FUCHSIA'S - 2015

Hi Jenny,

You lucky thing, I've been after an "Autumnal" for a while now.
I'm determined to get one for next year

 

If it continues to grow well Anthony, I'll try and strike a cutting for you in a couple of months,
Jenny

 

Thank

Thank you Jenny

That would be much appreciated

You'll have to let me know if there's anything you want, just look through my pics and let me know

 

Jenny

 

PS....... I usually start doing cuttings in September.

 

Then that's when I'll do them. Do you plant them in a gritty compost - or do you root in water?
I find this works a treat for Busy Lizzie cuttings.
Advice please,
Jenny

 

I just use seed and potting compost from Wilkinsons, as I can't get to any garden centers.

I might do the odd one in water, say if a branch breaks off or something like that. But I find that at least half of them tend to drop their leaves in water and therefore have to be thrown away.

I don't use anything fancy, just a pot with a clear plastic freezer/food bag over them to keep the atmosphere moist.

PS.... Last year I did over 200 and kept them all on my living room window.

 

Could it be Fuschia 'Microphylla' @pamsdish and @Anthony Rogers?

That's a five pence piece by the way.

 

Hi Sheal, a few reasons I didn't mention Fuchsia Microphylla.....

I think it's more of a paler pink shade.
It doesn't seem to have the red stems, they're more brownish.
It's quite a rare plant, it's not in any of my specialist catalogues.

 

PS..... If that's yours there's no way you can leave it there when you go .

 

Do you mean Pamsdish's Fuschia is a rare plant Anthony?

 

It, or should I say they were mine. I lost them both last winter, one to disease the other to the weather. I'm not very lucky with Fuschia's particularly in this present garden but I've lost Microphylla before in a previous garden.

My mum has the original plant in her garden so I'll have to ask my brother to go round and take more cuttings for me.

 

You're getting me confused now ( you know it don't take a lot lol ).

The one you posted with a 5p coin.... If that's a F. Microphylla, that's rare.

The one Pamsdish posted, I think is a normal cultivar/hybrid.

 

We're crossing posts, please see my last post.

 

Your mum is lucky to have kept it as F. Microphilla is only classified as half hardy.
The small ones that are hardy are all F. Encliandra or it's cultivars.
That's probably the reason they're easier to get hold of.