‘Mantilla’ is the Fuchsia of the Week 13/2015.

Posted by Siglinde on Jun 10, 2015 in Fuchsia of the week, Fuchsie der Woche | 0 comments

The Fuchsia was the first one listed by the American Fuchsia Society (AFS), submitted by Victor Reiter in 1948.

I did not find anything worthwhile about the lineage of this triphylla-hybrid, but the breeder won me over by the hybrids crossbred by him, as for example the Fuchsia of the Week 04/2015.

 

 

Then name “Mantilla” may be easily understood by the aspect of a hanging basket: a mantilla is a head wear with a veil, and the Fuchsia named like it does grow- as triphyllas seldom do- hanging down. And flourishing in abundance the analogy with the veil is quite obvious.

 

Every single blossom is a special beauty:

Not solely the lucent red color, but as well the lean form with its long tube and the large corollas certainly did make this hybrid well renown and even one of the most favored Triphylla-Hybrids until today. Therefore, luckily, it may be found within the repertoire of in the better part of Fuchsia Nurseries. If overwintering should not be successful, one can readily obtain it again easily. Fortunately i had no problems concerning overwintering this hybrid for some years within my greenhouse. To the contrary: the first buds show up as early as late winter, this year 3 weeks ago. This gave me the idea to present this Fuchsia this early within the season!