This is my opinion since i could only find out that the hybrid is from the UK and was introduced in 2000. The breeder is D. Smith, but there is no information to be found concerning its lineage whatsoever.
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I bought the Fuchsia some years ago at the now closed Nursery of Fuhrmanns as a uncommon sturdy young plant. And this first impression did last: the hybrid grows each spring rapidly, being cut back in fall. And the cuttings as well, planted in January or February, will regularly grow up to nice bushes, and can as well be easily made to regulars, even up to a hight of 2m in one single season.
The leafs are light- to middle-green, the branches somehow have a reddish shade. The single blossoms are elegant with long, arced sepals and long pistils.
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If there is a problem with the plant, it is with whiteflys. But since the hybrid is resistant against sunlight and wind, an adequate placement will help with that. Placed in direct sunlight the sepals will show a deeper hue, and i do accept that because it even makes this Fuchsia more lovely.
There may be some quite similar hybrids, but to me this one is very special and easy to tell from others.
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