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Mutant in paradise... Mutant in paradise...

Mutant in paradise...

Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...

Fred's Garden Blog

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 / Tuesday, September 15, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

I'll only watch this Angel Trumpet because of its parents...

When a new Angel Trumpet displays its first bloom, you never know what the future may hold for it.  Sometimes the blooms get better, sometimes they get worse, and often they bounce back and forth between good and bad.  Well this first bloom on a seedling from a cross between brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief is nothing to get excited about.

pinksmittyxchief-1.jpgBut with the great parents it has, it is certainly worth watching for a few months.  My gut feeling is that the next set of blooms will be a major improvement over this one.  The buds are already forming so we'll see soon!

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