Fuchsia magellanica garden dig

[Clorgan]

Posted this in fuchsia thread, so apologies if you're seeing twice! But aware that's a rather niche thread and may be missed (or just avoided )

Just dug up my ground fuchsia and potted. Hoping I've left enough roots?? Hoping I did, as this one could be rather nice!

First photo is just dug, next ones are roots left. Hope I didn't get too carried away

 

[queenofsheba52]

@Clorgan I love seeing your hardy fuchsia pics! Like @Carol 83 says, here in midwest USA we see only thin trunk annuals for sale. However, I have searched around and found some nurseries out of state that will ship hardy fuchsia. I plan to try to obtain one, thanks to your inspiration.

 

[Carol 83]

@Clorgan I love seeing your hardy fuchsia pics! Like @Carol 83 says, here in midwest USA we see only thin trunk annuals for sale. However, I have searched around and found some nurseries out of state that will ship hardy fuchsia. I plan to try to obtain one, thanks to your inspiration.

Would you mind sharing what nurseries?

 

[queenofsheba52]

I would be happy to share! I looked for 'Fuchsia magellanica' because that's what seems to be available in the US.

Keep in mind, though, that I haven't checked reviews for these nurseries, and I am not affiliated in any way with these sellers:

Portland Nurseries https://www.portlandnursery.com/perennials/fuchsia (scroll down to find magellanica)

White Flower Farm https://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/fuchsia-magellanica-grand-cape-horn

Burgess Nurseries https://www.eburgess.com they have "hardy pink fuchsia" and "hardy red fuchsia"

Gardenia (not sure if a nursery) https://www.gardenia.net/guide/reliable-hardy-fuchsias-for-your-garden

There are many Etsy and eBay sellers who offer "hardy fuchsia seeds" but I would rather deal with an established nursery, myself. Even though I am in Zone 5 and might need to overwinter in my basement plant room, I am a sucker for anything that flowers LOL. I plan to order a few idfferrent plants and see what happens.

 

[queenofsheba52]

P.S. Gardenia does not sell plants. They say they connect people searching for plants with nurseries that sell the plants. "At the bottom of each selection you will see a 'buy' button. Press and we will display nurseries that sell these plants." I didn't have much success at this site.

 

[Carol 83]

I would be happy to share! I looked for 'Fuchsia magellanica' because that's what seems to be available in the US.

Keep in mind, though, that I haven't checked reviews for these nurseries, and I am not affiliated in any way with these sellers:

Portland Nurseries https://www.portlandnursery.com/perennials/fuchsia (scroll down to find magellanica)

White Flower Farm https://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/fuchsia-magellanica-grand-cape-horn

Burgess Nurseries https://www.eburgess.com they have "hardy pink fuchsia" and "hardy red fuchsia"

Gardenia (not sure if a nursery) https://www.gardenia.net/guide/reliable-hardy-fuchsias-for-your-garden

There are many Etsy and eBay sellers who offer "hardy fuchsia seeds" but I would rather deal with an established nursery, myself. Even though I am in Zone 5 and might need to overwinter in my basement plant room, I am a sucker for anything that flowers LOL. I plan to order a few idfferrent plants and see what happens.

Thanks, I will check them out.

 

[Carol 83]

I would be happy to share! I looked for 'Fuchsia magellanica' because that's what seems to be available in the US.

Keep in mind, though, that I haven't checked reviews for these nurseries, and I am not affiliated in any way with these sellers:

Portland Nurseries https://www.portlandnursery.com/perennials/fuchsia (scroll down to find magellanica)

White Flower Farm https://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/fuchsia-magellanica-grand-cape-horn

Burgess Nurseries https://www.eburgess.com they have "hardy pink fuchsia" and "hardy red fuchsia"

Gardenia (not sure if a nursery) https://www.gardenia.net/guide/reliable-hardy-fuchsias-for-your-garden

There are many Etsy and eBay sellers who offer "hardy fuchsia seeds" but I would rather deal with an established nursery, myself. Even though I am in Zone 5 and might need to overwinter in my basement plant room, I am a sucker for anything that flowers LOL. I plan to order a few idfferrent plants and see what happens.

Looking at the websites, they are really not hardy in my zone. At least one of them says to bring inside for winter. I did bring a regular garden variety inside this winter and it bloomed the whole time. I will probably get a few more this spring. They are a bit hard to find here and go fast, so I'll have to be fast, but thanks!

 

[Clorgan]

@Clorgan I love seeing your hardy fuchsia pics! Like @Carol 83 says, here in midwest USA we see only thin trunk annuals for sale. However, I have searched around and found some nurseries out of state that will ship hardy fuchsia. I plan to try to obtain one, thanks to your inspiration.

Ah glad you found somewhere! Let us know how you get on

 

[Lutonian]

Cool all your fushia threads got me hunting for a larger one to go with as bonsai. Dug this one up the other day.

 

[queenofsheba52]

Oh, you guys are so lucky to find these beauties!

Seems like every climate zone has something that people in other zones wish they had. It took me a long time to find some nice bouganvillea which of course are not hardy in my Zone 5. I was lucky enough to buy some from another BNut. Trading/buying/selling makes the world go around -- just wish UK could ship to USA!

On the other hand, here there are lots of cold-loving evergreens that don't do well in warmer climes.

 

[Clorgan]

Cool all your fushia threads got me hunting for a larger one to go with as bonsai. Dug this one up the other day.
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Wow, that's a bit of a beast!! Keep us updated!

 

[Lutonian]

Wow, that's a bit of a beast!! Keep us updated!

We will have to swap notes and discoveries as this is the first fuchsia i will try to bonsai, so i have no idea how this will respond to training

 

[Clorgan]

We will have to swap notes and discoveries as this is the first fuchsia i will try to bonsai, so i have no idea how this will respond to training

Definitely, that'd be great - mine aren't very far along the training process either! Have found them to be pretty resilient so far though

Where did you dig it from?

 

[Lutonian]

Definitely, that'd be great - mine aren't very far along the training process either! Have found them to be pretty resilient so far though

Where did you dig it from?

It came out of a neglected area at the back of my mums garden.