Hi Willowwind2, isn't that such a cute little tiny flower? I confess that I never thought it would be one that I'd have in my collection. For one thing, the foliage is also tiny and making the cuttings would be a bit of a chore. But the other day I saw one in bloom in my trays and wondering how in the world it got in there! Ha, ha, then I remembered that someone gave me a little tiny piece of one and I planted it with the other cuttings I was doing that day, just because. This weekend it got transplanted into a 5 gallon pot next to all the other new varieties and it is literally growing on me, ha, ha!
There are a number of Fuchsia mycrophyllla's, so I wonder which one I have and if it is the same as yours. They look the same.
How are the other fuchsias in your garden doing? Like the cute little guy you posted on June 27th?
Who would like to see a Fuchsia Forum!?
I will get cutting to you as soon as it cools off a little. Of both of my hardys. Well one plant and somecuttings.
Thanks! And let me know if you want any of mine, I'd be happy to send you a few!
This is one of my hardy fuschias. NOID currently, may find a name later..
Have had it for a few years, but it has recently gotten more light since a tree fell down in last winter's very heavy snow.
It dies down to the ground each year and is currently about 24 inches tall.
It's beatiful PNW! It is hard to tell many fuchsias from just their flower, one needs to see the foliage as well. But it looks awfully close to Charlie Girl. This group of fuchsias though, with this type of coloring, has a large number of varieties, so it is hard to say for certain. The first few photo examples of Dollar Princess here in the Plant Files are wrong, it has a much smaller flower and redder sepals. But yours looks allot like the photos posted there.....
Yahoo!!!
Go - see - now!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/fuchsia/all/
As usual, you are RIGHT on top of things Kate. Everyone, this seems to be the new "Fuschias Discussion Forum"!
I would definitely follow a fuschia forum!
PedricksCorner....
I just wanted to let you know that yesterday when my Mom and I were taking a leisurely walk through our garden, we saw a fuchsia berry on one of my hardy fuchsias. Never would have though to before reading this forum, but we decided to taste it. It wasn't probably as ripe as it should have been, but I picked it and braved the first taste (I was raised to try everything once before you turn your nose up and say yuck). I was very surprised that it was sweet, and if it would have been a little bit riper, it probably would have been quite good. Never thought I would find myself eating a fuchsia berry rather than cutting it off! Thanks for the experience!
I am SO proud of you! Ha, ha, my youngest niece was here for a week and she was constantly running up to me with a fuchsia berry to try from one of the bushes and expected me to know from which one it came LOL!
The best ones should be practically black and you shouldn't have to tug on them. I have found that the varieties with the smaller berries taste the best. I am hoping to be able to try making fuchsia berry jam next year. After all, raw blueberries aren't that exciting, but dang, I love blueberry jam!
My first berry, can't recall which bush. Thrilled anyway!
WIB!
SW
That's a nice one.
Cool! That is Delta's Groom!
Too right PC, and the berry tasted good too. Posted a photo to wrong thread a minute ago. These guys are awesome.
Thanks for convincing me I could too grow them here!
WIB,
SW
Just remember to wait until they are dark, dark purple, almost black. And you should never have to pull a berry off if it is ripe. It just just come off when you give it a gentle tug. Unripe berries taste okay, but the ripe ones taste much better. And the smaller ones taste much better than the larger ones. My Voodoo puts out a ton of huge berries that I don't bother to eat because they just don't have the flavor of the smaller ones. Enjoy!
By next spring, I expect us all to be posting fuchsia berry recipes!