fuchsia photos to help id.

I would say Swingtime. That's what it looks like here, and it has the same growth habit and foliage as Swingtime aswell. It would survive outside in a very sheltered spot I believe but I wouldn't risk it really. If the soil in the pot froze it would kill the root. Swingtime will grow rather big if left alone.
The other one I mentioned - Connie, although hardy, has pinker corolla. Spion Kopp would have died outside many yrs ago and it is a very upright one aswell. Connie is upright too. This looks rather pendulous.

Swingtime came to mind when I saw it too...I had one overwinter outside when we lived in NorthYorkshire...don'rt know how it would survive in Northumberland....might try it next year. It is a lovely variety...

i have swingtime and would say this is the same sea.. i take mine in just in case, such lovely flowers :o)

so i will lug them into the greenhouse overwinter then. thanks for all the help.
have to clean it out first :o( job for the weekend then.

I don't suppose the fuchsias will mind if you haven't cleaned it. Probably all the clutter ( sorry I don't mean to be rude about your greenhouse... lol ) will help to insulate it against the frost. :o)

rude not at all. sadly it still has tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers waiting to be composted. there is also a good crop of weeds that i have ignored for too long. the glass needs a good wash too. didnt do it last spring as too much had started growing.

Good luck then !

Tut tut, SBG. Lol, Great blog for this time of year and a lovely looking plant as well.
I have a small fuchsia in a pot and I have brought it in and put it on my kitchen window sill, I bet this is the wrong place for it?

i'll need it. i might even do a before and after series of photos. whether i publish them or not is depending on how much of a slattern they make me seem :o)

Lovely photo`s and thanks for posting Sbg, I can now name another of my own,mind you mines a baby compared to yours. Thanks Hywel......

I moved my hanging baskets into the shed, & the fuschias seem happy there! I WILL have to put them to bed soon, tho! :~(

Yes, I agree, it's 'Swingtime'....I had this in a hanging basket two years ago and it was a real beauty! It didn't overwinter, alas, though my husband nursed it as he would an ageing maiden aunt! It really is a lovely one!

mari they will be fine in the shed, i cut mine back and repot in fresh composs to,

these are in very big stoneware pots that i cant lift by myself so that will be fun. how can i coax hubby into helping move them mmmmmmmmmm
oh the offer of a good curry hehe.

sea.. maybe take them out and put them in new composs and easy pots just for over winter

i have never taken them out i usually remove top 2" of compost and replace it with compost and slow release fertilizer. his dad never took them in over winter either but they were under an open porch so pretty sheltered where he had them.

well sea if they are sheltered them leave them be, did you take cuttings just incase you do loose them,

no not yet i might get round to it in the next week or so but i have to clear the greenhouse first.

Glad thats been solved, I thought it was swing time it's a beauty.

oooh its a beauty, I had borrowed a book of fuchsias from the library a while back, there really are some gorgeous ones around. My favourite definatly are the frilly knicker ones hehe
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i prefer the term frilly petticoates Mookins, dont go dragging knickers in to it, some of our goyers might get a fright :o)))

LOL! What's wrong with knickers, SBG?? :~))

you havent seen mine !!!!!!!
i have some very pretty petticaotes though :o)

LMAO!!! Good one!

:o))

My big fuschias are on wheels so i can push em about a bit. They have a canopy overhead mostly. I fleece them all huddled together and use those fancy clothes pegs to fix the fleece so the wind leaves it alone. So far so good. I let the pots dry out so easier to push about.

Good idea, Dorjac!!

No doubt about it - the Fuchsia is indeed Swingtime. I recognised it in only the 2nd photo! I have one plant of it in a hanging basket on my balcony. I hope I don't lose it like I did a few years ago. I found some old photos of it on my computer. I'm putting together a blog on my Fuchsias that have been growing all summer on my balcony.

Hi, I agree its a Swingtime, i've managed to overwinter mine for 4 years now, i find that putting the tiniest drop of water on the plant during the winter is good although it must be kept out of the worst of the frost, i keep mine inside its pot (i don't plant in the garden) in a large box of sawdust or dry compost to just past the lip of the pot, it works for me.

The problem with pots is they have so little soil that in really cold winter weather there is a danger that the soil in the pots could freeze killing the roots & the plant, no matter how hardy they are.

I hope my Fuchsias in the greenhouse on the allotment survive. It's unheated & in a frost pocket. I'll have to have a closer look at them in a few weeks time. I'll shortly need all the space I can find once my red & green peppers, tomatoes & other seeds need transplanting. Anything that's dead will have to go!

the pots they are in, are a good 2ft diameter salt glazed pots and very heavy. They didnt get brought in last winter and come May they were throwing up shoots, I thought I had lost them. So I was very happy.
It will be a waiting game again this year as they got caught in the early snow in Nov. I have lost all the smaller ones in the greenhouse though.

I scratched the stems on 4 or 5 of my Fuchsias on the allotment &, even though they look dead, there is green underneath the bark towards the bottom of the stems! :-)) I'm really pleased they haven't died off! :-))

thats really good balcony.:o)

Yes. I'm pleased as well! I'll bring them home in a few weeks time to put on the balcony again. Not sure whether to plant them in the baskets again this year or to just grow them in pots & put busy Lizzies in the baskets. I've got several packets of seeds that I haven't sown just yet.
They do very well in the baskets & flower a lot sooner than the Fuchsias.