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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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Brugmansia Painted Lady x Mon Amour de Mareuil

Look at the perfect shape of this Angel Trumpet bloom on a new seedling from a cross I made between Brugmansia Painted Lady x Mon Amour de Mareuil.I captured these photos last week when the weather was cooler.  I'm certain the pink color will deepen in warmer weather and we should see much less green in the corolla tube.I 'm anxious to see how this seedling evolves this spring. I really like the form of this medium sized bloom.  If the corolla tube colors up it will be a winner for sure.
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An Angel Trumpet influenced by two great ladies

When you make an Angel Trumpet cross with two classic ladies, you can usually count on some of the offspring being watchers. Here's one seedling from the cross I made between Brugmansia Painted Lady x New Orleans Lady that I feel is worth watching for a few more seasons.Most pf the blooms on this seedling have had the bloom form pictured above.  Sometimes it will produce a bloom that strongly resembles its father, New Orleans Lady, as you can see below.Although my sense of smell is not that ...
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Angel Trumpet Brugmansia Painted Lady x Adeline

Here's another nice double pink Angel Trumpet that has been blooming frequently this summer.  The seedling is from a cross between Brugmansia Painted Lady and Adeline.The blooms on this seedling are nicely formed and average in size.  With so many new double pink seedlings in bloom, it is really going to be a challenge for me to decide which ones are worthy of naming and registering.
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I think I'll name this Angel Trumpet "Green Eggs & Ham"

Just joking of course!  This Angel Trumpet is one of the more unusual ones I have been watching.  The blooms are unlike any I have seen and consistently have green coloration in them.  The cross is Brugmansia Painted Lady x Sam.  Typically the blooms do not stay as green as this one has, but this bloom ended up with very little pink in it.At first I thought environmental conditions were causing the blooms to be green, but after propagating the plants and growing this cultivar in various ...
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Still watching my neopolitan Brugmansia seedling

Almost two years ago I posted photos of an Angel Trumpet seedling I was growing that had rather unique pink and green coloration.  The cross was Brugmansia Painted Lady x Sam and I believe the hybridizer was Gary Morales.  Here's a photograph taken back in fall of 2008 that shows the unusual coloration.As the bloom matured it still kept the green in its coloration.  I thought the blooms were quite striking at that time.  After seeing the green continue even after a couple of bloom cycles, I ...
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A flamboyant Brugmansia shows off its blooms

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling features large, flamboyant style, soft pink blooms. This floriferous seedling is from the brugmansia cross of Painted Lady x Adeline.  The blooms pictured here are cool weather blooms, which often tend to be lighter in color than those produced in warm weather. The blooms have a nice flounce to them and are long lasting.  The plant has been a vigorous grower and has remained pest free.  I'll watch this one into next summer to see how it performs.
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This Angel Trumpet has flare!

This new double Angel Trumpet seedling has an unusual flare to its blooms.  It is the first seedling to bloom from a cross I made between brugmansia Painted Lady x (Haik Vixen x Creamsicle #4).  The bloom is above average size with the inner skirt being slightly larger than the outer skirt.  This first bloom should color up a bit more as well.  I shot this picture the first day it was open.Below is photo I shot last night, the second day the bloom was open.The second bloom on this seedling ...
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A Goliath of an Angel Trumpet

Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling that is one Goliath of a plant.  Towering over 10 feet tall, this brugmansia cross involving Painted Lady and The Chief is nearly twice the size of other seedlings started at the same time last summer.  It is still trying to get its act together.  The majority of the blooms are doubles, but it does throw out an occasional single bloom from time to time to confuse me.  It has been blooming on and off all summer so the heat does not bother it.  I noticed last ...
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