Still looking good in October

Liz,i think LOL was a bit puzzled too.That`s Cosmos,purple sensation among the Nasturtium.

 

Begonia Dragon Wing looking still good.

 

So's the fuschia

 

Peter S - thanks for the information re Asters. I shall certainly try again next year.
ost of the colour has gone from my garden and I need to give some thought to later flowering plants other than Rudbeckias.

 

I didn't mention the fuschia as I couldn't remember whether it was Thalia or Gartenmiester Bonstadt. :confused:

 

From you picture its Thalia - a favourit of mine.

 

Chobart - Asters are one plant that do not mind being moved. A tip I was given by Paul Picton, who holds the national Aster collection, is that you can grow them in pots in a remote part of the garden and put them in the bed as late as 1st September, and they will not mind. But it begs the question of what you have in the bed beforehand that can be moved out.

 

so what are you doing with your dragon wing over winter? I have dug one up and taken cuttings of another, not sure if they will survive in my stable.

 

I hate to say this Waco as it sounds so wasteful and uncaring but I will compost it. :( You have to see it from my side as a grower (well you don't have to) that I will not have the space to keep plants over winter when I will be having hundreds of Dragon Wing plugs delivered in the spring to grow on. Next year I will be required to grow 850 Dragon Wings instead of the 200 this year. Space is at a premium in the nursery so I only keep a few essential plants only available from cuttings.

 

Any idea if this is the same fuschia as yours strongy, i've had it for years, always thought it was "Thalia" but it seems to have darker coloured foliage than yours.
Any ideas Fran or anyone.

 

pete I have the same as you fuchsia 'mary' this has the large leaves and the purple veins are on the top side'thalia' has purple-tinge on the underside of the leaf.,

 

One of the reasons I like Thalia is those purple undersides. Most of the garden centres stock Korallee now round here and it is not hte same. Leaves much greener, without the dark backing.

 

It's a gorgeous fuschia. I've not seen it before.

 

Thanks for the ident Fancy,
I am an old enthusiast of 'Thalia' but have to say that the leaves on Pete's fuchsia add an air of wildness. Have to try the plant next year should I find it available.

Thalia is a bit too stiff for most of my bedding schemes, and I also have to agree with Fran; Koralee doesn't do it for me, a kind of everymans Thalia. It does grow without attention however.

 

I'll have to put all three next to each other tomorrow and check. I lost the variegated "Firecracker" but I wasn't sure whether I liked it really. I know there is a purple trichophylla which I have not seen.