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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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Sommer Gardens / Saturday, December 25, 2010 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Daydreaming as the year comes to an end...

Another great surprise and certainly a nice way to end the year was spotting these Angel Trumpet blooms on a seedling from Brugmansia Hawaiian Double White x (L'Amour x Day Dreams).

hawaiiandoublewhitexlamourxdaydreams-2.jpgThis seedling was carried over from 2009 and finally came back in bloom after a near death experience in last year's freeze.  The calyx is normally not dry and crispy as shown in the photo, that is just the effect from our most recent freeze.

hawaiiandoublewhitexlamourxdaydreams-1.jpgThese blooms have a very strong resemblance to Brugmansia Day Dreams.  The biggest differences between the two are that the tendrils on this seedling are slightly longer, and the corolla tube on the bloom is skinnier and a bit longer than you will find on Day Dreams.  One of my goals for 2011 is to take lots of comparison shots of blooms when I find similar flowers in bloom at the same time.  You can be assured you'll find this one lined up beside a bloom from Day Dreams.





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