Not The 101 Dalmatians ...

They're all beautiful Hywel and thanks for putting them here to look at.

Hywel - how do you cope - and how will you overwinter the non hardy ones ? - but I agree they are very beautiful - Jane

They are gorgeous Hywel. Blacky, is particularly stunning of the more tender ones, and Peter Pan is amazing reaching 6ft, wow!

What an amazing collection. I knew you had lots, Hywel, but didn't realise just how many and all of them beautiful. I especially like Cecile :)

Well I am amazed too. They are beautiful Hywel.

Wonderful collection Hywel your garden must be soo colourful :-)

they are all uniquely beautiful. I have a hard time choosing a favorite but it's not even necessary. I like them all!

Same here Bathgate.....so many favorites,no wonder you couldn't choose Hywell....?

Wow what a great collection you have they are all beautiful.... I only have 2 :))

They are all stunning and beautifully kept as you can see from the immaculately clean pots and saucers without a spot of dirt! Don't know how you can keep on top of that as well as keeping the flowers in such wonderful condition.
Delta's Sarah is a beautiful one for a hardy fuschia and I will have to look out for that one.

Hywel, what are you like? Maria Landy wins this round for me I think, she's like a little butterfly. You will soon need an extension on your little fuchsia house! A fabulous selection.

Thank you all for your comments :o)

Jane, I overwinter them in an old outside toilet :o)

Honeysuckle, they are not as tidy as they look in the photos ... I'm a notoriously disorganised person :o)

Steragram, I am actually planning an extension ! You must have read my mind :o)

Blimey 103 of one kind of plant ......I'm amazed.You must have a big garden!
I prefer the single flowers too ......not just Fuschias but most plants.

Thank you.
No I haven't got a big garden. Most of them are in pots, and housed in 2 Perspex shelters :)

I would like them all but Delta's Sarah is the one that really shouts to me, lol, I've always preferred the pastel ones, Hywel, mine are very slow in flowering this year but they do look healthy and thats the main thing, perhaps we'll hang onto them well into the autumn again...

Thank you :) I prefer the pastels too ...
and I always find my Fuchsias do best in the second half of summer and into autumn. I think it's because we get such cold springs here, and they are slow to wake up ...

All so beautiful ! but I really love Blacky and Delta,s Sarah I have three two are Mrs popple not sure of the third .

You are amazing Hywel what a wonderful collection you have, I have 2 Mrs Popples in the garden only one of my others overwintered I don't know which it is when it's out I'll see if it matches any on your blog! :o)

Thank you both :)

If you put photos of the ones you're not sure about, maybe someone will identify them for you ...

Thank you Hywel will do that :o)

Wonderful collection of Fuchsias Hywel. I love them all.

Thank you :)

And we all noticed the plant saucers are clean !

Thank you Diane :)

Lincs would you like me to root you a cutting of Delta's Sarah?

I don't think she's heard you Sue :)
She won't be around for a few days now anyway ...

Thanks for sharing your fuchsias Hywel. They always remind me of small ballerinas with their tutu's on. They are so colourful and flower for a long time.

Thank you Hywel. Maybe she'll see it later. (As you gave me the original it would be nice to be able to pass it on again)

Thank you Linda. The flowers are like cacti. Each one only lasts a day or two but they are produced in succession :)

I didn't remember I'd sent you a D Sarah Steragram ...
Yes that would be nice :)

Always like to see your Fuchsias but it does tempt me to buy more must resist.

Don't ! Just but some more :D

well the only word for this is wow.
do you have them listed in a little black book or do you remember 'your children' so you don't buy duplicates? I have to or that would happen.

I meant 'buy' some more Peter ... lol My fingers are clumsy :D

Seaburngirl, I wouldn't be able to make a list of them all off by heart, ... but if you named one, I'd know if I had it or not :)

A wonderful selection Hywel, so many beauties.....

Lovely as usual Hywel.I have a question for you....when you overwinter them, do you take all the leaves off(thats abit of a daft question with a 103 and possibly more before the summers finished)I'll rephrase that, how do you treat them when you put them to bed?I read somewhere that you should strip all the foliage and reduce the size of the plant by one 3rd.I've never done this.Your plants always look so healthy, you must have a secret!, please share:-))

Thank you both for your comments :)

Gralew, yes I do take the leaves off :)
I wait until they are nearly falling off anyway, and then I pull my hand up over the stems. (sort of grab the stem in my hand and pull upwards) The leaves fall off easily when they are ready.
I do some one day and some the next :) lol ...

If they don't fall off, I leave them alone, and wait another week or two.

Sometimes a stem will come off too, but it doesn't worry me because they are going to be dormant, so it doesn't matter.

I don't reduce the height, because I think they may die back anyway. I cut them down in the spring, to the point of regrowth, or a height that makes them look tidy.

I think the reason for pulling the leaves off is so that they don't loose water when they're dormant, and so it prevents them from shrivelling up.
And I think they say to reduce the height in case the wind rocks them too much (that's for hardy ones), or in order that they may be put close together in a shed.
But as I said, I don't do it :)

I've only got 102 now. One died :(
Maria Landy (photo above) just collapsed and died. I think it was the hot weather. I am rather annoyed because none of the others did, and they had the hot weather too ...

Good luck with your Fuchsias :)
By the way, some of mine look tatty, some are leggy, some are not growing very well.
I only show the best ones :D lol

Your Fuchsias look great, Hywel! :-)) Like many others in the comments above I had no idea you had so many either! As I like Fuchsias almost as much as Amaryllis I've put this blog in my favourites! :-))

Which reminds me that I bought some again this year - not had any since the last were killed off by the terribly hard winter of 2009/10. These I got as very small plants from the Society for the Blind's shop in town. None had flowers on, not even buds. Nor were they named so I have no idea what I have - there being so many 100s of different varieties that only an expert could distinguish one from another!

I love the way you have them displayed! :-))

Thank you Balcony :)
I've bought another two since writing this blog lol

Good luck with yours. It is difficult to identify most of them, but it isn't always necessary. Just enjoy the flowers :)

I only have Mrs Popple which I cut down when dormant & every year it comes back HUGE.
Your collection is amazing, I never have much luck overwintering anything really so you are to be congratulated.

Thank you. I also have two Mrs Popples, and they do grow huge ! :)

Though I do like to know what they are called I will nevertheless enjoy them! :-))

I have a few unnamed ones myself - lost labels :(

Wow, that's an amazing collection! It makes me feel better about my own obsessive plant collecting :)

lol :) Thank you ...