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    Thanks Joolz! This winter is easy - next winter may be more tricky if it grows quickly!
     
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    I think tricky is an understatement:heehee: up to 5.9ft x 11.5 ft in 16yrs! :wow: where are you going to fit it in?:heehee:
    http://www.plantdatabase.co.uk/Fuchsia_boliviana_Alba
     
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    I'll just take lots of cuttings and keep it smaller Joolz!
     
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      Interesting - that link describes it as frost hardy............
       
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        Thats gorgeous!!
         
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          The wind has been awful here today, goodness knows why, and I got fed up chasing fuchsia cuttings that were blowing about the garden - so, I gave up and brought them in.

          I've put them at the shady end of the polytunnel, which doesn't close now, so its not going to get overly warm in there - I just thought that had to be better than them getting battered about the garden.

          Anyway, here they are in their new home:

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            They all look tickety boo and relieved to be in a sheltered haven for a while. What a weird day weatherwise. Suddenly gone very dark and extremely windy and I KNOW the heavens are going to open up any minute now!!
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              Its been doing similar on and off all day here - decidedly chilly at times too (so much so, I have dragged the biggest of our three 'standby' oil filled radiators into the house just in case we need a wee heat later on.

              Forecast I saw earlier is predicting an overnight low of around 9 degrees in this area - just as well my cucumbers bit the dust last week or I'd be tying myself in knots trying to protect them for the night :biggrin:

              EDIT - Raintoday is a handy wee site to see what clouds are heading your way.
               
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              All looking great fc :blue thumb: ...i think id better fetch mine in later,suns finally come now so i shall give them another hr :)
               
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                Thanks joolz. I take it that these will be quite happy to be overwintered in the greenhouse without any heating along with my other baby perennials? Will they want watering occasionally, or simply left alone?
                 
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                I have just taken all my pots of fuchsias and put into my greenhouse for added protection as temps to drop drastic tonight.
                 
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                I think they need to be indoors over winter fc ,i bought my 1st 6 cuttings last oct ,put them on a window ledge and kept them watered...longest winter ever :heehee: the stress of keeping them alive when i had no idea what i was doing! :heehee:
                Im not sure about hardy ones thou,i did a few cuttings from one of my hardys(been in garden for yrs) and they were ok in the ground and in the greenhouse.
                I reckon scotkat will be the best to advise,shes been growing them for yrs :blue thumb:
                Over 100 varieties at one time :hate-shocked: i couldnt image looking after all them :wow:
                 
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                FC Joolz shall need to take her babies indoors for the winter they wont last outdoors in the winter in the tunnel.

                Joolz you have a great bunch of cuttings there.
                 
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                  I wish.....Their fcs cuttings not mine :heehee:
                   
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                  Thanks :)

                  The tunnel will be history in the next few weeks, to be replaced by a proper greenhouse - however, it looks like it will be too cold for plants so young? I'll have to clear them a space in the porch then, as it gets quite cold in there, but never freezing.
                   
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