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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, April 14, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Brugmansia Pink Smitty with a Lemon Twist

Angel Trumpet Lemon Twist has a rather unique Aurea style bloom that enticed me to use it in a bunch of crosses back in 2009.  Here is the results from one of those crosses, Brugmansia 'Lemon Twist' x 'Pink Smitty'.
lemontwistxpinksmitty-2.jpgLike its mother, this seedling has waxy, horizontal style blooms.  As you can see by the photos, the blooms are a very soft pink with just a hint of yellow.  It will be interesting to see how the color develops over the next couple of bloom cycles.
lemontwistxpinksmitty-1.jpgI have a few more seedlings from this cross that have yet to bloom.  I'm still hoping one may be a double yellow, Aurea style bloom.
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