I have no idea what it is. I have had it forever. So it was something that was around fifteen to twenty years ago. I could send you some cutting or root a start for you. I have five starts off my miniature one. That pink flower is about 1/4 " long. Really neat. I could give you one of those also. But I really don't have room for any more shrubs, darn it.
Who would like to see a Fuchsia Forum!?
Bonsai!! Ha, ha, I have been thinking about trying some of the mini fuchsias as Bonsai for a long time. I have one called Amber Rose that would be great. I think yours would be also. And I would like to see if they can survive as bonsai indoors in a sunny window. The bark on older fuchsias can be very beautiful and that is part of the art of bonsai, the trunk of the plant used.
I would love for you to send me a cutting! And then, if you ever do decide you'd like to try a new fuchsia, I'd be happy to send you one of my starts.
Tiny Tim is an old classic, we grew allot of him back in the day. I am pretty sure that is the name of your fuchsia and it would take my collection to 95.
Should I send you the money for shipping?
No, just dmail me your address. I will send several pieces off the large one and one of the starts of the mini. I will try to find the picture I posted last year of the mini.
Thanks Willowwind2! I just sent it to you. Let me know if you ever decide you'd like one of mine in trade. Just scored a wooden shelf for free at a hardware store when I was getting another 15 bags of steet manure. Planting mix is SO expensive for me. So I mix steer manure half and half with garden soil, water it a bit every day for two weeks, then mix that half and half with planting mix for my containers.
Now I gotta get that sucker out of the van and haul it downhill.....it will be great as a shelf for trays of sprouting seeds. I am so behind in getting my veggies started this year. But all the fuchsias are happy!
Sounds like you work too hard.
Ha, ha! I live in an area with an extremely high unemployment rate right now. And it isn't going to get better anytime soon. I have to spend two hours a day communting. If this little nursery does what I know it can next year, I won't have to do that anymore and I just might have a secure job for myself until I can't work. Ha, I might just even be able to retire in twenty years when I'm in my 70's! Or at least take it easy and just supervise. Best of all, I'll get to do what I love for a living. Something I haven't been able to say in a long, long time. The hard work and penny pinching will be worth it :-)
what area do you travel to for work, PC?
I used to live in Los Gatos & the area south of Santa Cruz to Carmel is where I played...lol.
I love that portion of CA; I'm sure it's a bit different nowadays.
Ah! Then you know that although I have to endure a commute from Santa Cruz to Del Rey Oaks every day. And that means going from one end of the Monterey Bay to the other. It is a stunningly gorgeous commute!!! Some days it just takes my breath away. Especially at sunrise.
No, thankfully, it has NOT changed much yet. I left Santa Cruz after 20 years there, when it got to the point that one could walk somewhere faster than drive there!! But although I live out in Freedom, my commute van picks us up in Aptos.
Santa Cruz was once a sleepy little tourist village.......
late 60's to early 70's: not an easy place to hitchhike through as the tourists didn't pick you up & the locals weren't going very far!
I still think it has an awesome climate, despite the fog typical of the area. I actually prefer the weather there to that of Hawaii, and the traffic is horrid there, too.
No wonder you grow so many fabulous Fuchsias!
It's true that I get my fair share of fog out here in Freedom. Actually, I am closer to Corralitos. But since I am up in the mountains, it also gets very hot and very cold here. One of my "missions" regarding fuchsias, is to prove they are capable of growing out in the full sun. All of my specimen plants are out in the full sun most of the day. The fog mostly benefits me, ha, ha! Because I can work harder in it. The fuchsias can handle the full on sun, but I can't! When I get a new variety, the first thing I do is transplant it right out in the sun. When most people think of fuchsias, they think of tender hanging baskets that fry in the heat. I don't grow those!
We are seeing more of the "hardy" varieties up here. But knowing that there are so many choices, it's hard to settle for standard fare.
I would prefer to grow them in large containers so my dogs don't ruin them. But I'm not sure of their hardiness in such. After losing several to the past 3 winters, I'm a bit more cautious about low temps & their ability to deal.
I,too, am a fuchsia fancier and lover. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to grow but one and I don't know or remember the name of it. It is pale pink and white. Maybe with y'alls help I can get into it more. etc.
Ann
Ann - you have arrived at Plant Enablers R Us.
We will definately encourage you to obtain more & try again!
Hi Ann, Katye is right! Hmm, pale pink and white. There are a fair number that meet that description. Like Sacramento Bell and Pink Panther. You should be able to grow lots of fuchsias in your zone! Especially if you follow the illustrations given by the Northwest Fuchsia Society. Then even if everything above the soil freezes, they will come back up from beneath the surface. And just like roses, they can produce huge new spikes of growth in the spring. Depending on the variety of course. Some grow much faster than others.
My hardy is planted against a brick wall that faces due south and it does great.
See, and a south facing wall is going to get lots of sun, right? Fuchsias are tougher than most people realize! They love the sun! Someone in one of these forums wrote that a friend from Brazil, where most fuchsias originated, said they get so big down there, that they use the wood for firewood! And I believe it! My Magellanica has a big thick trunk on it. Once and a while I have to cut it down a bit and I have to use a saw to do it. My neighbor doesn't like it coming over the fence and I have seen Magellanica growing up to the second story of a house out here on the coast.
By the way plantladyhou, Magellanica gets a pink and almost white flower with just a hint of blue. They are small and very abundant. My neice said the looked like fairy dancers.
