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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 / Tuesday, November 8, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Cooler weather means cooler colors for my Angel Trumpets

Now that our nights are cooling off I'm starting to see lots of color in my field of Angel Trumpets.  Here is a new seedling that caught my eye this weekend when I first spotted its blooms.  It is the result of a cross I made between Brugmansia Cassie's Curls and (Ludger's Summer Dream x Creamsicle).

cassiescurlsxludgerssummerdreamxcreamsicle-2.jpgSo far the blooms have all been doubles with layered skirts and wild corolla teeth. 

cassiescurlsxludgerssummerdreamxcreamsicle-3.jpgThe pollen parent of this cross, a Brugmansia Ludger's Summer Dream x Creamsicle seedling I have been carrying over, has a similar bloom form but with more of a yellow coloring.  The pod parent, Brugmansia Cassies Curls, had a greater influence on this seedling's nice orange coloring.
cassiescurlsxludgerssummerdreamxcreamsicle.jpgThis seedling is worth watching for sure and I have already incorporated it into my fall breeding program.



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