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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, October 8, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

An Angel Trumpet with lots of colors

Today's featured new Angel Trumpet bloom is from a cross between brugmansia Miss Ellie and Daydreams.  This is the second seedling from this cross to have multicolored blooms.  The blooms start out with the light pastel colors of cream, peach, and salmon.

misselliexdaydreams2.jpgAs the blooms mature the colors deepen and the blooms still maintain their multicolor look.  Last year I had another seedling from this cross bloom with the same coloration, except the blooms were all triples.  It was my most watched seedling from last year.  Unfortunately I over fertilized it this summer so it is currently recovering in some fresh new soil.

misselliexdaydreams2-1.jpg

This one will be moved to my watch zone to see how it performs in the long run.

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