So let me introduce you to Miss Edith Winnette or M.E.W for short. She is named after the mother of my buddy across the pond in Pennsylvania, US of A , Dan Carter. Wizard Hybridizer extraordinaire and top fella to boot.
M.E.W is a result of a cross between a classic yellow El Dorado and a classic pink Archangel , both share a horizontal blooming habit, and great scent, and who could miss those huge twangers.
And she is a stonker of a Brugmansia, and has it all ,poise, colour and scent. There have been many attempts to recreate a classic pink hybrid worthy of being called a Aurea even if it strictly isn't. But even so, Dan has hit the jackpot with this one.
It deserves to be more widely known, and I am in my small way trying to get her out there to be enjoyed and savoured.
I cannot express how happy I am to have her growing in our back garden in South West London, after experiencing set backs of losing cuttings and rooted cuttings being lost by the U.S Postal system. I now consider myself very fortunate.
There will be many pictures of M.E.W to come, as she is still to flare open and peel those tendrils back to show what a lady she really is.
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