Fred's Garden Blog: November 2009 Archives

A German Angel Trumpet seedling that loves to bloom

Today's features Angel Trumpet seedling is one I have been growing for a couple of years now. It is a cross between brugmansia Color Point x Angel's Flight, both from Germany. The blooms are large and plentiful and the plant is a vigorous grower. It has a very strong resemblance to its mother, Color Point.

I have used this Angel Trumpet seedling in dozens and dozens of crosses since last year, both as a pod parent and as a father. I'm hoping a few of the Angel's Flight genes have been passed on to the new seedlings. Several seedlings from my CP x AF crosses should bloom this winter.

As you can see by this picture, it blooms with clusters of large pendant blooms making it an ideal candidate for a "standard".

Because this seedling has performed so well for me here in Florida, I plan to name and register it soon.

A monster Angel Trumpet illuminates the night

While we still have a couple of days until the full moon, this Angel Trumpet was glowing under the moonlit sky when I made my rounds tonight. It's another seedling from the cross between brugmansia Orange Sunshine and Pink Smitty. The only thing special about this bloom is that it is a monster. The face of the bloom has to be at least 12 inches across!

This Angel Trumpet would make daddy proud

Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling that bears a strong resemblance to its father, Rosalie. Today's featured seedling is a cross between brugmansia Bernstein x Rosalie. Now if we could just get Bernstein's bright orange color into this bloom, and add Rosalie's hardiness and blooming ability, we would surely have a winner. This seedling has potential and will be used in further hybridizing.

This Angel Trumpet is begging for color...

Today's Angel Trumpet is getting its act together with its form, but it is certainly needs an injection of color. This seedling is an offspring from a brugmansia cross involving Miss 'B Havin x Seminole Moon. Several blooms preceded the one pictured, but none have colored up more than this one shows. We just had some cool weather move in so maybe that will have an influence on the next bloom that is about to open. After shooting this photo I pollinated this bloom with some pollen from Orange Zest in hopes the next generation will show more color.

An Angel Trumpet, then and now....

While preparing today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling, I came across photographs of a sibling from the same brugmansia cross that bloomed in early October. I had prepared the photos to post back then, but forgot to create the post. The cross is brugmansia Shooting Star x Masquerade. Here's a photo I took in October of the first seedling from this cross to bloom.

You would not expect to see a pink bloom when you cross Shooting Star, a single orange, to Masquerade, a double/triple white, But when you study the brugmansia family tree you realize where the pink comes from, Masquerade's father, Rubirosa.

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is another one from the cross of brugmansia Shooting Star x Masquerade. The blooms are also singles like the pink one, but different in color and form.

The blooms on this seedling are medium in size with a slight fragrance. It is a heavy bloomer and proudly displayed more than a dozen blooms in its first flush. It is already back in bud and its next flush should be even larger.

I have several more seedlings from this cross yet to bloom and I'm sure we can expect more surprises when they bloom.

A powerful Angel Trumpet for Thanksgiving Day

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between brugmansia Goldfinch x Rubirosa. The blooms are large with a nice form and color.

This seedling is quite different from a previous seedling from brugmansia Goldfinch x Rubirosa that I commented on in August. That seedling had petite, single white blooms. I still have a couple more seedlings from this cross yet to bloom. It would be great if one combined Goldfinch's color with the style of the bloom pictured above. You never know.....

What's up with this Angel Trumpet bloom?

Well this is certainly a strange Angel Trumpet bloom. The outer skirt of the bloom is a deep green while the inner layers have colored up. it is not uncommon to find the innermost skirt to be late to develop, but I have never seen this happen with the outer skirt. It is almost as if the skirt layers are reversed in this bloom. Perhaps it was just the first bloom jitters for this brugmansia seedling? I'm anxious to see what the next bloom does.

Another baby picture...

Here's a baby anole lizard that was learning how to keep watch over my brugs tonight. With his tail extended he was just over two inches long. What a cutie...

Another Angel Trumpet that forgot who its parents were

In today's new Angel Trumpet seedling there is no resemblance to to either one of the parents. It is a cross between brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief. I'm sure this look is linked back to Pink Smitty as I have seen numerous single pink Aurea style blooms come out of the many Pink Smitty crosses I am growing. The blooms on this brugmansia seedling are waxy in appearance, thick textured and long lasting. I can't remember what the fragrance was like.

