Rhapsody - She is a keeper! I do like the blooms a lot. She has a nice thick trunk with 3 branches coming off it at the top. I grow mine as standards (tree form), so I am very happy with her growth. Unfortunately, I do have to grow my brugs in containers because of the root knot nematodes in the ground soil here in FL. This is summer also, and the heat is hard on my brugs. She does get some shade during the day, but also several hours of direct sun. I may have to move her (luckily she can be moved being in a container).
Dan - I know that there are so many variables with crosses of brugmansias. I was just looking for some similar trait to determine the pollen parent in this particular situation. Maybe even something as simple as shape and the length and curvature of the points.
Brugmansia Rubirosa:
Brugmansia Goldflame:
Brugmansia Lizzy:
http://www.sommergardens.com/S...
Looking at all 3 brugs, I am thinking the parents of this particular seedling might be Rubirosa x Lizzy. The reason I say this is because of the tight cluster of petals on the blooms of Lizzy. I understand about the color coming from somewhere in the past genetics. Or maybe I am totally wrong .... Shouldn't there be some similarity to the parents via the blooms?
