Variegation!!

In January of this year I harvest 4 seedpods from our B. Shorty's variegated.  For years I have heard from both Brugmansia groups that variegated Brugs seedpods will be solid color and variegation is
not carried forward. 

So since I got Shorty's variegated I have not released any of her seedpods.  I have planted each year and tossed many of them since I have B. Hunter and B. Jutner Peachy Cream that I keep growing and enjoying the fragrances.  B. Shorty's has a fragrance that will knock you over when she has all the blooms that she puts off.

Back to the 4 seedpods for 2018.  Each was planted in a pot labeled with the seedpods letter.  To my surprise by March we were seeing the pots fill up with little plants.  I noticed some with variegation and thought no, that isn't what I have been told.  So I sat on them and not a word until now.  Today
10/5/2018 I decided to strip the leaves to get ready to put them in their own pots for the winter months.   I have a spot for them up under the grow lights in the Brug House.

These are from seedpod A:

 

Shorty's plants are huge if allow to grow naturally the first 6 months. 

A little history on B. Shorty's, it was found at a local nursery.  I purchased 2 and they told me
when I returned a few days later that they weren't supposed to sell them and they wanted to
buy them back.   I questioned the history and they were only labeled variegated.  While at ABADS I was told to purchase all the variegated plants that were known and I then started the task to compare them all to Shorty's.  Shorty's out grew them all and needed full hot sun to thrive.  None of the others had her fragrance either.  I did share her with a lady back east and hoped if I lost ours she would be able to replace ours.  I was also at Dave's Gardens and shared her with folks that wanted cuttings.  I was told not to share her after ABADS found out I was as I didn't know the history.    I trade lots of cuttings and after the first year we decided to stop sharing her.  I will tell you I did take her down to Terra Nova to have her tissue cultured.  She collapsed and they were unable to tissue culture her.  I was told she was probably someone tissue culture how she reacted.   I have been growing her and another tissue culture from TNN and they have matched in growth and they both throw off about the same sports.  They range from Albinos to solids, even the albinos will show green on them.  Here is the Shorty's albino for this year:

Yes you can get them to grow as long as they stay attached to the mother plant.  Our first Shorty's had one that we were able to get to seedpods and the new babies were all albinos which lasted upward to a month after planting. 

B. Shorty's is a special plant!!  She is hard to start but it can be done. 

2018 B. Shorty's Variegated

Here is B. Shorty's placement in her big pot for the summer months.   October 3rd she was removed and placed on the driveway so she can be stripped of her leaves before being placed in the greenhouse for the winter months.  She was in full bloom, with 8 seedpods and way to big to go in the Brugmansia house.  I had a few other brugmansias  that I was going to over winter in the tropical house but they had to be moved so she could go in.   We now can say all the Brugmansias are in their winter spots.  We now can start the huge cut back of the yard and this weekend if weather permits we will be putting on the tarps for added protection.   Right now the fragrance is really strong and so I limit my time in there.   More over the winter months.

Datura seeds

I have these Datura seeds  and here is what I have:

2007 Datura inoxia, small B pod from a small plant.
2009 Datura ferox
2002 Datura tatula 'La Fleur' Lilac
2009 Datura 'Sugar and Cream' from Europe Pods 1 and 2
2010 Datura that is Wild in the PNW

2007 Datmansia X Reverse Variegated Pod B and C-----Pod A sent to Cheryl
2007 Datmansia X D. MM Pod with dark seeds and the other with lite colored seeds, Pod C & D this seed were huge
2008 Datmansia x Datmansia Pod A normal size, Pod B pale seeds, & Pod C were light colored
2008 Datmansia X open Pollinated Pod A dark seeds, Pod B normal color, & Pod C light colored
2008 Datmansia X open pollinated, darkest seeds off pod D
2009 Datmansia self-pollinated Pod A
2009 Cheryl's project Datmansia X Jamaica Yellow gift pod #2
2009 Cheryl's project Metel cross X her Brug looking Datmansis Pod #1
2010 Datmansia X ferox
2011 Datmansia X Datmansia Pods A and B light color seeds, Pod C normal
2011 Datmansia self-pollinated Pod A and B normal
2011 Datmansia X Shorty's Pod A cream colored, Pod B whitest seeds

We have not saved seeds on any of the pods since 2012 but the plant returns, we just enjoy her.  She smells of peanutbutter.