I don't have the heart to photograph the damage yet. It is supposed to be warmer tonight, but it is also going to rain. So I'll take some pics next week. December can be sunny and warm here, so who knows, maybe the boliviana's will have time to recover a bit before January. I think though, that I ought to keep them covered until the beginning of March.
SW, I am glad everyone is safe inside the GH, my lycioides outside seems to be just fine so far!
Show us your hardy fuschias in the ground.
PC, How soon will I be able to see damage on my fuchsias? I brought all the cuttings, I bought from you last spring, inside - they're still very small, because the deer ate them several times... but I have a few other fuchsias outside, uncovered ;-(. They looked fine, this morning. A couple are under a tall tree & the one that looks the most tender to me (a nettala) is in a corner, so I'm hoping the fence will protect it. We've been down into the 20's the past couple nights... but the worst should be over now. Thanks!
Liz
Never did remember to cover Lycoides and the Cardinal. They didn't seem to mind though. This is the Cardinal plant that survived the summer only to have me drop it and break off the main stem while I was transplanting it. I planted the root ball, gave it some rooting enzyme and stuck the whole thing in the larger pot. The Cardinal is still alive. Speaks volumes for hardiness.
Probably should say the same thing on the cold hardy thread. But I know I'll forget.
WIB!
SW
That would be a good photo for the thread about mulch SW!
Okay, PC. I'll post it over there too.
WIB!
SW
PC, thanks for suggesting it. SW, I'm learning from your trials, thanks, Jim
I planted a couple of hedges with F. magelllanica molinae last summer and they are all doing very well. I needed shade in a few areas and I needed something that would grow tall fast. Here is a shot of my little trail up the hill. You can see the magellanica's on both sides. For scale, I can easily walk under the canes going over the trail without any need to duck! These guys are out in the full sun all day. I am working on a good shot of the hedge that is acting as a wall of shade for tender plants. It's hard to get a photo that shows the length and height of it.
That is beautiful. You are so lucky to be where you can grow them like that.
This one of my favorites "Double Otto"
This is one I got last fall from Monier's "Cricket"
"Margaret" thanks to PNWmoutaingirl
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I actually had this one in the shade till last fall. (A noid)
Linda, your Margaret is WAY bigger than its parent, which is still in a pot. Soon come for the fuchsia bed.
Linda, I believe your "noid" is Party Frock. Mine is new to me and has been a delightful surprise. Had a hard time getting a photo of it though, my camera is an antique digital.
'Cricket' is not in the PlantFiles here for fuchsias, I hope you ad it! All I know about it, is that it was hybridized by Storvick in 1986. Perhaps the Monniers website, which they have generously left up as a resource, will have more details on it's growth habit. Nope, just tried looking it up there and it's isn't listed on their website. You'll be the one to let us know!
The day after I took those pics of the fuchsias they were nibbled on by deer. A snack was made of "Cricket then they passed up "Chillerton Beauty" to get a bite of "Lady Boothby" ........Gees at least they are slug resistant.
Ouch! I've seen citrus bushes, even lemons, destroyed by hungry deer. But although fuchsia flowers and berries are edible by humans, I never had any problem with deer when mine were out on a unfenced hillside. Go figure! Maybe it was the big black lab. But he was afraid of the dark and the coyotes, so he never left the deck of the house after sun down. I bet it was his urine all over that hillside that kept them away. Because they destroyed the neighbors yard.....
My current location is all fenced in. But it is a low fence any deer could easily jump over. The coyotes and racoons come through here every night. Maybe the coyotes are keeping the deer away.
Here is a little (now) gem that I received from Azorina. She told me it will get quite large. Any idea on an ID for this one?
Love that.
Looks like F. magellanica molinae to me :-) Does it have just the slightest tinge of pale pale blue to the pink corolla? Magellanica's can get 8-10 feet high down here. Mine is descended from a cutting I took from a huge bush growing up the the second story of a cottage in Capitola, California long, long ago...... The trunk on mine is two inches across and has recovered very well from being used as a jungle gym by my teenage cat while he was learning to climb, ha, ha!
I will keep that in mind. I looked tonight and could not see any pale blue anywhere. I am in an unusual environment on a small oasis within a forested acreage. (Lots of shade.) Azorina, can you see any blue on your mother plant?
It's a beauty, PNWmountaingirl!
Looking at the Monnier's list of fuchsias this might be it.
Magellanica Alba
http://monnierscountrygardens.com/PhotoPagesM-S/MagAlba.html
I'm going to try and get some pictures today before it gets too hot! We are having a stretch of hot weather the next 6 days in the 90's...Argh!! much too hot for me...LOL
Tried to get a close up of the blooms, think that it is a little pinker than this shows. I find light pink is one of the hardest colors to capture on digital. It is definitely pink rather than white.
I bought this and one other at a private plant sale both were noids. She just said they were fuchsia trees. I'm thinking it may be the Magellanica "Alba" because it does get very large. This is a pic of last year. DH is over 6ft.
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This is the flowers on the other fuchsia tree. (Another noid)
Whoa, Linda, I think I put that little pink beauty in the wrong spot!!!!! That is really TALL.
Have to reconsider its location. I hadn't realized that it was the one in the picture with your DH.
Hey Sharon that is the story of my life! Unfortunately I am a plant collector and not a landscaper (or a hoarder!!)so it takes me a while to find the best spot. These seem to transplant easily...done it a thousand times!
Your hubby is so cute.
Thankyou...I'll be sure and let him know!!
This is a berry from "Cricket" tasted ok, but I can't imagine having enough for wine!
When I have enough to start making jam, I'll send you a sample ;-D
The berry should be so ripe that you don't need to pull on it to remove it, they should be solid black. And so far, the smaller berries taste the best. My big 'Voodoo' bush puts out tons of huge berries, more than enough to make a pie, but they don't taste as good. Maybe with a little suger....hmm, maybe it is time to try to at least make enough for an ice-cream topping.
After all, fresh blueberries don't taste the same as cooked blueberries either.
I'll get work on that and let you know!
Thanks I'll look forward to that ;)
Hi PC, I finally have a picture of that other fuchsia I sent you in bud. It is very long and narrow not at all plump.
Hi Willowwind2, yup, that is one of them. But you sent me three types. One is that one, F. magellanica. One if F. microphylla. And the third has been identified by the Northwest Fuchsia Society as F. campos-portoi. If you look at the photos I took back when the cuttings arrived, you will see three different kinds.
The only thing I can think of, is if someone gave me cuttings on the same day as yours arrived and I forgot. I put all of the cuttings I made from the material you sent me, into one tray. I do not recall anyone else giving me cuttings at that time though...........
Yes, this one above, the mini one and the old type of hardy one that you see all over the place. None have plump round buds.
It's a mystery then. Don't know what happened to the third one you sent. And someone else must have given me the F. campos-portoi at the same time. :-D
Would you like a piece of the last pictured one? I'm re-doing the bed that it is in and will be removing and re-planting everything. I have a seperate rooted piece I can send you if you want it.