European Gardening: FAVOURITE PLANT THIS WEEK, 0 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
My fuchsias are doing very well too, the ones which I put by the south wall have been there now for 3 seasons and they got a little liquid fertiliser on the odd occasion, that and the warm weather made them grow big. Some varieties have been flowering for a long time but not many flowers on some, others are later to flower and don't do much until it's cool. Last year some had just started and we had an early frost.

I have also put some in the new bed, plants which I have grown from my existing ones and been in pots. The get through winters well in a cold greenhouse if vine weevils don't eat their roots, even the Californian large hybrids like Voodoo, Snowburner, Deep Purple get through but are late to flower. Bella Rosella is earlier.

I have another bed of fuchsias which has been there for several years, it usually produces some flowers but this year they have dwindled, moles have dug under their roots, they are getting too shaded, I didn't water them nor feed them so I can blame myself really. Time to rescue some.

If you plant them deep (3-4") with a hollow for watering that fills in it will give better winter protection, they regrow from the roots and stems buried deeper.

This is my fuchsia jungle