﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:28:42 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Sommer Gardens - Hybridizing</title><link>https://sommergardens.com:443/Garden-Blog/rss/category/779/hybridizing</link><atom:link href="https://sommergardens.com:443/Garden-Blog/rss/category/779/hybridizing" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Mutant in paradise...]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/mutant-in-paradise</link><description><![CDATA[ Several years ago I was fortunate to obtain some brugmansia seeds from Australian brugmansia hybridizer, Shaun Douglas, with parentage with mutant foliage. The mutant foliage in most of the parents ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 03:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/mutant-in-paradise</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-2217]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Just what I need, another garden vice...]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/just-what-i-need-another-garden-vice</link><description><![CDATA[ Every since I was a kid I've always loved colorful coleus plants. My mom and my grandmother always had coleus igrowing in their flower gardens, and early on I learned how easy it was to root coleus ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 05:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/just-what-i-need-another-garden-vice</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-2216]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/an-elegant-brugmansia-seedling-earns-keeper-status</link><description><![CDATA[ This is one of several seedlings from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Jazzy' and 'Sweet Summertime' that I have in my watch zone. The elegant and consistant bloom form make it easy to see why ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/an-elegant-brugmansia-seedling-earns-keeper-status</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-2215]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Looking back into the past....]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/looking-back-into-the-past</link><description><![CDATA[ As I scroll through some of my earlier posts posts it saddens me to know that many of the brugmansia seedlings featured in the posts are no more. Most perished in hard winter freezes before my shade ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/looking-back-into-the-past</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-2214]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Hoping for a double...]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/hoping-for-a-double-brugmansia</link><description><![CDATA[ 
	Since spring several seedlings from a cross I made between Brugmansia 'Jessie Noel' and 'New Orleans Lady' have come into bloom.  This one is the first to show signes of being a multi-skirted ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/hoping-for-a-double-brugmansia</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-2212]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The craziness starts all over again...]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/the-craziness-starts-all-over-again</link><description><![CDATA[In early February I started sowing seeds from some of my 2011 Brugmansia crosses.  I had no idea how many unique crosses I had until started creating the community pots.  Each one of the pots below ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:46:32 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/the-craziness-starts-all-over-again</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1642]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[A busy bee attempts some summer hybridizing ]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/a-busy-bee-attempts-some-summer-hybridizing</link><description><![CDATA[Now that our summer heat has settled in I have completely given up on attempting to make any new Brugmansia crosses until fall.  Meanwhile this busy bee has arrived for a quick drink and perhaps an ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:24:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/a-busy-bee-attempts-some-summer-hybridizing</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1743]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Now its time for Seedapalooza]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/now-its-time-for-seedapalooza</link><description><![CDATA[Now that Podapalooza is winding down its time for Seedapalooza!  My back is already aching just thinking about the future work these little seeds will create. Here's a recent batch ready to be topped ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:10:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/now-its-time-for-seedapalooza</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1749]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[A naked seed pod]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/a-naked-seed-pod</link><description><![CDATA[The skin on some Brugmansia seed pods can be as tough as leather, allowing a ripe pod to hang on the plant for weeks and weeks after it has dried.  For others, the skin disintegrates in a matter of ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:37:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/a-naked-seed-pod</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1750]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Angel Trumpet Podfest 2011]]></title><link>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/angel-trumpet-podfest-2011</link><description><![CDATA[In recent weeks I have been harvesting ripe seed pods from my Spring Brugmansia crosses.  After two consecutive years of freezes and very few seed pods, this bountiful seed pod harvest is well ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:39:57 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/angel-trumpet-podfest-2011</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1754]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>