FUCHSIA'S - 2015

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  1. longk

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    I'm sorry, I have no idea how I missed this post :doh:
    I got it as a cutting. It really needs to get into the ground but I'll wait another year just in case.
    Burncoose sell them......................

    https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=1915

    Here is the flower that I posted a week ago as it looks today..................
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      I have 2 Fairy Blues plus another that I cant remember the name of.....:scratch:

      I repotted the Fairy Blues a week or so ago as they were getting a bit big for their pots, think I may lose one though, one has new growth and leaves and the other......nothing! Wondering whether to cut it right down and hope for the best?? Any advice? :)
       
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      I've just had a look Wowie £27 inc p and p. However I've just ordered a catalogue from Chiltern Seeds as they sell the seeds of these and several other species for around £4. Burncoose are selling plants for £10 - 15 plus £13.50 p and p that I've paid £1 for.
       
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        The first of my new fuchsias to flower..... Space Shuttle WP_20150420_008.jpg WP_20150420_011.jpg WP_20150420_012.jpg WP_20150420_014.jpg
         
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          Has anyone else lost hardy fuchsias over the winter? I have lost four all told, and I am gutted to say the least. Speaking to someone at work the other day, he was telling me that he has had similar losses :dunno:

          I don't get it - they have survived prior winters just fine. Between losing these, and losing my brugmansia, this year is off to a bad start......
           
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          Not one. Even Blackie survived.
           
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            I've lost 2, both Tom Thumb. I don't know about you/your area but I think around here its because it's been too damp during the winter. We had no snow whatsoever and only 3 frosty nights but the trouble was the days were damp and cold.
             
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              And you aren't all that far north of me - it is so strange, as we haven't had all that many hard frosts, and no overnight lows that you would call severe (probably minus five at worst for a day or two); what is worse, I have no idea the varieties that I had as I am not big on names.
               
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              Same here but slow. Bud only just showing.
               
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                Quick Google reveals that is one of the ones I have lost; pretty sure I only had one of those. I have never been to Kidderminster, but I reckon you must be about 100 or so miles north-west of me? One of the others was hawk....something - - I think; silvery white, slim and very elegant flowers.
                 
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                I've lost both my 'Microphylla's' , well I think I have, just giving them a couple of weeks to see if anything sprouts.

                Is 'Hawkshead' what you mean FC? Mine's okay but has got three inches of dieback on every branch.
                 
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                  FC , not really a great Fuchsia grower, but I am getting into them now . I got two hardy bush Fuschias last year, Garden News ( never knew they were hardy ) - flowered really well . I cut them back in Feb and waited , and waited .... they are only just showing the regrowth this week. So maybe not too late for yours ?
                  This was Garden News in late September , it grew so big it blanked out all the other plants in the container ! Not really into pink flowers , but this one is really imposing, very Bling ! :dbgrtmb:

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                    Hawkshead - that sounds like the fellow. Pretty wee white flowers (remind me of we women ballet dancers :redface:)

                    Two of the others were the same - Pink outer petals, white inner petals and red stamen; not a clue what they are called though. I have those climbing ones too (Lady Boothby?) in a pot and there is no sign of life with them either.
                     
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                      Just googled your Garden News one - pretty wee things. I suppose I will just have to wait and see if anything wakes up yet, and if not that would suggest that it is time to go shopping.....
                       
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                      Usually quoted as tender but I've found it proper hardy.

                      Sorry, but there is no such thing as a climbing Fuchsia. It is just a tall growing Fuchsia. Not having a go at you FC, it's the marketing people I'm popping off at! And I never found it hardy either.
                       
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