A couple of months ago I posted comments and photos of another seedling from the cross of brugmansia Pink Smitty x The Chief. That one was sort of a challenged double with a much darker color. I do not recall if that one has bloomed again since that original post. I know I still have a couple more seedlings from this cross yet to bloom.

A deadline you do not want to meet..

Last night when I was out making my rounds, I came across several additional large slugs amongst my brugmansia seedlings. Now I know why the slugs are so large. Not only are they eating my Angel Trumpets, they are eating the fertilizer I recently applied as well!!!

Finding so many large slugs in such a short period of time convinced me that I need to resort to chemical warfare if I am going to get them under control. While I was at the growers supply store today I purchased some industrial strength slug and snail bait. The product is called Deadline, and I'm hoping that this will be the only deadline the snails and slugs will have to meet!

Another new pink Angel Trumpet seedling struts its stuff

Here's a beautiful new Angel Trumpet from a brugmansia cross involving Pink Smitty x Miss Emily Meckenzie. The blooms were large, thick textured, long lasting and fragrant. The big question is, "are these blooms special enough to rise above the hundreds of other new single pinks that have bloomed this season?" Well this one will have a couple more months to prove itself before it gets tagged. U6SPVYH7MEES

On the lookout tonight....

Lookout bugs, the frog patrol is on watch tonight. I glad that at least one of my brugmansia leaves is being protected tonight.

I'm not sure what is so macho about Hibiscus Macho Man

I'm not sure I would call this a macho bloom, but it sure is a beautiful one. Meet exotic hibiscus 'Macho Man'.

An Angel Trumpet that thinks it's a rose...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling has such a full bloom it almost looks as if the flower is a rose, or other full bodied flower like a mum or carnation. This beautiful bloom was produced by an Angel Trumpet seedling from a cross between brugmansia Naughty Nick x Cleopatra.

Based on the parentage, this seedling has a double dose of color genes in it. How cool would it be to have a future cross generate a yellow or orange bloom like the one above?! When I sliced the bloom open I found four separate skirts. Below is bloom number two just starting to open.

This seedling quickly graduated to my watch zone and a nice comfortable 7 gallon pot.

Guardian of my pots.....

This friendly wolf spider sort of makes you think twice before you grab an empty pot.

Looks like remnants of his lunch is on the bottom.

Today's new Angel Trumpet, a yellow softie...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is proudly showing off its butter yellow blooms. This seedling is the result of a cross between brugmansia Velvet Rose x Goldfinch. Velvet Rose is one of the most durable Angel Trumpets I have growing in my yard, while Goldfinch has been struggling to remain healthy and was recently trashed. Perhaps this seedling has retained the best genes of both parents.

As you can see below, it is not a shy bloomer. The blooms were long lasting and very fragrant. Although nice, I'm not sure this seedling is special enough to earn a spot in my watch zone. It has a couple more months to impress me before it gets tagged for its ultimate destiny.

An Angel Trumpet that's back in the watch zone...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is a seedling that was carried over from my 2008 watch zone. It is from a brugmansia seedling from a cross between (Hawaiian Double White x L'amour) x Day Dreams.

This brugmansia seedling has turned out to be a real beauty. It had a major setback in last winter's freeze and had to rebound from ground level. It is just now getting large enough for me to grab a few cuttings and try and root them. If it propagates well and remains true to itself it may be well on the way to become a registered and named cultivar next year.

Strange bedfellows...you guys really disgust me!

How disgusting, two of the most hated creatures in my nursery are teaming up once again to eat all my Angel Trumpets!

Thank goodness I had my trusty scissors with me, and thank goodness that they do not regenerate when cut in half. When the slugs get to be larger than my thumb like the one below, it's time to bring out the slug bait! Perfect timing too, it will be their Thanksgiving dinner!

Exotic Hibiscus Stuffed Jalapeno

Here's one of my favorite multicolor hibiscus. Meet exotic hibiscus 'Stuffed Jalapeno'.

A super-sized Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling has super-sized blooms, similar in size to those of Miss Emily Meckenzie. This brugmansia is a cross between (Luminosa x Charleston) x Native Habitat Double Peach,

I like the form and color found in these blooms and I plan to cross it back to Native Habitat Dbl Peach, New Orleans Lady and Langenbuscher Garten for starters.

