On 2009-10-28 14:19:50 +0000, "Spider" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-10-28 12:11:04 +0000, said:
Sacha wrote:
that I like - I believe the flouncier the flower the less hardy it is,
in general, and I hate the tiny plain little flowers, so it's non-hardy
only for me, I'm afraid.
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So you won't like the lovely, white, simple, elegant, still absolutely
dripping with flowers Hawkshead, then? Shame. ;-)
I think it depends on the conext. The colours (although google has a
few oddities showing!
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=hawkshead%20fuchsia ) are actually
the kind I like. But my mum has one with that shaped flower which is
pale pink, and the plant is big and leafy and the flowers are small and
kind of insignificant, and it just doesn't work for me.
For years I claimed I didn't like fuschias, because they always made me
think of overgrown and run down gardens, with those huge hardy fuschia
bushes that were dark pink and purple, with huge black seed pods. When
I discovered the huge range of flouncy flowers, I changed my mind, but I
still don't like the huge bushy things with more leaf than flower.
If that makes sense.
This is ours doing its end of season thing:
http://i34.tinypic.com/adn2ib.jpg
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
Oh wow, Sacha ... I want one! How hardy is it? I get mixed reports when I
google.
Spider
Well, that's in the area by front door of the house, where we park our
own cars, if you remember that. So it's facing south but doesn't have
a lot of protection from the house itself, though probably has some
from the wall and some surrounding (but not overhanging) trees. Just
across the path from it we lost two mimosas last winter but that
Fuchsia came through. I think this is probably its 4th year. It's
worth a try, IMO and if you take cuttings you'll have insurance! I've
seen it described as Hardy, half-hardy and tender, too! So I suppose
that in the end, it depends where it's growing.
Email me your address - yes, I know I should have it! - and I'll send
it to you later when we get some more going. If you don't have my
email your other (though not, of course, better!) half does.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon