and this is- in my case- unfortunately as early as the start of October despite them still flourishing luxuriously. Living at an elevation of about 700m a.s. there is a good chance of night frost and snow at mid October, so at the end of the Fuchsia Season the plants should be prepared to be placed in the greenhouse previously. This, in my opinion, is to strip them of all leafs and blossoms and cut them back right to the old wooden part of the branches. To demonstrate that here are two photos from “Nicis Findling”: ...
read more– is not to popular, or better quite unknown, as there is nothing available about the lineage, nevertheless it is very beautiful! Purchasing this hybrid at the Fuchsia-Paradise Fuhrmann at Augsburg (Bavaria, Germany, now closed), i was deeply impressed of the large, double blossoms with this striking red and blue color-combination, shown especially if kept in half-shade. The Fuchsia grows upright and does not branch out willingly of its own, therefore should be cut back even if flourishing later in the season because of that....
read more– was introduced in Austria in 2010 by the diligent Fuchsia-Breeder Burgi Klemm and therefore is a very recent hybrid. By crossing “Flament Rose” from Belgium and “White Marshmallow” from GB this is the result: Big compliments to Mrs. Burgi Klemm! “Traeumerei” did inherit partly the color from its lineage, but does not grow as strictly upright as these, more a kind of semi-hanging. The cause for that may as well be the multitude of blossoms, showing up early summer to late fall and...
read morewas crossbred from 1992 to 1995 in the Netherlands by the breeder C. F. Th. Lansink. He crossed the hybrids “Snowfire”, “Seventh Heaven” and “Bicentennial” repeatedly with each other, and the result of the intentions (or by a lucky chance?) is certainly worth the effort. “Veenlust” in Dutch indicates a merry party, and this suites this Fuchsia. 5 to 6 years ago i bought a hanging basket of this hybrid at the Mrs. Fuhrmanns Fuchsia Paradise at Augsburg, Germany, which closed in the...
read more– at first sight does not seem to be a Fuchsia at all! But of course it is one: taking a closer look at some of the single, small blossoms it will be obvious. The Breeder J. O. Wright from the UK introduced 1985 a seedling from F. arborescens and F. paniculata with this special name, which will not remind of a Fuchsia at first sight. I bought a cultivar of this hybrid five years ago, blossoming at that time. This was some special Fuchsia to me: a resemblance- somehow- with lilac, a plant that i am fond of as well. I enjoyed first...
read morestill blossoming at the end of the Fuchsia-Season, starting as early as January in the greenhouse. The breeder was Wade Burkhart, crossing the hybrids “Delta´s Night” with a no name. The result was introduced in 2006. Without doubt there are only a few Fuchsias showing such dark colors as André Ramm. The corollas show a hue similar to aubergines, tending- depending on the age and the place of the blossoms- almost towards black with red stripes. This is a lovely contrast in combination with more fair hybrids. This...
read more-was introduced by the well renown german hybridizer Mrs. Dietrich in 1994. I wonder wether it is named after the karst spring at the bottom edge of the suebian jura (Schwaebische Alb), where the water is shining in a deep, lucent blue in the spring tub? This can be easily so. The lineage is not known, but surely this Fuchsia shows the most intensive blue among many hybrids. Only close to withering it will fade a bit and change to a burgundy purple. One will want to place this hybrid in half shade with only a bit of direct sunlight. It...
read more– is positively one of my favorite Fuchsias! To get hold of this hybrid is a bit complicated, since even the renown Fuchsia-Nurserys do not sell them regularly. And this is even though this hybrid is no newcomer, but was introduced in 1961 from the Microbiologist Charles Kennett from the USA, as the Fuchsia of the week 13/2014. Unfortunately he did not register the lineage of this Fuchsia with large and double blossoms. To me this hybrid is very singular, for i do certainly know no other to be compared with this special beauty....
read moreis, on the one hand, a delicate and graceful Fuchsia, but is on the other hand as well lush as robust, both in growth as at the blossoms! The Dutch gardener Z. Stoel crossed “Pink Galore” and “F. regis var. typica”, and got this result: a hanging hybrid, with a remarkable delicate appearance due to the single, colorful blossoms on long, filigree stems. The light- through middle- green leafs are quite slender. At the end of the overwintering this hybrid at first does look quite tiny due to this delicate growth; but,...
read moreist seit 1985 bekannt und mit ihren großen, gefüllten Blüten eine typische Fuchsie aus den USA. Annabel Stubbs kreuzte dafür die Fuchsien ‘Victorian’ und ‘Cyndy Robin’ in Kalifornien, und das Ergebnis ist wunderschön. Diese Fuchsie wächst zwar kräftig aufrecht, jedoch sind die Blüten so schwer, dass sie halbhängend erscheint und sich somit für eine Ampel-Bepflanzung eignet, es sei denn, man fixiert die Zweige gut. Auch das würde ich durchaus empfehlen, damit sie nicht abbrechen. So gesichert hat diese Schönheit bei mir...
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