Hardy Fuchsia
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sparklemama
Location: Western Washington
Posted: Mar-21-2005 at 8:17pm
i planted a hardy fushsia last year, the tag and the name escape me though, and was wondering if they grew back from the ground at the base in the spring or from the old wood? I put a good layer of mulch on it in the fall so i am hopefull it survived winter. when do they start to show growth usually?
Fern
Location: Washington, Western Cascade Foothills
Posted: Mar-21-2005 at 9:53pm
Sometimes they regrow on the old wood, depending on the hardiness of the variety. Most of the time they resprout from the ground here in zone 7. It can take a long time, anytime from April to June. I would pull back alot of the mulch now. It is good that you mulched it, I also heard its best not to cut it back till spring. I have three kinds, one is in alot of shade and maybe not as hardy so it comes back so late it never blooms, I should move it, the other two are good.
Fern
Lisa A
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Mar-22-2005 at 10:50am
mine are already sprouting, one along the stems, the other at the base. both overwintered in containers [thank goodness for a mild winter]. can't recall variety names at moment.
hmmm, i'm pretty sure we've discussed fuchsias before . . . did you do a forum search? hopefully that thread wasn't among the ones that magically, tragically, disappeared.
sparklemama
Location: Western Washington
Posted: Mar-23-2005 at 3:03pm
I went out this morning and pulled back the mulch a bit farther, and do see some little green sprouts at the base of the fuchsia...so yea..lol. glad to know the last thing i did before hard winter hit was mulch it.
thanks for your help guys. i did not look at the archives lisa, guess i forgot to. i will be sure to look nect time before i ask.
Lisa A
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Mar-23-2005 at 4:03pm
i'm hoping the previous thread is in archives, sparklemama. it had such good information that i know would help you.
glad your fuchsia made it through.
bakingbarb
Location: Washington, Western
Posted: Mar-23-2005 at 7:40pm
Oh my I forgot I planted some of those. I have looked for other plants from last year but had forgotten that. It is great to see sprouts on plants you do not expect it from. I left 2 hanging basket fushias out with out water or anthing, laziness took over and I figured it would be time to rebuy soon. Well lo and behold I see sprouts on both of them! I am very much suprised! I also see that I planted a forget me not but I had forgoten it until I saw flowers!
Lisa A
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Mar-24-2005 at 10:37am
Originally posted by bakingbarb
I also see that I planted a forget me not but I had forgoten it until I saw flowers!
so it didn't live up to its name. lol
Carolyn
Location: Oregon, Willamette Valley
Posted: Mar-27-2005 at 9:55am
Also, even if you buy hardy fuchias or non-hardy fuchias, this is a method used by a Willamette Valley grower. Plant your new plants' roots below ground by 6". They say we can get frozen down to about 3" and if the roots are lower, the plant can re-root out of the root ball and stems below ground and as an added benefit you may see more stem shoots in the spring (also a larger plant results).
As far as my fuchsias - and I happen to love them and have planted them all around the garden - I, too, have some not showing any new growth. I don't know if I have the patience to wait until June for them or may just try some new varieties.
One hardy fuchsia that has come back year after year with no mulching whatsoever is Riccartonii (Lisa, that would be the one I gave you and you said you even were successfully growing it!). I'm always chopping it up and sharing it.
This year I even used my attic for storing plants instead of the garage. One tree fuchsia I had up there was in bloom when I brought it downstairs a few weeks ago. I put in full spectrum lights on a timer. It sure freed up the garage (only to be filled with my garden art storage
Since my research uncoverd a Fuchsia Society in Sweden, I figured if they can grow fuchsias, I certainly could here in our milder climate!
My new favorite is 'Isis' with its tiny leaves and flowers that is just a champ.
Carolyn
Lisa A
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Mar-27-2005 at 10:18am
'riccartonii,' yes, that's the one, carolyn, thanks for helping me with the name. all i could remember is that is was something like macaroni. lol
the other one is 'queen esther.' i purchased it at valley nursery in poulsbo last year. this is the one coming up from the base.
cool use of your attic, carolyn.
Carolyn
Location: Oregon, Willamette Valley
Posted: Mar-29-2005 at 7:00pm
Another recipient of 'Riccartonii' called today about his (he planted it deep into China, I think) but I told him just to think of the plant as "Rick" - but you were clever, Lisa, to think of macaroni - whatever it takes, right?
And what happened to your finger Ms Lowercase? Remember I'm very sensitive so not too many details.
Carolyn
Fern
Location: Washington, Western Cascade Foothills
Posted: Mar-30-2005 at 7:48am
I looked a couple of days ago and my "Riccartonii" is starting to resprout from it's base. I think it's called a "Riccartonii Aurea' or something, I have it growing next to it and it is resprouting too. It sure is bright with it's golden leaves and I recommend it even if you're not a big fan of gold leaf plants. I think you can over do it with them but a few are nice.
Fern
Lisa A
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Mar-30-2005 at 3:58pm
Originally posted by Carolyn
And what happened to your finger Ms Lowercase? Remember I'm very sensitive so not too many details.
no gory details carolyn, i promise. i picked a fight with a heavy stump - silly me, i lost. i'm healing, going several hours a day without my finger wrapped so it won't be long before i'm capitalizing on my new found health - he he he. if you want more details, i posted my woes in the cafe thread called injured finger - ouch.
basilgirl
Location: Oregon, Greater Portland Metro
Posted: Apr-03-2005 at 1:50pm
i have 8 varieties of hardy fushias. some are just leafing out and others already are blooming. give them another month to leaf out before giving up on them.
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