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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...
Just what I need, another garden vice... Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need, another garden vice...

Just what I need on my already overflowing plate, another garden vice! I'm totally swamped with my brugmansia hybridizing program  yet I...
An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

An elegant brugmansia seedling earns keeper status

I've been watching this brugmansia seedling perform for several years now and decided it was time to make it a keeper!
Looking back into the past.... Looking back into the past....

Looking back into the past....

It is hard to imagine that it has been nearly 5 years since I was actively posting to my garden blog. Today is the start of a new era as I commit to...
Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Introducing Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea'

Brugmansia 'Audrey Lea' is a recent Sommer Gardens introduction with nearly red double blooms.  When you see the photo album below...

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.

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A new golden Angel Trumpet illuminates the midnight sky

I've had so many yellow/orange seedlings bloom this fall that it is really going to be a challenge to decide which ones are worthy of keeping.  Here is one I just placed in my watch zone.  It is from a cross I made between Brugmansia Angel's Moonlight and Bert.Here in Florida I feel it is very important to grow out any promising yellow/orange Angel Trumpet seedlings for at least a year before deciding if they are worthy of keeping.  Yellow and Orange cultivars are more susceptible to fungal ...
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March wraps up as the golden Angel Trumpet month

March turned out to be a golden Angel Trumpet month with more than a dozen promising new yellow/orange seedlings blooming for the first time.  Here is another one that stood out amongst the rest.  It is from a cross involving Brugmansia Ludger's Windsong x Angel's Moonlight.  The blooms on this seedling were above average in size with a nice thick texture.  They started out gold and then turned more orange as they aged.  The color was extremely rich and you could spot these blooms from ...
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An Angel Trumpet teases me before I head out of town

This new Angel Trumpet seedling decided to tease me right before I left for a multi-day work trip this past weekend.  It is from a cross between Brugmansia Angel's Moonlight x Jazzy. The bloom was average in size with great form and substance.Seeing how I was gone for 4 days, I have no idea what the final color turned out to be or how the bloom evolved...I hate when that happens!  I'll anxiously be awaiting the next set of blooms so I can evaluate the seedling further. 
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Some Angel Trumpet Monkey Business

Of course I'm referencing Angel Trumpet Jamie's Monkey Business, who happens to be the mother of this fine seedling. This seedling was the first one to bloom from a batch I have growing from the cross between brugmansia Jamie's Monkey Business x Angel's Moonlight.  At one point all the tendrils were pointing straight up, but now they are becoming a bit more relaxed.I'm awaiting a big surprise this week when this seedling's neighbor, a seedling from Jamie's Monkey Business x America, first ...
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