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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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Sommer Gardens / Monday, September 7, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

White Angel Trumpet Triple Header

While out for a moonlit stroll last night I stumbled across three new Angel Trumpet seedlings in bloom.  The first is an unknown cross with brugmansia Charleston as the pod parent. The blooms have velvety appearance and the plant is thriving under the hot Florida sun.

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This second bloom's cross has stellar parents, but you would never guess that when looking at the blooms.  This a cross between Painted Lady x Tiara.  The blooms are large and fragrant and the plant is quite showy when covered in blooms.

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The final white Angel Trumpet bloom from last night's stroll is also a rather large bloom resulting from a cross between brugmansia Rubirosa x Adeline.   This one prefers not to stay open in the heat of the day, but at night it puts on quiet a show.

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Check back tonight for the conclusion of white week with the posting of pictures of one of my whites that I'll be registering this fall.  





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