Exotic Hibiscus Cherry Appaloosa

Here's a hibiscus that just started blooming for me. Meet exotic hibiscus 'Cherry Appaloosa'.

This Angel Trumpet is looking better and better

All I can say is wow, this fat little Angel Trumpet sure is coloring up nicely. The color has turned a richer orange since the photo I shot yesterday afternoon. It is quite the porker too. The bloom is fully stuffed so it must be at least a triple. I plan to cut it open tonight to see if it has any pollen. Of course while I'm in there I may do some pollinating too. :)

An Angel Trumpet straight from the enchanted forest..

Here's an Angel Trumpet that is suited for an enchanted forest. These first blooms from an Angel Trumpet seedling from a cross between brugmansia Adeline x Miss Caylie have a wild and crazy look to them. Remember, you should never judge a new brug seedling by its first set of blooms so we'll anxiously wait for the next bloom cycle to see if it can iron things out.,

Anticipation.....an Angel Trumpet worth watching.

This afternoon I spotted a cool new bloom on one of my Angel Trumpet seedlings. It was missing its tag so I'm not sure what its parentage is. Beside it were brugmansia seedlings from a cross between Masquerade and Shooting Star and seedlings from a cross between Naughty Nick and Cassies Curls. Right now I'm leaning towards the Naughty Nick cross. Anyways, it looks like it is going to be a keeper for sure. It just started coloring up when I took this picture so I'm anxious to see what it looks like tomorrow.

Cajun Hibiscus Black Dragon

Here's a photo of Cajun Hibiscus 'Black Dragon' taken early in the day. Exotic hibiscus can have major color swings based on the environment. When the conditions are right this one will turn a very dark red. I'll post a photo of it when it is in dark phase later.

Is this Angel Trumpet made of porcelain?

It almost appears as if this Angel Trumpet seedling is made of porcelain! Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between brugmansia Rothkirch and New Orleans Lady.

The blooms start out porcelain white with just a hint of apricot color in the tendrils. The blooms also have a nice fragrance, but it is not quite as strong as that of its father, New Orleans Lady.

As the blooms mature the tendrils perform a complete re-curve and form a symmetrical pattern within the bloom. These flowers are thick textured and held up well in the Florida heat.

I will most likely cross it back to both Rothkirch and New Orleans lady in hopes of getting some color.

Welcome to the Angel Trumpet Inn

It is virtually impossible to take an evening stroll through my brugmansias without finding at least a couple chameleons sleeping away on the brugs. Sleeping that is of course until I wake them up with my flash. :)

Hibiscus Barry Schlueter

Meet Exotic Hibiscus Barry Schlueter, named after legendary hibiscus hybridizer, Barry Schlueter.

Field of Angel Trumpets

Following up on yesterday's post showing pictures of my staked brugmansia growing area, here is a photo of a portion of my open growing area. The Angel Trumpet plants on the left side are in one gallon pots, and the ones on the right are in 2-4 gallon sized pots. The one gallon pots are placed pot to pot and average 4-5 feet tall. I would guess that this photo shows about 1/3 of my open growing area.

A Brugmansia with classic form, just like momma...

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is a real beauty! It is the result of a cross between brugmansia Taylor Dawn x Rubirosa.

The blooms have a strong resemblance to its momma, Taylor Dawn, and are similar in size. This one will be carried over into 2010 and will most likely be part of several back crosses this winter.

Up, up and away!

While I was home for lunch today I managed to capture a photo of the space shuttle launch. Here it is taking off over the horizon.

Even though I'm smack dab in the center of the state, shuttle launches are still dramatic.

A jungle of Angel Trumpets

A couple of readers have asked where all my Angel Trumpet blooms come from so I decided to post a few photos of my primary growing areas. Today's photos are from what I call my brug jungle. This is an area where I tie the largest brugmansia seedlings to rows of rope to help keep them upright. The seedlings are in 3-4 gallon size pots and have to be at least 6 feet tall to earn their place in one of these rows.

This photo shows older seedlings carried over from 2008. Many suffered damage in last year's freezes and are just now preparing to bloom. Most of the plants tied up here are 7-8 feet tall.

Here's a picture showing the younger seedlings that have an average age of just over a year old. My guess is that I have about 1,200 brugmansia seedlings in my "tie zone".

