FUCHSIA'S - 2015

These are the two " cluster flowered " Fuchsias. ( There are crosses between them but they are really just variations).

F. Arborescens



F. Paniculata



As you can see they are more like heads of Lilac ( Syringa ), hence their common name " The Lilac Fuchsia ".

 

Ooooo I like those.

 

I GOT IT

I can go to bed happy now !

 

If you send me a tenner, I'll tell ya

 

It's a Manx tenner and you can't spend it in England Anthony, you can in Scotland though!

 

Nice one! You get a gold star for that. So it's a mixture of the two plants, is it on your shopping list?

 

It's gone :(


Oh well, here it is again....

Begonia Fuchsioides

 

No, I don't really do Begonias. All that drying off of the corms and keeping them safe over winter puts me off.
Knowing me I'd put them somewhere safe and then forget where they were.
I've already lost.... misplaced 20 pkts of seeds I bought out of Wilkinsons and that was only a month ago !

 

I'm with you on the Begonias, plus the fact they are temperamental. I tried them a few years ago without success and again this year, they were pathetic so it's time to give them up as a lost cause.

How can you lose 20 packets of seeds? Have you frisked all your pockets etc.? Talking of seeds my Suttons and Unwins catalogues arrived while I was away, I daren't look at them yet.

 

Lost the name of this
Love the pearly lilac

 

Can i have this one id as well please
6/7 feet tall

 

Hi Pam,

It looks like one of the Cloverdales.
Do any of these ring a bell.....

Cloverdale Jewel
Cloverdale Joy
Cloverdale Pride

 

Hi Jiffy,

Looks like " Mrs Popple "

Tube...... Short scarlet
Sepals.....Short, broad scarlet
Corolla....Violet purple with paler base and cerise veins
Approx 2 to 2 1/2" long

Height between 4' and 6'
Ideal for hedges
Early flowering and can flower in to Winter
Hardy to - 20 deg

1899, Elliot, UK

 

Thank you very much Anthony

 

I have Mrs Popple down my side fence, comes through the hardest winters, and flowers better every year.

No Anthony, don`t recall any Cloverdales, although it could have had a different label anyway, so many are misnamed.