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January 5, 2010
A giant Angel Trumpet with super-sized blooms
Here's an Angel Trumpet seedling carry over from last year. It is a cross from brugmansia Pink Beauty x Native Habitat Double Peach.
This brugmansia, with its super-sized blooms, put on such a show last year that I just could not stand to toss it out. This past Spring I planted it in my yard where it has been performing nicely ever since.
The blooms start out white and then slowly age to a nice peach color. While it is blooming you end up with white, peach, and in-between colored blooms on the plant at the same time. This Angel Trumpet likes to grow tall and is a perfect candidate to grow as a standard. I'm still not sure if I will register this one or just leave it grow in my yard. It is a real attention grabber when it flushes out with blooms.
Right now I dropped the plant down to the ground so I could cover it in advance of the mega-freeze that is grabbing hold of Florida this week. If it survives the freeze, it will earn its keep for sure.
This brugmansia, with its super-sized blooms, put on such a show last year that I just could not stand to toss it out. This past Spring I planted it in my yard where it has been performing nicely ever since.The blooms start out white and then slowly age to a nice peach color. While it is blooming you end up with white, peach, and in-between colored blooms on the plant at the same time. This Angel Trumpet likes to grow tall and is a perfect candidate to grow as a standard. I'm still not sure if I will register this one or just leave it grow in my yard. It is a real attention grabber when it flushes out with blooms.Right now I dropped the plant down to the ground so I could cover it in advance of the mega-freeze that is grabbing hold of Florida this week. If it survives the freeze, it will earn its keep for sure. 
Fred,
These are very pretty and I love huge! Not grown angel trumpets but might next year!