Fuchsia Satellite – Fuchsia of the Week 13/2014,

Posted by Siglinde on Mar 24, 2014 in Fuchsia of the week, Fuchsie der Woche | 0 comments

which 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 therefore traveling the world frequently.

Beside that he was a member of the American Society of Fuchsias. The most of his  Hybrids were crossbred within the ´60s; unfortunately i could not find any informations about the parentage of Satellite. This beautiful Hybrid grows bushy-upright, favoring shade and half-shade. And the markings of the corollas within the same plant are indeed as capricious as the weather! Therefore the Hybrid is best suited to this week.