This is a fuchsia tree that I purchased at a private sale on Fox Island...I don't know the variety so I refer to it as the Fox Island Fairy Dancer. My DH is 6'2" for perspective
This is another fuchsia tree I purchased at the same sale
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Cool! The first one is definately Magellanica! I think the bark on Magellanica is very interesting and I am experimenting with making a few into bonsai and a few others are getting clipped into a hedge. The second one though, with Magellanica sneaking into it, I don't know! Years ago, I bought my first twenty varieties in the same size as I ship and one of them grew and grew and grew, but never bloomed. It got so big I didn't have room for it, or so I thought at the time. Maybe it just needed to mature. But I gave it away and will never know.
Any chance you'd be interested in a trade? I'd send you any of the starts I sell in return for some cuttngs of the mystery fuchsia tree.
I'm up for a trade......Unfortunately I have had very little success in propagating Fuchsias even with rooting hormone. The Magellanica did sneak into the picture
I use a special blanket, but never rooting hormone. I used to use a thin white guazy material, but then they started to put out these cool plastic blankets with thousands of tiny holes in them that last much longer. And this year, I even put in an automatic misting system on a small area in the shade. Only the cuttings get shade until they grow roots. Then everyone moves out into the sun!
Just take a look at the list of stuff I have avalaible and tell me what you'd like and I'll send it to you. Another trick is those plastic covered containers with slits in them that they use for fruit nowadays. Those make great tiny greenhouses! Especially for starting seed and cuttings in the winter.
PedricksCorner-I think you actually have this fuchsia. Actually it is common around here. Here is a close up.
And here is a picture of the other tree
You are right, it used to be common in some areas. Mine is decended from a huge bush I found growing in Capitola, CA over 30 years ago. I brought cuttings of in into the nursery where I worked for over 10 years, because although they were famous for their fuchsias, they did not have this one. There are a few variations on Magellanica. Mine is not totally pink, nor white, it has a hint of blue in the corolla.
I am really looking forward to the one in the second photo!!
I've been taking photos of my new varieties and hope to be adding them to the database here soon. That is another on of my goals, to add fuchsias to the list here and/or at least provide photos for those that do not yet have one. I am hoping there will be more of us interested in fuchsias. As identifying the varieties is not always easy. For instance, the photo they have listed here for Dollar Princess looks nothing like what I have. Mine matches the photo of Dollar Princess at the Northwest Fuchsia Society website.
I have identified the fuchsia I was calling Marion. Sort of sad about it, but I knew it had to be a named variety because Marion bought it from the once large and famous nursery I worked at for 10 years. She had this fuchsia for many years and had lost the tag long ago. Finding the real name of this fuchsia is one of the reasons I had for trying to generate interest in a fuchsia forum!
Turns out Marion is actually Orange Crush!! That is a good name for it, so I don't mind so much, ha, ha! Not like someone named her Lady of the Hall at the Southern Palace or something :-D
I haven't forgotten PC. Just been busy with my mom. I will soon be back at work in the garden.
I hope she is okay! Does she just need assistance, or has she been ill? Don't worry, I will be patient!
I saw your post on 'my mom' thread. Thanks
hummer_girl has started a new thread trying to get a fuchsia forum started, I haven't had a chance to read up on the thread where everyone is voting, so I don't know yet, who amoung those of us who have been writting in this thread have voted. Got to run now and will read them later, but I do hope we will all vote and get this ball rolling!
There are over 10,000 known varieties of fuchsias!!! We need a Fuchsia Forum ;-)
Yes we do.
Glad to see you here Willowwind2, how are you doing?
I hope your garden is keeping your spirits up.
As I know from experience, that one will always miss those that have gone before us.
I neglected to put a link here to the thread hummer_girl has started which is being tracked by DavesGarden to see if there is enough interest to start a Fuchsia Forum.
Everyone needs to make an entry there. No so much to "vote," but as to throw your name onto the "yes" list ;-)
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1026402/
I hope to "see" you all there!
I'm doing ok. Having a hard time getting into my old routine after two years. My brother was here for two months and my sis for 1, I miss them but am enjoying having the privacy back.
Happy Birthday, PedricksCorner.
Hope its full of beautiful blooms!!!
Jan
Thanks Jan! It is a bit overcaste here today, but I don't mind, I can get allot more work done outside when it is cooler than when it is hot. So for me, it is a perfect weather day.
I've been wondering if Jan23 was your name or a date. Two of my little sisters were born in January :-)
I went and bought a new fuchsia yesterday and spent five times more than I normaly would for a new variety. And I thought long and hard about it. I even came home and went back four hours later. Worried that someone else may have noticed it and bought it already, as there was only one!
Gary aka Tiger Boy, snuck into the shot ;-)
This is Rohees New Millenium!
Justification for new one: it's my birthday present!!! :)
Jan is the name, 23 is birthdate, as well as anniversary date. I figured it would be easier for DH to remember just one date. Now, he just has to get the months right - Nov. and June. hee-hee
Scorpio woman and June bride?
Actually Sagittarius woman :)
I am continueing to hope that we will be seeing photos of peoples fuchsias either in here, or even better, in the new thread hummer_girl started for getting a fuchsia forum going!
This is Iced Champagne
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Ha, okay, this is Iced Champagne.... ;-)
PC, Hope this is the picture of my tiny fuchsia. The bloom is about 3/8" long.
