Fuchsia Wilma Versloot – Fuchsia of the Week 38/2014 –

Posted by Siglinde on Sep 30, 2014 in Fuchsia of the week, Fuchsie der Woche | 0 comments

is, 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, given enough fertilizer, this will change reliably rather quick. This Fuchsia grows rapidly, producing without stop blossoms in abundance, these at last not looking tiny at all with the long, elegant sepals. Not dropping the fruit with the withered blossoms causes me some more work than other hybrids, but the grand sight more than compensates for that. It is quite an edge in my garden that “Wilma Versloot” will tolerate direct, intense sunlight and, contrary to the filigree appearance of the branches, is not at all brittle and will therefore not be tattered even by strong wind.

 

 

 

 

This Fuchsia was introduced in 1989, a quarter century ago, and this was a momentous year to me: this day 25 years ago i spent some time in a chapel, wearing a long, white bridal gown, and i had a lovely bouquet, with roses and a triphylla hybrid. My groom from that day is still with me, and our wedlock is as delicate, colorful and resistant as this Fuchsia. To me this is appropriate and lovely analogy, is it not?