When these seedlings bloom they are either tagged as watch, trash, or sell. I often wait a couple of bloom cycles before I get around to tagging them. Some of the ones I want to watch are immediately pulled and placed in 7 gallon pots. If any show signs of weakness or possible disease, they are yanked right away and put in my burn pile.

The ones marked "sell" are ones that are nice seedlings, but are not unique enough to be carried over into my hybridizing program. I plan to sell some of these at a couple of spring plant shows in 2010.

I'll wait until winter before I before I start pulling the "to be trashed" ones from the mix.

An Angel Trumpet on steroids emerges...

Here's an unknown Angel Trumpet seedling from a brugmansia cross with Jazzy as the pod parent. It has turned out to be quite the plant monster, almost as if it was on plant steroids. For starters it is a 6 foot tall, multi-trunk plant growing in a one gallon pot that has rooted itself in the ground. This is at least 2-3 times larger than other seedlings from the same cross. The blooms are also giants averaging 11-12 inches across. They are thick textured, fragrant, and have a rather unusual form similar to that of Jazzy. The one big difference between this bloom and those of Jazzy's is that this seedling's blooms are double in size. This one plant must have a dozen blooms open now with an equal number of buds forming.

I broke down and pollinated several of the blooms last night...it was sort of hard to overlook the possibilities.

Cajun Hibiscus 'Voodoo Magic'

Here's another beautiful exotic hibiscus with large, dinner plate sized blooms. Meet Cajun Hibiscus Voodoo Magic!

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).

It 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.

I'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.

A couple of Angel Trumpet pink softies...

From my missing tag collection of Angel Trumpets come these two brugmansia seedlings with a nice shade of pink.

Both of these are nice and worthy of growing by someone so I'll probably add them to my plant sale group to offer for sale at one of the spring plant shows.

Look into my eyes...

If only I was bigger I would bite your head off you stupid human... (bug talking)

My final Friday the 13th post for today!

Yum, I love honey!

That's what this dragon fly was thinking while he was munching on this honey bee!

Remember, it's Friday the 13th so all my posts will be scary today. :)

Bananas anyone?

Oops, forgot to mention that I'm referencing Banana Spiders, not the fruit! :)

These guys can get almost as big as your hand with nylon-like webbing.

Angel Trumpets in Whoville

Seeing how today is Friday the 13th, I figured it is only appropriate that I post bizarre photos to match the day. Here's an Angel Trumpet you would expect to find in Whoville.

I know Dr. Suess would be proud of this one -

Bud beds

Everyone knows what a bunk bed is, but how about a bud bed?

This friendly chameleon looks mighty comfy laying on this brugmansia bud!

Exotic Hibiscus Harvet Moon

This exotic hibiscus is a real beauty. Say hello to Hibiscus 'Harvest Moon'!

An Angel Trumpet basking in the midnight mist

In the wee hours of the morning today I captured this Angel Trumpet bloom peaking out from a row of seedlings. It is a seedling from a cross of brugmansia Rubirosa x Dorthea. Although it is reaching up as if to collect the evening mist, I expect the future blooms to be more nodding. This bloom just happened to be resting on a leaf causing it to point upwards. I like the color and form found in this bloom and I plan to cross it back to both Rothkirch and Rubirosa soon.

An Angel Trumpet that is trying its best to impress me...

Today's new Angel Trumpet seedling is trying its best to impress me with its orange blooms, but it still has a long way to go to become a keeper. This is a cross between brugmansia Olympic Flame x (Creamsicle x Candida Pink). The plant has become a monster, towering about 8 feet tall in less than a year. It is not a shy bloomer, however the blooms do not hold up well in the heat. This one may be a good candidate for my yard, or maybe even the compost pile.

Good grief, here's that guy with the camera again....

If tree frogs could talk....

Great parents produce another Angel Trumpet to watch

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross involving brugmansia Rubirosa x Sam. With great parents like those you would expect this seedling to be a winner, and it is! I have another seedling from this cross that has bloomed and the blooms are even nicer. This one will get moved up to a larger pot and placed in my watch zone to see how it performs in the long run. I also plan to cross it back to Rubirosa when the next set of blooms open.

Another touch of Angel Trumpet Gold

While out making my rounds last night I found another Angel Trumpet seedling blooming from my brugmansia cross between (Rosamond x L'amour) and Inca Sun. You can see similar coloration as the seedling I posted on my blog yesterday. This bloom is much larger though, nearly a foot across, and is star shaped. There are more seedlings from this cross in bud now so we'll see soon what other surprises are in store for us.

