Hardy Fuchsia

Thanks for the link Anchorman!
I had no idea there were so many either!

Lovely fushia Anchorman. I used to buy all my fushias from a retired nurseryman in his 80's . He used to own a fair sized nursery but when he found it too much to handle, he sold it and just did fushia cuttings from his garden greenhouses. I used ot buy all my rooted cuttings from him at 20p each and landed up with at least 150 different ones in my borders. He told me it didn't matter whether a fushia was hardy or not, if you planted it quite deep they would survive the winter. I used to do this and I found that nearly all of them flowered the following year. I had some beautys in those borders....:o))

That's an interesting thing to know Lin. My neighbour has some non hardy fuchsias in her hanging baskets. I'll suggest she plants them deep and see if they come up next year

Thank you for the link Anchorman that is great, I had no idea there were so many hardy fuschias, will have a more detailed look when I have some time, I love fuschias but like them in the ground, I could do with some back end colour for my borders, been trying to fill in gaps this week with rudbeckias for next year in the hope that I don't have as many gaps next year. My garden looks great in middle of summer but when it has gone over (which it does when we get no rain) it looks pretty lame. I love colour all year round and find that this time of year is the worst for my garden. Spring time is good because I have bulbs all dotted here there and everywhere some hellebores, summer is ok because the colour is good in the perrenials, but find I am missing out a bit during the autumn, have tried to add some colour this year with variagated leaved shrubs etc. so hopefully when they have developed a little it will look better at this time of year. We never stop analysing and planning do we? It keeps me out of mischief I love it.