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Fuchsita?
As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots
and baskets, I was taken abach to find something called a FUCHSITA in a local garden nursery. Is this a different plant or a variety? Take your eye off the ball for a minute..... -- Jim S |
Fuchsita?
On 10/05/2018 20:33, Jim S wrote:
As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots and baskets, I was taken abach to find something called a FUCHSITA in a local garden nursery. Is this a different plant or a variety? Take your eye off the ball for a minute..... https://www.yougarden.com/item-p-400...chsia-fuchsita -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Fuchsita?
Jim S wrote:
As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots and baskets, I was taken abach to find something called a FUCHSITA in a local garden nursery. Is this a different plant or a variety? Take your eye off the ball for a minute..... '-ita' might be a diminutive, like Rosita (which I guess is 'little rose') or Conchita (one meaning of which is 'little shell'). By this (possibly flawed :-)) logic, Fuchsita would mean 'little Fuchsia'. |
Fuchsita?
On Thu, 10 May 2018 20:33:17 +0100, Jim S wrote:
As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots and baskets, Nice to see someone else growing a good number of Hardies, I have about 40 different, last few years have gone from soft late summer cuttings to hardwood cuttings, getting better results, (and darn sight easier ) was wondering if you did the same?. Derek |
Fuchsita?
On Sat, 12 May 2018 16:17:50 +0100, Derek wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2018 20:33:17 +0100, Jim S wrote: As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots and baskets, Nice to see someone else growing a good number of Hardies, I have about 40 different, last few years have gone from soft late summer cuttings to hardwood cuttings, getting better results, (and darn sight easier ) was wondering if you did the same?. Derek Not had the need to take cuttings for years. Usually I just cut down to a few inches, even in hanging baskets. I'm on Tyneside and cannot remember the last time I lost one. Indeed the blue/white one can grow to 4ft in a season. Love Genii for the yellow leaves. -- Jim S |
Fuchsita?
On 12 May 2018 16:17, Derek wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2018 20:33:17 +0100, Jim S wrote: As someone who has over a dozen different hardy fuchsias in my garden, pots and baskets, Nice to see someone else growing a good number of Hardies, I have about 40 different, last few years have gone from soft late summer cuttings to hardwood cuttings, getting better results, (and darn sight easier ) was wondering if you did the same?. Some years ago I bought a number at the RHS Wisley Flower Show, not one survived the first winter which wasn't a bad one. Never tried again with hardy ones yet a couple of "tender" ones survived last winter OK. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
Fuchsita?
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. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
Fuchsita?
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. David 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! -- Jim S |
Fuchsita?
Indeed the blue/white one can grow to 4ft in a
season. Love Genii for the yellow leaves. Delta Sarah |
Fuchsita?
On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:16:09 +0100, Bob Hobden
wrote: Some years ago I bought a number at the RHS Wisley Flower Show, not one survived the first winter which wasn't a bad one. Never tried again with hardy ones yet a couple of "tender" ones survived last winter OK. Need to be planted very deep, half the bottom folige, buried is not too deep. I have had a tender one in the gaden now for over ten years, but heavily mulched every year |
Fuchsita?
On Mon, 14 May 2018 04:05:24 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
You're lucky. Down in West Cornwall, and AIUI all along the south coast of the UK, fuchsias are being ravaged by the fuchsia gall mite. Mine certainly are. I'm just hoping the freeze-up due to the 'beast from the east' saw a lot of it off. Could do, last I heard the best thing to do is to cut down to a stub, , burn infected folige and hope |
Fuchsita?
In article ,
Chris Hogg 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"). Yebbut...shouldn't the 'ch' in Fuchs be pronounced as in Achtung, with that German guttural throaty sound that we don't have in English, rather than with a hard 'k'? Or do you say Aktung? :-) Only south of the border. It occurs in loch and similar words. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Derek wrote in
: On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:16:09 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote: Some years ago I bought a number at the RHS Wisley Flower Show, not one survived the first winter which wasn't a bad one. Never tried again with hardy ones yet a couple of "tender" ones survived last winter OK. Need to be planted very deep, half the bottom folige, buried is not too deep. I have had a tender one in the gaden now for over ten years, but heavily mulched every year AND never NEVER let them dry out, especially in tubs, baskets and as houseplants! -- Jim S |
Fuchsita?
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 -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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On Mon, 14 May 2018 07:48:18 Chris Hogg 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"). Yebbut...shouldn't the 'ch' in Fuchs be pronounced as in Achtung, with that German guttural throaty sound that we don't have in English, rather than with a hard 'k'? Or do you say Aktung? :-) The English pronunciation 'fewsha' is a nearer to fuchsia than is 'fooksia'! No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
Fuchsita?
On 14/05/2018 22:34, David Rance wrote:
No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English. If that's correct it must be a regional accent. SWMBO disagrees. That's with a degree in languages. OTOH the inhabitants of their capital really do say "ish bin ein Berliner"... not Ich as I'd have expected... Andy |
Fuchsita?
On Mon, 14 May 2018 23:13:54 Vir Campestris wrote:
On 14/05/2018 22:34, David Rance wrote: No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English. If that's correct it must be a regional accent. Not at all. I am talking about "Hochdeutsch" pronunciation. SWMBO disagrees. That's with a degree in languages. A degree in languages doesn't necessarily teach one about pronunciation. I have a degree in music. That doesn't mean that I can play a musical instrument. I can, of course, but I didn't study that as part of my degree course. OTOH the inhabitants of their capital really do say "ish bin ein Berliner"... not Ich as I'd have expected... Actually they would say, "Ich bin Berliner." "Ich bin ein Berliner" was a famous gaff by JFK. ("I am a doughnut!") David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
Fuchsita?
