Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Brugmansias in winter 2014, 1 by cestrum_SEQ

cestrum_SEQ wrote:
Time to post a few photos before the frosty winter nights kill off the blooms. We've had unseasonably warm nights for the past six weeks (except for a blast of unseasonable cold in early May), but we're now getting near-frosty nights so these blooms aren't going to last much longer.

Here's that Color Point x Apricot Queen seedling again. Now the single bloom has taken on a definite orange hue.

Comparison shots:
1. Single bloom with orange hues.
2. With Musketeer--you can see that the seedling is very similar in colour to Musketeer.
3. With Old Apricot--once again, the seedling is definitely more orange than apricot.
4. With Elfin Pink.
5. With Phanomenal x Superspot, Elfin Pink, OA.

So it will be interesting to see what this seedling looks like when it settles down, as in only two flushes it's had single, semi-recessed and double blooms, as well as blooms ranging from white to apricot and now to orange.