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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 / Friday, June 3, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia

Brugmansia Angels Gold Face offers some cheerful summer color

One cultivar I was excited to place into my breeding program last year was Brugmansia Angels Gold Face.  It is an Anne Kirchner-Abel hybrid Brugmansia cultivar originating in Germany.

angelsgoldface-7.jpgAs you can see the blooms are nicely formed with a golden yellow color.  The double skirted blooms are smaller than average and waxy in appearance.  The plant is a vigorous grower and so far my stock plants in 7 gallon pots are at 6-8 feet tall.
angelsgoldface-6.jpgThe majority of the blooms have been displayed in a semi-nodding position, but as the plants mature I have noticed a few more become pendant.

angelsgoldface-4.jpgIt is not a shy bloomer and it loves our Florida weather.  The thicker textured blooms show no sign of wilt even in the heat of the day.

angelsgoldface-5.jpgIt looks like I'm going to end up with seeds from at least a dozen different crosses involving Angels Gold Face this summer.  The first cross to mature was Brugmansia Inca Sun x Angels Gold face and those seedlings have already been moved up to gallon size pots. I expect to see some interesting results from the assortment of crosses I made.

angelsgoldface-3.jpgI really like this Angel Trumpet lots!

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