Fuchsia Gesaeuseperle – Fuchsia of the Week 34/2014

Posted by Siglinde on Aug 25, 2014 in Fuchsia of the week, Fuchsie der Woche | 0 comments

was discovered and named in 1946 by the Fuchsia- and Dahlia-Hybridizer Karl Nutzinger from Austria.

There are no informations about the lineage of this hybrid, but it is well renown for its beauty and has been therefore frequently used for new crossbreeding attempts,

 

as well by K. Nutzinger himself, who was gardener in the Monastery of Admont in Steiermark/ Austria at that time. This hybrid, one of the first introduced by him, is easy to overwinter, but starts to spread out initially sparse not before late spring. And that keeps me wondering that time each year what this Fuchsia will be like later in the season.

 

But,in June, it starts to grow rapidly semi-hanging and the blossoms prosper from July without stop through the whole season, and therefore the delay is more than made up till now!

The Hybrid will grow well even in a sunlit place and is quite resistant against gusty wind. And the contrast between the white sepals and the red corollas is, of course, most striking within the sunlight.

There is a slight downside of this Fuchsia: while withering, the sepals will change to a light-brown hue and the blossoms do not fall of by themselves and need a lot of handiwork therefore. And there are quite some blossoms at this hybrid, but who will complain of that and will not be delighted!