange Sunshine x Pink Smitty.  You may recall from previous posts that this is a cross where I'm growing close to 100 seedlings from the same cross in order to document the broad range of blooms produced.

orangesunshinexpinksmitty4-1.jpgAt first glance this seedling did not do much for me.  But after it had 5-6 blooms open at once, it stood out.  The blooms are large, snow white, and all have separated or stacked skirts.  It is a vigorous grower and the blooms are holding up well in our still summer-like weather.

orangesunshinexpinksmitty4-2.jpg
Not sure what I will do with this one, but for now I'll let it grow.




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