I grew several Brugmansias from seeds I purchased from Arghya Gardens in St. Petersburg, FL. They were started as seeds in August of 2013. So these seedlings are over a year old now.
My dear cat knocked them over when they were very small seedlings which totally messed up the tags, so I don't know for sure which is which. The hybrid possibilities are: Rubirosa x Goldflame, Rubirosa x Lizzy, New Orleans Lady x Angels Goldface, and New Orleans Lady x Double Dark Rosetta. Any of these plants could be any of these crosses. I've no idea!
They are all unique and some are rather odd. I don't know enough about the genetics of the parents to know why some look the way they do, but it sure is interesting what you can get from seeds!
Brug 1: (Odd looking double blooms)
Brug 2: (Large leaf, small double blooms)
Brug 3: (Oddest one of all, reddish rough bark, very tall, small leaves and small double cream color blooms)
Closer look at blooms:
Closer look at bark. This tree is very sturdy and solid. I've never seen a brug quite like it:
Brug 4: (Large leaves, decent-sized white single blooms)
Closer look at blooms:
Brug 5: (This brug grows like a dwarf plant. Very short. Odd leaves, nice-sized pink blooms, baby powder scent. It is also the most drought tolerant brug I've ever had. Doesn't like too much water.) I just realized looking at the photo that one of my pipevines is wrapping around it. Must remove those vines from this brug tomorrow!
Brug 6: (Quite tall, upward branching brug with creamy double small blooms.)
Closer look at blooms:
Brug 7: (Short, wide branching brug with small white single blooms. I like the form of this one! Just wished the blooms were bigger!)
Closer view of small blooms:
Brug 8: (Ridiculously tall with large leaves, and double pink blooms. All these brugs are growing in 18 gallon plastic storage tubs.)
Closer look at double blooms:
Brug 9 Last one: (I believe this one is the sibling to #8. Another tall brug with large leaves and triple pink blooms. I like this one a lot!)
Another photo standing underneath it and looking up:
A close-up of the triple pink blooms:
These seem to have quite a variety of characteristics. Most are very different from each other. It's been a fun adventure growing brug hybrids from seeds!
