Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Let's get a Fuchsia forum going!, 1 by sunnyg

sunnyg wrote:
Small world, Catherine :-). Wow, I loved wandering around that nursery. I went on my fuchsia buying spree shortly before the fire. What a shame that was. I'm not sure what cultivars I have, as that was before I paid attention to such things (I still tend to lose my tags). It was so fun to buy those cheap little starts, going solely on the brief description on the tag and hoping for something neat. I only have a couple left, including the hanging basket type as well. I planted one of them in the ground just to see what it would do, and it went wild! I'd never planted a trailing fuchsia in the ground before, and it really spread out. It's just starting to bloom right now, and has many buds on it. I'll have to look up Chang as that sounds like an interesting one.

I'm not sure if the fuchsia in that pic is Duchess of Albany or not. Whatever it is, it's one tough plant. I love it, and so do the hummers. It is from Antonelli Brothers. Here's an older pic of it...what do you think?

This message was edited May 19, 2009 2:17 PM