On 15/05/2018 09:13, David Rance wrote:
On Mon, 14 May 2018 23:13:54 Vir Campestris wrote: On 14/05/2018 22:34, David Rance wrote: Â*No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English. If that's correct it must be a regional accent. Not at all. I am talking about "Hochdeutsch" pronunciation. SWMBO disagrees. That's with a degree in languages. A degree in languages doesn't necessarily teach one about pronunciation. I have a degree in music. That doesn't mean that I can play a musical instrument. I can, of course, but I didn't study that as part of my degree course. OTOH the inhabitants of their capital really do say "ish bin ein Berliner"... not Ich as I'd have expected... Actually they would say, "Ich bin Berliner." "Ich bin ein Berliner" was a famous gaff by JFK. ("I am a doughnut!") .... and _my_ German is no better than JFKs. I'm out of my depth here though. Even though I read fuchs-eeta and phew-shia... but googling I found this https://forvo.com/word/fuchs/#de Which seems to back you up. Do you have any other examples of similar words? Andy |
Fuchsita?
On Tue, 15 May 2018 21:59:04 Vir Campestris wrote:
On 15/05/2018 09:13, David Rance wrote: On Mon, 14 May 2018 23:13:54 Vir Campestris wrote: On 14/05/2018 22:34, David Rance wrote: *No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English. If that's correct it must be a regional accent. Not at all. I am talking about "Hochdeutsch" pronunciation. SWMBO disagrees. That's with a degree in languages. A degree in languages doesn't necessarily teach one about pronunciation. I have a degree in music. That doesn't mean that I can play a musical instrument. I can, of course, but I didn't study that as part of my degree course. OTOH the inhabitants of their capital really do say "ish bin ein Berliner"... not Ich as I'd have expected... Actually they would say, "Ich bin Berliner." "Ich bin ein Berliner" was a famous gaff by JFK. ("I am a doughnut!") ... and _my_ German is no better than JFKs. I'm out of my depth here though. Even though I read fuchs-eeta and phew-shia... but googling I found this https://forvo.com/word/fuchs/#de Which seems to back you up. Do you have any other examples of similar words? The rule is that, if "ch" is followed by "s" then it is pronounced "ks" as in "sechs" (six), "wechseln" (to change). Hence a word which all travellers in German-speaking countries will be familiar with: "Geldwechsel" David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
Fuchsita?
On 15/05/2018 22:46, David Rance wrote:
The rule is that, if "ch" is followed by "s" then it is pronounced "ks" as in "sechs" (six), "wechseln" (to change). Hence a word which all travellers in German-speaking countries will be familiar with: "Geldwechsel" Fascinating. She's certain her teacher, who was German, pronounced wachsen and sechs with the guttural CH. Andy |
Fuchsita?
In article ,
Vir Campestris wrote: On 15/05/2018 22:46, David Rance wrote: The rule is that, if "ch" is followed by "s" then it is pronounced "ks" as in "sechs" (six), "wechseln" (to change). Hence a word which all travellers in German-speaking countries will be familiar with: "Geldwechsel" Fascinating. She's certain her teacher, who was German, pronounced wachsen and sechs with the guttural CH. The pronounciation of German (as well as other aspects) varies considerably with location. Most northern Germans can't understand those from the alps when the latter are speaking between themselves. After all, the same thing happens even in England. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Fuchsita?
On 18/05/18 09:38, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Vir Campestris wrote: On 15/05/2018 22:46, David Rance wrote: The rule is that, if "ch" is followed by "s" then it is pronounced "ks" as in "sechs" (six), "wechseln" (to change). Hence a word which all travellers in German-speaking countries will be familiar with: "Geldwechsel" Fascinating. She's certain her teacher, who was German, pronounced wachsen and sechs with the guttural CH. The pronounciation of German (as well as other aspects) varies considerably with location. Most northern Germans can't understand those from the alps when the latter are speaking between themselves. After all, the same thing happens even in England. In fact, probably anywhere the "same" language is spoken. Many years ago I was staying in a small B&B in Vermont to see the Fall colours (colors?). At the same B&B were a family from Oklahoma, who had a very deep southern drawl. At breakfast the first day I could barely understand a word they said; no doubt they had the same problem with me. When I mentioned to the B&B owner my lack of comprehension to almost anything they said, he commiserated and said that he also had trouble understanding them! -- Jeff |
Fuchsita?
On Fri, 18 May 2018 08:38:32 Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Vir Campestris wrote: On 15/05/2018 22:46, David Rance wrote: The rule is that, if "ch" is followed by "s" then it is pronounced "ks" as in "sechs" (six), "wechseln" (to change). Hence a word which all travellers in German-speaking countries will be familiar with: "Geldwechsel" Fascinating. She's certain her teacher, who was German, pronounced wachsen and sechs with the guttural CH. The pronounciation of German (as well as other aspects) varies considerably with location. Most northern Germans can't understand those from the alps when the latter are speaking between themselves. After all, the same thing happens even in England. Well, of course! But in Germany they do have a standard pronunciation, Hochdeutsch, in the same way that we have Queen's English. Although in England Queen's English is now very much out of fashion (to the extent that some regional accents are now preferred) the same is not the case in Germany. I have listened to various local German accents, ranging from the Mosel down to Bavaria and into Austria and Switzerland. In fact I quite like the Viennese accent but my friends from mid-Germany pour scorn on any accent that is not Hochdeutsch. I once made a video of my home town for our twin church in a town near Frankfurt am Main. We had an Austrian girl in our church at the time and so I got her to do the commentary. When the folks from Kelkheim heard her accent they just laughed, which I thought was most unkind. David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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