Re: Winter blooms - Vancouver Island

Hi Jason,

The ones that are blooming now are F. magellanica and F. 'Double Otto'
and they bloom until frost - which we haven't had yet.  I have three
of the former and with support through the rose arbor, one of them has
canes arching over the top of the 10-foot arbor because we haven't had
a really cold winter for years to freeze it back.  It usually takes a
heavy frost to stop them blooming.  The 'Alba' form, F. magellanica
var.molinae, is supposed to be the hardiest of the fuchias but stops
blooming when cool fall weather sets in - it is a shy bloomer anyway.

'Double Otto' is especially liked by the deer because the new growth
is thick and fleshy and they seem to eat the branches when they are
covered with dangling unopened buds.  The flowers are huge on this -
possibly as big as fuchia flowers get?  It forms a strong woody trunk.
I moved it this year so cut it back to 4 feet but will get it up there
again out of the deer's reach.  (I grow about 70 roses in the same
manner - out of the deer's reach through one contrivance or another!)

I don't grow any of the tender fuchias.

Diane Pertson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason D"


> which hardy fuchsias do you grow?
> -Jason
> San Francisco

> --- Otter Point <otterpt@macn.bc.ca> wrote:
> > It is interesting what blooms in winter in different
> > parts of the
> > globe.  Putting on a spectacular display right now
> > is Mahonia
> > 'Charity', a mature specimen with a dozen or more
> > one-foot golden
> > inflorescenses.  Also still colourful are the hardy
> > fuschias,
> > especially the ones too tall for the deer to eat!
> > My original
> > Grevillea victoriae died (I think of old age) and
> > its replacement is
> > too young to bloom this winter.
> >
> > Diane Pertson
> > Vancouver Island
> >
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