My dew drenched friend...

I caught this little guy napping away tonight, soaking up the midnight dew.

Cajun Hibiscus 'Gumbo'

One reason why I like exotic hibiscus is the broad range of colors available. The blooms inspire me to work harder trying to hybridize more colors into brugmansia. Green and brown colored blooms are becoming more popular with hibiscus and here you can see why. Here's the Cajun Hibiscus 'Gumbo'.

An Angel Trumpet that really wowed me

Here's an Angel Trumpet that really wowed me over the weekend. This is the first seedling to bloom from a cross I made last fall between brugmansia (Rosamond x L'amour) x Inca Sun.

The photos do not do justice to the intense orange color found in these blooms. The blooms were waxy in appearance and very fragrant, which is an added bonus.

Finding so many great new orange blooming seedlings this fall, I'm going to have a tough time creating a short list of ones to watch in 2010.

More golden Angel Trumpets

This fall my seedlings have rewarded me with dozens of new golden yellow/orange blooms. Yesterday I found this bloom on a brugmansia seedling from a cross between Mountain Treasure x Inca Sun.

I'll be anxious to see if Inca Sun's blooming qualities are passed on to this seedling. It has plenty of good qualities that make it worthy of watching for a few more seasons.

An Angel Trumpet sunrise

This Angel Trumpet bloom shines above rest during today's early morning sunrise. It is a seedling from a cross between brugmansia Mon Amour de Mareuil x Shooting Star. The blooms on this seedling are very fragrant and long lasting but so far the color has not intensified past a light apricot color. I recently crossed it back to several deep orange cultivars in hopes of injecting more color into this cross.

Jazzing up an Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between Brugmansia Jazzy x Naughty Nick. This is the second seedling from this cross to bloom for me this summer.

I featured the first seedling in late September and if you compare the two sets of blooms, they are look similar. The main difference between the two seedlings is that this one has more of a caramel color and the other seedling had salmon colored blooms.

There are a bunch more seedlings from this cross to bloom and I'm hoping one turns out to have the bloom style of Naughty Nick and Jazzy's color.

Hibiscus Peace Train

Here is a beautiful exotic hibiscus that has been rewarding me with dinner plate sized blooms all summer. Meet Hibiscus 'Peace Train' -

Meet Australian Robin Gordon

When I was out in Southern California last winter I came back home with an assortment Australian plants including Grevilleas, Banksias, Proteas and the like. Our relentless humidity is the biggest enemy to growing these in Central Florida but I was willing to experiment. I managed to keep most of them alive during our hot muggy summers and now they are starting to reward me with flowers. I'll be heading out west again this winter and surely bring back more.

Here is Grevillea Robin Gordon -

A mixed marriage involving two Angel Trumpet legends

Today's featured Angel Trumpet blooms are the outcome of the mixed marriage of the America brugmansia Butterfly, and the German brugmansia Joli. Butterfly is a classic American hybrid and Joli is a European one.

When you look at the results you can see quality traits from both parents in the blooms. So far all the blooms have been resilient, six pointers, with a nice fragrance. The blooms have lasted nearly a week and what was surprising was that the tendrils held up equally as well. Usually they are the first part of a bloom to show wear and tear from the weather.

The green coloration in the corolla tube tends to last longer than I like, but that just may be a temporary trait the blooms will grow out of as the seedling matures. Some plant enthusiasts actually like the contrast the green coloration provides.

If you could see the base of the plant you would be surprised to see that it is growing with its siblings in a 15 pot cell pack tray. I never got around to moving these seedlings up to larger pots this summer and all the seedlings have rooted themselves into the ground quite nicely. This was the first seedling in the tray to bloom.

Angel Trumpet Axel Rose and one its offspring

Here's another Angel Trumpet seedling with Axel Rose in the mix. It is a cross between brugmansia Axel Rose x Genevieve.

The blooms are what I call average in size and are a deep golden orange color. I have lots of seedlings involving Axel Rose yet to bloom and it will be interesting to see if any break out of the yellow-orange trend the blooms to date have had.

For those of you not familiar with Axel Rose, it is a green on green variegated sport from Maya, another variegated brugmansia. The blooms start out cream colored and age to a light apricot color. Here's a photo of Axel Rose.

