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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 / Friday, November 13, 2009 / Categories: Brugmansia, Seedlings

Working towards a red Angel Trumpet

This new Angel Trumpet seedling is such a deep pink color that it almost appears red when the bloom matures.  It is from a cross of brugmansia Rubirosa x (Peanut x Mountain Magic).

rubirosaxpeanutxmountainmagic.jpgIt has allot going for it thanks to its great parentage.  It is a monster seedling, requiring me to use a step ladder in order to snap this picture.  I've already had a couple other seedlings from this cross bloom with a similar look and I'm watching them all.  I'm certain at least one of them will be worthy of registering and naming next year. 

rubirosaxpeanutxmountainmagic-2.jpgI'm crossing my deepest pinks, along with those that may have a red tinge in the coloration, back to each other in hopes of eventually creating a true red brugmansia.  This may be a pipe dream, but I'm sure I'll at least be able to come up with even deeper pink blooms.


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