Fuchsias

My wendys beauty mum plant finally flowered still waiting for all the rest

 

Congratulations Jools. Soooo very lovely.
I've been shouting at mine for days but she's still half asleep! She should go to bed earlier at night !!

 

Absolute beauty that one Joolz Love it.

 

It seems a bigger flower than the ones of my cutting jenny so i will look forward to see how big yours will be and some of my fuchsias havnt even got buds on yet x

 

The red one looks like F.magellanica ("Riccartonii" probably as it's the most common).
The white one looks like F.magellanica "Hawkshead" - however, if it is in reality a very,very , very pale pink it's F.magellanica Alba.

I really love these pure forms!

 

Thanks Longk.

I believe the Riccartoni was named after an Edinburgh man and there is a district of Edinburgh called Riccarton after him(surprise surprise).

I shall get onto the RHS I.D. site just now and bookmark these two.



Edit to add: I can`t see any pics with Riccartonii having copper coloured leaves like mine. Could that be down to soil conditions or something?
Just checked and the white one has very pale green tips to the petals.

 

There are many Riccartonii varieties, hence the probably!!!
The white one is definitely Hawkshead then.

 

Joolz68 sent me a rooted Wendy's Beauty cutting. Here it is - potted up on May 2nd.
And here she is today! Thank you Julie - she's a real Beauty!!

 

Brilliant jenny youve waited long enough x

 

All down to you Joolzs,
thank you,
Jenny xx

 

My orange crush is finally flowering its head off

Billy green,thank you dave

And snowcap,once again dave x

I cant wait to see whats flowering this morning have a nice day gang, i reckon we might get some sunshine today

 

All superb Joolz. That "orange crush" is such a generous flowerer isn't it. All the fuchsias seem to be enjoying this less than scorching hot Summer we are having I think,
Jenny

 

Thanks jenny ,i was suprised to see that many and most of the buds flower at the same time which gives a more allround display might try to train it as a standardcheckered board seems the same shape,its almost ready for flowering we shall see what today fetches x

 

Can fuchsias be kept over the winter in a greenhouse/indoors, or will I need to take cuttings for next year?

 

Once again, none of us can prophecy the severity of the forthcoming winter. I'm gonna do the old "belt and braces" to avoid disappointment - if I can,
Jenny