Like abit of colour..how about this!

This is a seedling that I've grown out from my friend in France, Didier.
The cross is Aube Sanguine x Zumba and the result is good..very good.
So good that I've lodged it with Brugmansia Growers International to register the name for my late father. 

But until then, put on your sunglasses because it's bright.

Aube Sanguine x El Dorado 1...

Currently I have three of this cross, courtesy of my dabblings with a cotton bud. 
This particular seedling is what they call a shape shifter, and due to the hotter than average temperatures  it is making small blooms but with a more compact shape.

And she's very photogenic..

7 seedlings ..and the pick of the crop!

I've already mentioned a brugmansia called M.E.W of which I am now happily growing in my garden, but this was only because I lost two years with a combination of killing cuttings with kindness and the odd parcel being lost by our mutual postal services. So when my friend Dan said he had crossed M.E.W with his other beauty called Marley, I was only too happy to snaffle some seeds and grow them on in the hope that they could be M.E.W like. 

So I did, and grew 7 seedlings which survived my overwintering and one in particular that had real promise, the others pretty nice too.  So let me introduce you to Codenamed MEW Little Beauty , as it has flowered this year and is even better.

She also does film premier like photo's too

She as smells as good as she looks, a sweet talc scent . I'm hoping to register this soon, but am waiting for my friend Dan's input as it was his cross. 

A new addition to the family..Stevie's Wonder

I've been lucky enough to have some good results with some crosses and have named them after my family.

I wasn't sure that my brother would even like a Brugmansia named after him, but it turns out he quite happy about it. So I'm really proud to name this cross of Buddy x Dola Goldentrumpete for my brother.

So here's Stevie's Wonder. 

The name makes us smile just as much as the Brugmansia which is  a cracker in its own right. It comes from the same cross as Angie Leigh and another called Joan's Surprise of which are both doubles. I'll post when they are flower.

This one though as you can see is a single , it has great tendrils/twangers  and a strong scent.
Very happy to welcome Stevie's Wonder to the collection.

Aube Sanguine x El Dorado seedlng

Further  to my last post about this seedling, it has since flowered and continues to produce more pods.
The shape seem a little more pronounced and even if it never gets registered it's a keeper!

Can you define the colour..Sarah S

Sarah S is from America by a hybridizer called J.T.Sessions who has created some beauties including Sarah S.

This Brugmansia has this amazing colour, and I can't seem to settle on one for it . Pink ? Orange? Salmon? Watermelon?  Not sure, but it's a very valued part of my collection and just happens to have a scent that keeps you coming back for repeat sniffs of an evening.  

So see for yourselves..what's the colour? Here's a pic of her in shade and in the sun.

  

Should of been composted..but glad I didn't

In a world where we are constantly told to declutter and throw things away if they don't give immediate results  . Here's a instance where the saying  patience is a virtue paid off, It's not a trait I'm good at. I've just had to learn to put the brakes on and give things a chance.  What I've learnt about Brugs over the years is that what a Brugmansia looks like in its first growing season doesn't necessarily mean that's the final outcome.

This Brugmansia is classed in what is termed the Cold Group variety , not that they can take the cold, no ,just a little more than the Warm group variety.  
They prefer cooler temperatures coming from the higher altitudes where they can be touched by frosts, plus they are not trumpet like but the corolla is tubed shape. They are not scented as the main source of pollination is by  Hummingbirds. So colour is the key with these plants, and here is my seedling of a cross of a Deep Red Sanguinea x Strybing Vulsa .

As I've said I've kept this plant in the hope that it would eventually flower, and  happily it did. Hope you like it as much as we do.