Cajun Hibiscus Bold 'n Sassy

While it may appear that all I grow is brugmansia, I did start collecting exotic hibiscus last fall. I cuurently have about 60 named cultivars and will soon be experimenting with the hybridization of those as well. I have a bunch of hibiscus seedlings growing now from seeds I purchased earlier this summer. I expect the first seedlings to start blooming by spring.

When I first thought about hybridizing hibiscus I was under the impression that they could be pollinated in the summer. I was excited because I thought this would fill the void left during the hot summer months when it is nearly impossible to get pods to set on my Angel Trumpets. Once I started researching hibiscus I quickly learned that it is just as hard to set pods on them during the heat of summer as it is with brugmansia. At least the hibiscus bloom like crazy during the summer months.

With many of my hibiscus flowering right now, I figured this would be a great time to start sharing photos of hibiscus as well.

Here's a bright red Cajun Hibiscus called Bold n Sassy.

Another orange Angel Trumpet that caught my eye

While I was out taking a moonlit stroll through my Angel Trumpets last night, I came across some additional orange blooms that really caught my eye. They are from a cross of brugmansia Cassie's Curls x an unknown father. I have a bunch of seedlings from this cross growing and so far they have yielded quite a diverse group of blooms.

The unique coloration and fat blooms were unlike any blooms I have seen on cultivars growing here in the states. I'll be watching this one for the next few months to see how it develops.

I have a pod!!!!

I just found my first Angel Trumpet seed pod of the fall season! One disadvantage of hybridizing brugmansia in Florida is that it is nearly impossible to get crosses to take and set pods when the temps are in the 90's. A couple of weeks ago we had a mini cold snap that lasted for a couple of days. The first night it was cool out I went outside and pollinated about 30 blooms. A couple of days later the temps were back up in the 90's and breaking records. Because of that i did not expect any crosses to take and I was quite surprised to find this lone pod tonight.

Unexpected results from this Angel Trumpet cross

Last year I made a bunch of crosses involving Brugmansia Axel Rose in hopes that its variegation would be passed on either by genes or by a sport on a new seedling. The last thing I expected was to find a seedling with blooms as bright as these. Pictured below are blooms from a cross between brugmansia Mountain Treasure and Axel Rose. The actual color was what I would call a cantaloupe orange and is much more intense than what is shown in this picture.

The blooms are also quite large and really stand out. I have hundreds of seedlings in bloom right now and when you gaze out to my growing area, this was the one seedling that grabs your attention right away.

I plan to cross it back to Axel Rose, Maya, and Langenbuscher Garten when the next set of blooms appear.

A two-toned Angel Trumpet

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between brugmansia Tiara x (Ludger's Windsong x Susanne). While this bloom was a little bit beat-up by the wind, you can still see the one feature that made this bloom unique, dark ribs and a lighter center. It is even more pronounced when you look up at the blooms. This bloom was almost on the ground so I'll snap a few more pictures in a couple weeks when the top level blooms open.

Tonight's sentry

I found this cute little fellow keeping watch over my Angel Trumpets tonight.

How could any bug resist these eyes?!

An Angle Trumpet that will illuminate the nighttime sky...

This Angel Trumpet bloom is from an unknown brugmansia seedling. I like the pillow-like look this bloom has. The bloom is thick in texture, has a waxy appearance and nice fragrance. I'll let it grow for a while and see how it develops.

Keeping a watchful eye over your shoulder..

That's what this guy is doing while he keeps watch over my Angel Trumpets!

An Angel Trumpet taking after daddy

Today's featured Angel Trumpet seedling is from a cross between Brugmansia Rubiline x Pink Smitty. As you can see, the bloom has a very strong resemblance to it's daddy, Pink Smitty.

When I snapped this picture it was still int he 80's at night so the bloom looks sort of wilted. Any brug that holds up under our hot Florida summer weather is certainly worth watching. Right now this is just another double pink to me so it will need to prove its worthiness if it is to remain in my breeding program. Doubles usually take a couple of bloom cycles to settle in to their final look so this one will probably be kept around till winter.

Angel Trumpet twins

Today's featured Angel Trumpet is just another single pink. The twin blooms pictured are the result of a cross between brugmansia Rubirosa x Dorthea. It has Dorthea's tendrils and Rubirosa's form. The color did not get any darker than what is pictured, but it did spread up the corolla tube.

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