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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 / Monday, November 30, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

This Angel Trumpet graduates to "keeper" status

Here's a beautiful Angel Trumpet that has earned a spot in my "keeper" zone and is now awaiting a name so I can register it.  I grew this beauty from brugmansia seeds I purchased from JT Sessions at Country Gardens.  The cross is brugmansia Goldfinch x Peanut.

goldfinchxpeanut-4.jpgThe blooms are more petite than most doubles with a color that is hard to describe.  The cooler the weather, the darker the blooms. 

goldfinchxpeanut-5.jpgAs the blooms mature the tendrils appear to wrap even tighter towards the bloom.  This plant has remained on the smaller side so it should be an ideal container plant.


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