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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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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 / Saturday, February 12, 2011 / Categories: Brugmansia

Introducing Brugmansia 'Amber Glow'

I would like to officially introduce everyone to Brugmansia 'Amber Glow', a new brugmansia cultivar I recently registered.

amber glow - mature bloom.jpg
Amber Rose is the result of a cross between Brugmansia L'amour and Charles Grimaldi.

amber glow flower - side view.jpgThis Angel Trumpet is what I would call an "over achiever".  I think it bloomed more than any brug in my collection last summer, including Inca Sun!

amber glow - flower front.jpgThe blooms start out a nice yellow and then turns a golden orange.  Like many orange/yellow Angel Trumpets, the color deepens in the cooler months.

amber glow - plant.jpgIn containers the plants have stayed about 3-4 feet tall, so this should be a great container brug.  The plants have remained relatively pest free and during the past two years of close observation I have yet to spot any fungal problems despite almost daily overhead watering. 

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