California Gardening: Daily Walks - 3, 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
This is one of my Fuchsia plants. It's overwintering outside near where I want to plant it next month. This is the Cardinal plant, and when I transplanted the poor darling that I call Larry Jr, I broke the main stem. I planted the root ball anyway, I dusted the end of the stem with rooting hormone, I stuck it in the pot and filled it full of leaves (I'd left about 10 inches for mulching purposes below the lip of the pot). You'd never know poor Larry Jr. was so mistreated. He is still growing, and seems to be happy in that pot. He sure is a survivor too, when you consider that when we left for OK, I lost most of my fuchsia's. I love auto timers and drip irrigation. : - )