Fuchsia Billy Green
and it is a sunlight devotee, therefore growing and blossoming best in direct sunlight, and given that unfailingly from early summer until first frost. This is typical of triphylla´s at general, but very distinctive with this hybrid. There are no information about lineage or hybridizer, this Fuchsia was discovered in 1962 within the garden of the Fuchsia-enthusiast Rawlins at Surrey, England. There are assumptions that in the lineage may be involved the Triphylla-hybrids “Andenken an Heinrich Henkel” and “Leverkusen”, but that cannot be taken as a fact. Fitting to this guesswork would be the salmon pink color and the form of the blossoms with a long tube, short sepals and small, single lined corollas. Repeatedly there are informations that it should be overwintered above 10°C; my experience within the greenhouse is that above 6°C is sufficient. Beside that it is no problem to cut back the plant vigorously prior to overwintering, though it will sprout out quite early and it will grow vibrant. The blossoms will grow out axillary as well as on the tips.
Since “Billy Green” dos not only tolerate direct sunlight, but as well wind and rain, one may plant it within a beet and will be rewarded- giving fertilizer regularly- with a respectable plant, reaching up to 1 meter after cultivation of 3-4 years. I have not seen illness or vermin often with this hybrid.
Fuchsia Billy Green
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