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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 3, 2012 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

An Angel Trumpet that's moving closer to becoming a keeper

I have been trialing this Angel Trumpet seedling for three years now and I have decided it is time to make it a keeper.  The cross is Brugmansia Mountain Treasure x American Pride. 

mountaintreasurexamericanpride2.jpgThe blooms have great form, maintain their rich yellow color, and hold up well in our Florida heat. Add that to a fast growing, relatively pest free plant, and you have the potential for a winner.

I have several second generation seedlings growing from crosses I made with this plant.  They are nearing blooming size now and I'm anxious to see how the blooms evolve.

Now it is time to start propagating this beauty and come up with a classy name.

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