hovers into the new Fuchsia-Year by spreading its very long sepals like wings. V.L. Crocket from Britain really introduced a true masterstroke with this hybrid from 1965! The one who happens to have a look at a hanging basket with this Fuchsia will be eager to own it for himself. The lineage is not known (at last to me), and there is as well no information about the quite interesting name, but that all gets insignificant by the spectacle it shows. Every single plant grows vigorously and shows large blossoms in abundance...
read morewhich brought back snow to some parts of Middle Europe, and that after the temperature has already been in the double-digits of °C quite often last week, giving one almost the desire to place the Fuchsias outdoors. Satellite will be hardly confused with other Hybrids, once there was a possibility to view more than one blossom at the same time. It was crossbred within the USA by the Microbiologist Charles Kennett (1921-2011) and introduced 1963. He was an Entomologist, that is specialist of insects, at the University of California and...
read morecoming from a famous and renown german Fuchsia-breeder: Karl Struemper, even that the Fuchsia has been given a dutch name. K. Struemper was not even a professional gardener, but did his job as an engine-driver with the German Rail-Track the last 25 years until retirement, being infested with the “Fuchsia-Virus” since then and spending his time with these beautiful flowers. Starting as a collector he later, 30 years ago, moved on to crossbreeding them, and the proud result of this long-term devotion are up to now more...
read morebut to make that happen they have to be cultivated within a greenhouse in Central-Europe. Beside the care that the Fuchsias undoubtedly have to be given at this time in the greenhouse it is quite fascinating to have a look which new blossoms are there to be found during my daily tasks with them. Some of them are still a bit tiny, and there is more wood than leafs to be seen with this plants. But there are blossoms as well showing...
read moreas an important Preparation towards the Onset of Blossoming. There was a lot of sunshine during the last days, and the temperature within the greenhouse exceeded 20°C repeatedly, causing me to leave the door open during daytime. My Fuchsias obviously quitted the overwintering due to these conditions and started growing diligently. This is the time for me to try to spray them 1-2 times a week with warm water and add a leaf-fertilizer to that. But due to this intense sunshine i fear that, placing water drops on the leafs, would endanger them,...
read moreSome Fuchsias are- luckily- more lovely then expected by their name! The imaginative and diligent breeder Marcel Michiels from Belgium crossbred the two hybrids “Tresco” and “Danny Kaye”, naming the resultant cultivar “De Oelewappers” and introducing it 2005. This was a bold combination, though “Danny Kaye” is not an easy-care fuchsia. Out of curiosity i looked up the translation of this unusual name in the www and was quite astonished: “Oelewappers” means nincompoop,...
read moreToday is carnival, a crazy day, and best suited to that is a merry Fuchsia like WALZ Bombardon! The dutch breeder introduced this cultivar 2001 and stated, that the mother-plant is WALZ Harp, a hybrid from 1988, but the father is unknown… and that is, as well, sometimes to be seen at carnival in other cases. The Fuchsia does not only like bright, but more than that sunlight places best and is quite tolerant to rain and windy conditions, blossoming abundantly. The long tubes of the blossoms are quite attractive, and the corollas are...
read moreMost of the Fuchsias are long-daylight blossoming plants, and therefore they only start to grow buds if there is more than 12 hours light a day. Given that they only and earliest start blossoming 6-8 weeks past the date with 12 hours daylight, and that is at our place at best the beginning of May. The blossoming might be speeded up by applying some light during night until 21. March(day and night equality), and i started 1 week ago to do that. To do that my greenhouse has a special growth-light installed at the top,...
read moreThis week starts with a lot of sunshine, and therefore a Fuchsia that loves the sun, as “Chang”, is quite fitting! This cultivar was breeded by the Couple Hazard in the USA and introduced in 1946. As stated by experts, they likely used the Section F. splendens for hybridization, or F. cordifolia. Anyway, the Fuchsia Chang with its multiple pagoda-form blossoms is shining with a striking orange color. The cultivar is growing quite fast with inflexible, longish sprouts and has to be pruned regularly to achieve a bushy plant,...
read morePart 4 Anticipation of the Fuchsia Sesason 2014 Is this winter that short and mild as never ever in my life before? I would certainly appreciate that, but up to now i am still suspicious, though it is still only February. But there is a lot of sunshine these days and it is not freezing during the night. And the Fuchsias in my greenhouse are without doubt preparing for summer. They are growing, and the green color of the fresh leaves is getting dominant. And there are more and more buds and blossoms, those being partly a bit small or not...
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