DG Site Updates: We need a Fuchsia Forum!, 1 by Pamgarden

Pamgarden wrote:
I had some limited success growing Fuchsias in hanging pots in Orlando, where they did great in the spring and then as the weather heated up I just couldn't sustain them. I haven't tried them here in VA, simply because I've been so involed in getting garden beds prepared and plunking in whatever was readily available. I got interested in fuchias when I saw them in hanging containers in English villages. They have contests to judge the most beautiful towns and villages, and even the shops in the High Street and village pubs are planted with so many beautiful fuschias, ivy leafed geraniums, in colors window boxes that cascade down the front of old stone or timbered buildings. It's enough to make a gardener cheer. Ironically, I read that they are being banned because workers may get hurt watering the many baskets.