Fuchsias always look fab and do so for such a long time, it is easy to take them a bit for granted. They often don't make it onto the blog as I try to show what has newly come into its season.
To make up for this every year we hold a 'Fuchsia Fest' here at 'Delargo Towers' to showcase our collection. This year we have a grand tally of 38 named varieties, with nine of those new to us in 2021. We will look at each Fuchsia in the collection in turn and in alphabetical order.
So with out any further ado, I declare the 'Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest 2021' well and truly open!
There tiz then me lovelies.
2021: a rotten year for most of us, a poor year for the garden but the Fuchsias just got on with it and did their own thing
There is just time to remember absent friends, that is the two of our Fuchsias that didn't make it into 2021
Thalia above and Bella Sophia below
Hope you enjoyed the Fuchsias and you visit to the VIP hospitality tent.
Hope to see you back in the garden proper at the end of the month.
Roll on Spring 2022!
Glorious! Roll on Spring indeed - when hopefully we can get to Mr Baker's nursery and add more! Jx
ReplyDeleteA visit to the wonderfully grumpy Mr. Baker and his fabulous Fuchsia Nursery is a must for next Spring. Hopefully we can get some that start with an X Y and a Z.
DeleteI just adore Fuchsia. It has got to be one of the most delicate and elegant of any flowering planet for me. And you boys have quite the collection, I dare say more than anyone I know in person.
ReplyDeleteWe are ourselves have the Royal Velvet and Bella Rosella this season and are the two most common here. Our whole garden is now asleep under 4" of snow.
Hello and Happy New Year Mistress.
ReplyDeleteI know you are a fellow Fuchsia fan and glad you enjoyed looking at ours.
Bella Rosella is a must for any garden and I believe has the biggest flower of them all. How do they cope with your Winters? All of ours have to get through the Winter outside without protection. Fingers crossed they all manage it this year.
Our fuchsia generally don't make it. It's way to bitter and harsh in the winter, and I have tried to bring them in to our basement over the winter, trimmed back, but they too untimely never make it. Unless you have a heated greenhouse, they don't stand a chance. We generally have to get new ones every spring.
DeleteNew Fuchsias in the Spring, Fab! Gardening and shopping = Joy
DeleteFabulous! All of them! I love the big, blousiness of "Bella Rosella", "Cliantha", "Dark Eyes", "Deep Purple", "Devonshire dumpling", "Royal Velvet" and especially "Quasar" (which I might like more because of the space-themed name).
ReplyDelete"Caroline" and "Italiano" are beautiful, and "Hot Coals", "Lady Elizabeth Barnett" and "Rivendell" are particularly elegant.
Just like last year or the year before - I can't remember?), I'm still drawn to "Foolke".
Now I'm safely ensconced in the VIP hospitality tent, a toast to Spring and another year of fabulous fuchsias (and other assorted botanicals) at Delargo Towers!
P.S. RIP Thalia and Bella Sophia.
So pleased that you enjoyed your visit Mr D.
Delete'a toast to Spring' and another gardening year. I'll Drink to that
Ttfn
Beautiful! I love fuchsias and so do my hummingbirds. I have one that is really hardy and no fuss. I haven't been able to find any like it in the plant nurseries, so I think I'll try propagating it this year. It's not the most attractive fuchsia ever, but it's so reliable.
ReplyDeleteGosh I can't imagine how joyful it must be to watch hummingbirds visiting the Fuchsias. We will have to make do with bees and hoverflies but that is a delight too.
DeleteI am fascinated by your mystery fuchsia and would love to know what it is and looks like.
Ttfn
All pretty! But the Devonshire Dumpling is a stand out for me!
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Hello me dear.
DeleteAs a 'Devonshire Dumpling' myself it was a must have.
I love it, the subtle flush of pink and ball like buds make it rather special methinks too.
Ttfn