Fuchsias now rooted

Three weeks ago I took many tip cutting from unnamed fuchsias a friend gave me cuttings which turned into beautiful strong plants.

I left them in trays in one of my borders and they have been out in the elements well decided to check on them this morning before the heavy rain drops down again .

And they are all well rooted so I have taken them into greenhouse tonow grow on to stock plants.

I took tip cuttings of my Tom West and Heide Ann this morning and have put them outside.

 

Well done Scotkat. Taking cuttings is much more satisfying that just buying the plant. You will have to look around and take a lot more now - of all sorts of things. :D

Its also a good way of overwintering plants as they don't take up so much room.

 

Yes Peters I so enjoy taking cuttings and these wil get passed to community garden and kids garden club I run.

 

well done... you will soon have some penstamen to play with too:thumb:

 

Scotkat - have you tried triphylla Fuchsias? These are about the only Fuchsias that I want to grow these days - and I do them from cuttings. The reason is that, whilst Fuchsias generally are lovely, they tend to grow their flowers under the leaves - so its difficult to see them. But triphyllas grow their flowers above the leaves so they really hit you in the eye.

You quite often see them about under names such as 'Koralle', 'Thalia' and 'Gartenmeister' and they are quite distinctive in that their flowers are very long and thin. However, like many of the most ornamental Fuchsias, they are not hardy.

 

Yes these are theyare beautiful and a real delight I only have Thalia this year Peter.

Maybe next year need to get these beauties.

Yes Sad they are not hardy but if you have the meens to overwinter its fantastic stock plants for next year .:thumb::lollol:

 

Scotkat. When I mentioned triphylla, I had a little Google and found someone talking about repotting them, but I can't find that reference again.

What they said (and it probably refers to all Fuchsias) is that when you repot them into a larger size pot, you should place the plant at the bottom of the pot and place the new compost above, thereby part burying it. The reason is that new shoots will grow from the buried part of the stem and produce several uprights rather than just one.

I have never tried that - but I certainly will.