In early August I set a goal for myself to post a new seedling picture on my blog everyday. For the most part I have been able to meet this goal. If I miss a day it certainly is not because I have a shortage of blooms, it is usually because I'm buried in work or traveling.
For this first week of September I decided to concentrate on whites so I labeled it white week. Here's one of the featured whites, a bloom from Jazzy x Miss Ellie -
Here's another, a single white from a cross of Brugmansia Masquerade x Inca Sun. I also have a picture from the reverse of this cross posted.
And here's one more, a cross between Creamsicle and Dorthea. If you want to see more, visit my garden blog - http://blog.fredsommer.com/SommerGardens/.
Very pretty there Fred.. as nice as the colored ones are ... the majesty of the whites at night is supreme... very pretty crosses...
so where is your blog located... please send us the URL for it.. I would love to keep up a daily viewing of your work....
Thanks...I crossposted ...
OH..Fred.. I was going to post a thread on some of your work..and I will ...as soon as I get my camera working like it did before I had all of the computer boards in it replaced...
The subject is to be honoring the largest growing seedling here on my roof for this year.. I was also awaiting the possibility of showing flowers... which haven't arrived just yet...
it's your Axel Rose X Lugers Windsong ..I'm not too sure just when I ordered seeds. [ perhaps there's a record.. ] ..but I believe it was a later sprouting out here which would have been about March sometime... anyway ..from planting a seed then to sprouting out... and then being planted in a small pot ..moved to a larger planter... it's now standing tall atover 8' from the soil line to it's top branches.. and has a lovely form.. close to a standard..with no tendency to want to throw up lower branches and become a bush.. a great vigerous grower... It never ceases to amaze folks ..and no one has believed me yet...when I standing under this giant... I tell them Yes.. it indeed was an unsprouted seed in March..when it was planted ..and I don't take it lightly when I say ... keep up the Great work
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Fred, your Creamsickle x Dorthea cross is superb (hot), love everything about it the shape of the curled Tendrils, the ruffled skirt the pristine white, this is a winner, just love it. Cudos to you!
Fred, I agree with Christa about the Creamsickle X Dorthea cross. It is beautiful!!!. What's it fragrance like? I also love the form of Masquerade x Inca Sun. Has the plant inherited Inca Sun's smaller form?
Gordon, is Axel Rose X Lugers Windsong showing any signs of developing a "Y"?
Veronica... A" Y " my ..yes... it's got one at about 4' off the ground... and has a slew from there... a well formed canopy about 6' wide at the top... I don't know what the hold up on the flowers is... maybe it's looking to become 10 ft tall first.. going up on a near by building to check some of the upper leaves.. for irregular leaves and hidden buds on the top..maybe some flowers from this adolescent giant soon..
The CS x DO cross has a light fragrance from what I remember. I'm terrible when it comes to identifying fragrance in blooms. When you have so many seedlings growing together sometimes it is a challenge.
Most of the Masquerade/Inca Sun crosses have remained small. The blooms have all been smaller than Inca Sun as well. So far I have not had any with strong yellow or orange coloration, but I have lots of seedlings from both sides of that cross yet to bloom.
Gordon, congrats on your seedling. I had seedlings from that cross bloom in just over six months last year. The first to bloom was 7-8 feet tall and the yellow blooms hung straight down. I attached a photo I took last fall. This plant froze to the ground over the winter and is just now getting back up to blooming size. I made lots of Axel Rose crosses last year in hopes that they would throw a variegated sport off while growing. I plan to cross several of them back to various variegates this fall.
Fred
what a great Blog, you have there, my Xcandida single white, is just a tad bit smaller than Kongmansia, I will post a Pic of the comparsion later, I love the whites, thank you for posting your beauty's
Elizabeth
Hey guys, tell me if I could learn a little more on this "crossing" you are talking about. Do I need to read up on any special book? Or can it be told to me in simple terms and what just is the procedure involved. I am new to Brugs, but as each of you know, it becomes an addiction very quick. My daughter gave me one for Mother's day about 4 years ago, now I have eight. I get them off e bay mostly. I want them for there are so many colors. And naturally I want one in every color. LOL I could look thro this part of the forum for hours...well, actually I do just that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Love this site!!!! Thanks to Dave!
Seedy1
Funny you should ask on a thread dedicated to white seedlings. The parents of these seedlings were either dark pink, pink, yellow, yellow/gold, apricot/, creamy yellow or gold. Once bitten by the Brug bug, the next step seems to be wanting to do our own hybridizing. I'll ask you the same question I was asked, "What do you expect to get from your crosses?" I wish I had seen the enclosed link.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/492417/
I think this link will help you understand what we should be looking for in new Brugs. When I first asked my questions a few years ago, I discovered most Brug crosses result in white flowers. The odds may be better now on getting a colored flower. What we have seen here in Fred's posting represent the best seedlings of the crosses he mentioned. Maybe he will tell you how many he usually tosses into the compost pile for every potential keeper. I said potential because the seedlings seen here are just beginning their journey. It may take several years before we find out if he decided to keep them or toss them. If all goes well he may find one or two worthy a name. Or he may end up tossing them all.
I hope you really got what you paid for on e-Bay. There are a few unscrupulous sellers who send out something else.
I have not found any books on the subject. I did find this link helpful:
http://www.abads.org/abads/Registry/namelist/
Collecting the pollen and actual pollination is shown in these links:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/361557/
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/362576/
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Nice answer, Bettydee because I have often wondered why people seem to take the shotgun approach to hybridizing brugs. Most every other specialties have an aim. I hope people will breed brugs that are more suited to different climates, that are stronger growers and more disease resistant. I don't think that the bloom alone makes a great brug.
