Re: Winter blooms - Vancouver Island
- Subject: Re: Winter blooms - Vancouver Island
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:14:05 -0800 (PST)
I believe the Brazilian F. campos-portoi is quite
winter-hardy, native at quite high elevations. I may
be wrong about the species name, but I remember one of
those Brazilians takes hard-freezing winters.
re Deer: We need to get you some cougars. ;-)
Anyone?
-Jason
--- Otter Point <otterpt@macn.bc.ca> wrote:
> 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
>
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