Friday, March 14, 2025
What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ‘First Success’ is an alluring cross between F. paniculata x F. splendens bred in the Netherlands in 1985….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | fuchsia spotlight
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Very common in nurseries in the Pacific Northwest is this partial reversion of Fuchsia ‘Firecracker’ back to its parent ‘Thalia’. It’s been making the rounds….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | sports
Thursday, October 28, 2021
When Carol Gubler of Little Brook Fuchsias in the UK asked “What’s your favorite fuchsia?” on Zoom today, I had to answer that it’s usually “Love the one you’re with” with me and fuchsias. I’d be hard pressed to name just one and not all. Then it dawned on me….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | fuchsias spotlight
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Fuchsia ‘Cardinal’ is another classic American cultivar released by Evans & Reeves Nurseries of Los Angeles in 1938. It has long internodes and likes to spread wide so give it room. It's also winter hardy in the usual places that fuchsias are hardy….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsia spotlight | fuchsias | hardies | plants
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Fuchsia ‘Santa Claus’ soon would be there…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — christmas | cultivars | holidays | seasons
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Something funny happened in the garden this morning. No, the squirrels didn’t leave a fruit basket on the back step with knock and a nice note apologizing for having gnawed off the lily buds...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | hortulus fuchsiarum | propagation
Saturday, April 08, 2023
I do remember the first time I came across Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’. It was at a rather large, and I thought at the time, rather nice nursery. I was still mostly a teenager then. Fuchsias I already knew but...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | spotlight
Sunday, April 15, 2012
If you happen to be lucky enough find yourself in sunny southern California on the fuchsia trail—or any gardening trail as a matter of fact—a visit to Weidners’ Nursery in Encinitas…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | spotlight
