Fuchsias... 2014..

A couple of picture's

 

Ok...........
The flowers of F.perscandens and F.colonsoi are similar, but based on the amount of foliage I would go with F.colonsoi. Also, F.perscandens has more of a scrambling habit (as close to a climbing Fuchsia as there is).

 

If you look at the NPK on both I expect you'll find they are much of a muchness

You might want something with a bit more "N" for earlier in the season - although Phostrogen was IT until Miracle Gro came along ...

 

First of the summer blooming NZ species - F.procumbens....................

 

Love it,,

 

@pamsdish - it's a bit of a marmite plant (along with most of the NZ species), but I love it too!

 

My fuchsias

 

I'm puzzled, who has eaten leaves in so "decorative" way?

 

Very pretty I especially like "Claudia", don't think I've seen that one before.

 

So inspired by @longk fuchsia I am considering these, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Pack-...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item1c3e154c81 are they hardy ? can`t seem to find much info.

 

No (in a word). I got F.koralle fulgens through the winter in a sheltered spot last year, but as a rule the triphylla group need winter protection.
Thalia should not be too expensive in a garden centre - my local nursery has 30cm tall plants for four quid. You only really need one or two IMO.

 

F. thalia is the only one of my "outdoor" Fuchsias that I bring in for the winter.

But having said that you can dig them up, stick them in a pot, and chuck them in a [frost free] shed for the winter - more or less. Perhaps easier to take cuttings in the Autumn though, if you have somewhere to grow them on over winter. I put ten or a dozen cuttings in a 2L pot, and then leave that pot (growing, rather than abandoned!) over winter and only pot-on in the Spring. So its only the space of a 2L pot for a dozen plants. (Two pots would be better, I've managed to lose a whole pot full [of all the plants for which I over winter cuttings] through neglect over winter!!)

 

I have no garden centre any where within 12 miles of me, no car now, I have some tender fuchsia in pots, I just drop them in gaps in the borders, then take the pots in for winter. How tall will they grow so I could grow them on for next year.

 

Mine came from Duchy of Cornwall nursery £1.99 and probably a decent sized pot, but I expect the carriage will be a killer. They don't give a height ...

http://www.duchyofcornwallnursery.c...fuchsias/fuchsia-thalia--agm/c-pgr-fuchthali/

RHS says 75cm
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/33314/Fuchsia-Thalia/Details

If I was buying a Fuchsia now I would look first at Other Fellow's site. Reasonably prices, good range, and worth supporting Quality and personal service should be first rate. £2.25 and delivery £4.28 (up to 6 plants)

http://otherfellow.co.uk/thalia?search=Thalia