On Mon, 14 May 2018 00:07:54 Jim S wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2018 21:38:03 +0100, David Rance wrote:

On a matter of pronunciation ...

We pronounce "fuchsia" as "fewsha" even though it was named after a
German botanist, a certain Leonhart Fuchs ("fooks").

So how do people pronounce "fuchsita"?

Personally I love fuchsias and was fascinated by them as a child, but I
haven't had any in my garden for years. Perhaps its time I did something
about it.

Go on then. It's a gift that goes on giving. There are enough hardys around
that the supermarkets are doing them in packs. True they flower late, but
by then all your half-hardys are going to seed and they run on to the first
frost. I started these in Devon many years ago and dug them up and
re-planted here on the NE coast. I really ought to take some cuttings, but
really cn't be bothered. If it works - don't fix it!

I last had fuchsias back in the 1970s when I was living near the south
coast. I had a fuchsia with small flowers in my previous house and I
took cuttings to my new house and established a low hedge of them around
a bay window. It looked very pretty. Then in 1980 I moved to Reading and
the cuttings I brought with me died and I haven't had one since!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK