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Mutant in paradise...

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 / Sunday, August 30, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Another glimse of sunshine...

Orange Sunshine that is.  Here's a bloom from another Angel Trumpet seedling from the cross of brugmansia Orange Sunshine x Pink Smitty.  The first bloom to open on this seedling was a stuffed one as you can see below.

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The remaining blooms in this initial flush were more stacked.  The blooms lasted for several days under our hot Florida sun and they filled the air with a pleasant fragrance at night.  If it maintains those traits during the rest of the summer I'll make some crosses with it this fall.

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I noticed buds on several more seedlings from this cross should open this week and several appear to be doubles.  The waiting game begins...



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