Show us your hardy fuschias in the ground.

In our climate, much is winding down for the summer but our hardy fuschias keep adding new and exciting blooms to our gardens. Would love to see how they are doing elsewhere.

This fuschia has been in the ground here for at least four years and is doing better this year now that our heavy snows took down a corkscrew willow that was shading it. It dies back to the ground each winter and is slow in showing itself in the spring. It is now about 24 inches tall and I have great hopes for next year now that it gets better light.
I planted it when it was probably just identified as "hardy fuschia". Pedrickscorner thought it might be Charlie Girl.

PS, those large leaves are morning glory, not the fuschia!

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Most of my fuchsias are actually in containers so I can move them around. But here is one of those in the ground. Blue Eyes. It is usually sold as hanging basket, but many so called 'trailers' can be pruned into low bushes or trained up a trellis, besides being formed into what are called 'standards.'
This Blue Eyes is doing fine all on his own though, and he'll live a much longer life in the ground.

This is her 2nd year in the ground. She's done quite well, so far, and has not suffered the dreaded Dog Tails.
Close up:

Leaf/stem detail from above; hard to tell the variegation:

This shot shows the main foliage colour, but note the stem in the left side of the shot - looks like she's reverting to plain green!
Tagged: Fuchsia magellanica macrostemma 'Angel Teardrops'.

Katye, so many of our "variegated" plants seem to turn to plain green. We thought it might be the soil here, but I think there may be a more "technical" cause. Hope your fuschia continues mostly the variegated parts. Lovely

Sharon, that stem will be coming off & put to good use for rooting starts.
I love & collect variegated plants, but they seem to revert too frequently...

What's Dog Tails? Another way for me to kill fuchsias?

Only if you've got a taill...

It's mostly an unmanageable "pruning' situation if you have 4-legged creatures that have a preference to romp THROUGH shrubs, and then lay on them...after administering many whacks with the tail...

This is my favorite hardy fuchsia that started my love of fuchsias. It died back to the ground completely with our awful winter this year, but is back looking as lovely as ever. It is very happy in this garden, and I get at least five or six new plants via runners each year. I happily move the new babies to the edge of my woodland pond. I am hoping to finally be able to put a name to it now that we have the forum...will be taking a close up this weekend.

Rarejem, that is one beautiful photo, it looks so peaceful and cool!

Variegation in plants is usually caused by a virus not gentics. A virus we all appreciate in the variegated plants we love. But that is why some plants "revert" back to solid green. There is a difference between variegation and white edges, veining, or spots, etc. Variegation is a marbled whitening or lighter coloring.

Ahhhhaa....that makes sense LOL

Katye, dogs tails? Jim never mind, I didn't schroll down the list.

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Katye, where are you buying your Fuchsia starts? I posted on the other forum that I started buying from Earthworks, I have really enjoyed the new ones this year and plan to buy more in the spring. Jim

Hostajim, I know you asked Katye this question... but I bought fuchsia starts, this summer, from PedricksCorner. She's part of this forum & sells thru the DG Marketplace.

Liz

Jim - I haven't bought any starts, but I have bought plants from my fave local nursery. The Hardy fuchsia I do have has one branch that has green foliage. I will use that for starts.
I would love to grow more hardies - I am planning a raised bed for some - hopefully this will deter the dogs. I have no GH, and indoor space is quite limited. I will be overwintering whatever roots, including the tender one I have. I swear I'll hang them from the ceiling if necessary!

So, I finally had a chance to take a few pics of my fuchsias, and ALAS I find that several tags have been found MIA. These are the plants in my garden that I DO know the ID of...all have been in the garden for at least three years and survived our winter last year (all died back to the ground) which was the worst that I have experienced since I have been living on this property (13 years).

This is Alice Hoffman, and this is her third year in my garden. She started as a cutting sized plant. The first pic is not the greatest in terms of detal, but here she is in the garden along my house....

This shows how pretty Alice Hoffman is up close. Don't mind the slug chews in the leaves...I live in the woods and slugs are just a fact of life....

Fuchsias are a hard plant to get an overall picture of. This is my second favorite hardy (the one in the center with the chartruse new growth). It is about 4 foot tall after starting over from die back to the ground. It has been in my garden for three years as well (that was when I first started to landscape with fuschias).

This is Genii

This is Genii close up...her flowers are varied in color from the burgandy to the purple.

I just love the color of her new foilage.....

Rarejem, Genii is beautiful AND the fuchsia section of the Plant Files is needing your beautiful photograph for Genii! Please add your photo :-)
Before I add a new variety of fuchsia, or add photos to one already listed, I first check at least two websites to make certain the fuchsia I have was labeled correctly. Your Genii is definately not mislabeled. I am hoping that one of the missions of our new fuchsia forum will be to get those blanks filled in!

In Eureka CA>

The coast of CA has lots of Fuchsia>

In Ft. Bragg they have a Botanical Garden>

The Garden had lots of Fuchsia in pots and hanging baskets>

Wow, those are all gorgeous! Maybe you could start a thread on hanging baskets and/or containers? We don't have that subject yet.

Dale, those are all great pictures, thanks, Jim

Thanks for adding your photos to the Plant Files Rarejem!

No problem! I love to be able to look up my plants (or soon to be plants) in the plant files, and it is not often that I have something to share that there aren't already several photos of. It is an invaluable resource, and if I can contribute, I feel that is payback for all that everyone has shared with me!

Hopefully lots of us be filling in those blanks!

Great photos! This is "Hawkshead"

Azorina, living, in this area of the PNW I think we have one of the best climates to grow these beauties, don't you think? Jim

hostajim1- Absolutly! And for a lot of other cool plants as well.

DaleTheGardener: the fuchsia picture in Eureka, CA - do you know which Triphylla type that is?

Linda - Hawkshead - all white, or pale, pale pink?
Either way, I'm going to find it - looks wonderful.

I wish I had more to share in this thread, but almost every single one of my fuchsias is in a container.....
Hawkshead is beautiful! I don't normally go for white. But I am especially fond of the simple and single blossoms.
White gets damaged so easily, no matter what kind of flower it is.
Is this one hardy for you? Do the blossoms get burned in the sun?
I know it's got to be cold hardy, living up where you are!!
Could you add a bush view to the PlantFiles? One of the problems with most sources of fuchsia photos is that we only get to see the flower up close, not the leaves or the form of the bush. And very often, it is the foliage and form that tells two varieties apart.

Katye- Hawkshead is all white, I've had it for several years ....in fact it was one of the first plants I got from the original Heronswood. It stands between 3 and 4 feet.

The flower on "hawkshead" seem particulary tough and not damaged by sun..but this year it was slow to flower and at this time sun strength isn't very strong. I have a hummingbird feeder just above it but I don't see them visiting the flower.

Azorina, that is a great photo and exactly what the Plant Files needs, I hope you will add it to the other photos of "Hawkshead" there!
I love the form on this bush. Doesn't it look so delicate?
Yet you know this is a tough little guy who can handle the elements.
It isn't one I have in my collection. I am going to have to look for it!