It is supposed to be white, not pale pink.

Thank you Bamboo. I got one from ebay and I am now having an argument with the supplier as the one he sent me is pale pink. I shall order from a 'proper' nursery in spring then. Thank you again.

I've never seen nor grown it though, and very often, the claims the seller makes are inaccurate (think the rose Blue Moon, sold as blue, actually a sad sort of lilac)

yes I had Blue Moon and it was as you describe. Although the semi open buds were nice the full bloom was very drab

I have a Hawkshead Fuchsia but it has yet to flower!

According to the label it says it has "white & green-tinged flowers" but the picture on the front of the label shows it to have white sepals but a pale pink corolla! As I haven't seen it in flower I can't say.

I don't know that a 'proper' nursery will make any difference Shereebb. I ordered 15 from Thompson and Morgan, 10 of which are deep pink and purple and the others pale pink. None are Hawksheads. They gave me a refund but now I have fuchsias that I didn't really want in a bed specially dug for the white Hawksheads.

Mine is white with pale green tips to the tepals.

Wow I am sorry to hear that Ginellie, Well this afternoon I managed to find a Hawkshead from the Duchy Of Cornwall, they assure me the flowers on it are white with no hint of pink at all. It's in a 2" pot so not worth planting out this year. I don't have a greenhouse so I hope it won't mind living indoors with me through winter.

It will be fine indoors as long as you keep it in good light. In late winter/early spring, root a few tip cuttings of it just to give you a few more plants too. Its a really good hardy variety being a magellanica type.

I suspect the plant would be fine if you wanted to plant it now though, especially in relatively mild London. It will still make roots into the autumn even though the top stops growing and will really "take off" next year.

Thank you Fractal, well I amended my order to 2. So I will take your advice and plant one out and I will have the other for safe keeping. They are very small stem cuttings in just a 2" pot.

I have waited so long for a hardy white fuchsia that I am too impatient to wait for a mature plant in spring when they will probably be more readily available.

You sound a bit like me.

Haha I am terrible, but it's nice to know I am not the only one.

I am sorry to drive you mad, but I am sitting in my garden trying to figure out the best place for it, and I have room for something not much bigger than 3' x 3' As it is part of the magellanica family I am assuming it will in time become rather boisterous, do they mind being cut back quite hard every year?

No, this is what I plant for mine too as the space is restricted. They flower on new shoots anyway so it makes no difference to the plant. Keep it hard pruned.

Thank you once again Fractal