was introduced 2001 at the RHS in Great Britain. The breeder is Mick Allsop, whom Fuchsia-Enthusiasts have to thank a lot for providing many Hybrids. This lovely Hybrid is a crossbreed from the renown Hybrids “Coachman” and “Marcus Graham”. The color is distinctively related to the mother-hybrid, but the strikingly long tubes and the gracefully curved sepals cannot be tracked back to that lineage. My plant of this hybrid grows upright with a little tethering up, but is as well recommended for hanging baskets....
read moredoes live up to its name, growing down hanging like a waterfall. It was hybridized by Dr. J. B. Lagen from the USA, crossbreeding “Rolla” and “Amy Lee”. It was introduced as early as 1937, therefore not recent but best described as “vintage”. But, knowing this hybrid, one will not marvel it being held in high esteem by Fuchsia-Collectors and will predict that to last in the future, and this might be the case since that this hybrid is available in most nurseries. The growth is hanging, the blossoms building...
read moreand was given this name in honor of the wife of the German breeder Karl-Heinz Willkomm in 1995. He was very fond of Fuchsias, and obviously most of those in orange, but he did breed only a few. He was a gardener by profession, but worked in it only as a hobby. In this hybrid he crossed the renown Fuchsias “Applause” and “Walz Mandoline”, and the result- in my opinion- does surpass these. From the former it got the style and from the latter the color, a truly lucky assemblage. A hanging basket, turning in the...
read more– is a Fuchsia as sturdy and lush as it is enigmatic. 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. 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...
read moreoriginates from our neighbor Switzerland. Mrs. Olga Schaer introduced this hybrid in 1997, crossbreeding “Orwell” from the UK and “Golden Glow” from the USA. It was like love on first sight to me when i found this Fuchsia 4 years ago. The single blossoms, appearing in abundance from early summer to late fall, are showing, if the plant is placed in sunlight, a striking salmon-pink color. Tolerating direct sunlight, rain and wind without visible changes the hybrid is quite impervious. Overwintering,...
read more– is not to popular, or better quite unknown, as there is nothing available about the lineage, nevertheless it is very beautiful! Purchasing this hybrid at the Fuchsia-Paradise Fuhrmann at Augsburg (Bavaria, Germany, now closed), i was deeply impressed of the large, double blossoms with this striking red and blue color-combination, shown especially if kept in half-shade. The Fuchsia grows upright and does not branch out willingly of its own, therefore should be cut back even if flourishing later in the season because of that....
read more– was introduced in Austria in 2010 by the diligent Fuchsia-Breeder Burgi Klemm and therefore is a very recent hybrid. By crossing “Flament Rose” from Belgium and “White Marshmallow” from GB this is the result: Big compliments to Mrs. Burgi Klemm! “Traeumerei” did inherit partly the color from its lineage, but does not grow as strictly upright as these, more a kind of semi-hanging. The cause for that may as well be the multitude of blossoms, showing up early summer to late fall and...
read morewas crossbred from 1992 to 1995 in the Netherlands by the breeder C. F. Th. Lansink. He crossed the hybrids “Snowfire”, “Seventh Heaven” and “Bicentennial” repeatedly with each other, and the result of the intentions (or by a lucky chance?) is certainly worth the effort. “Veenlust” in Dutch indicates a merry party, and this suites this Fuchsia. 5 to 6 years ago i bought a hanging basket of this hybrid at the Mrs. Fuhrmanns Fuchsia Paradise at Augsburg, Germany, which closed in the...
read more– at first sight does not seem to be a Fuchsia at all! But of course it is one: taking a closer look at some of the single, small blossoms it will be obvious. The Breeder J. O. Wright from the UK introduced 1985 a seedling from F. arborescens and F. paniculata with this special name, which will not remind of a Fuchsia at first sight. I bought a cultivar of this hybrid five years ago, blossoming at that time. This was some special Fuchsia to me: a resemblance- somehow- with lilac, a plant that i am fond of as well. I enjoyed first...
read morestill blossoming at the end of the Fuchsia-Season, starting as early as January in the greenhouse. The breeder was Wade Burkhart, crossing the hybrids “Delta´s Night” with a no name. The result was introduced in 2006. Without doubt there are only a few Fuchsias showing such dark colors as André Ramm. The corollas show a hue similar to aubergines, tending- depending on the age and the place of the blossoms- almost towards black with red stripes. This is a lovely contrast in combination with more fair hybrids. This...
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