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Could this be a hardy fuchsia?
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Posted by girlndocs 8 WA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 12, 07 at 17:20
| I was over on the Name That Plant! forum trying to get an ID on a plant across the street from my MIL's house. A type of hardy fuchsia was one suggestion.
What fuchsia might be hardy, single, upright (to about 4'), with little branching, and tubular single salmon-red flowers that are arranged on the stems very similarly to Woodland Tobacco?
Thanks,
Kristin |
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RE: Could this be a hardy fuchsia?
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| Already answered - not a true fuchsia, but cape fuchsia, Phygelius recta (or capensis or hybrid), from South Africa. |
RE: Could this be a hardy fuchsia?
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| Phygelius is one tough plant. You can grow them as freezebacks in places like Spokane (which is where I first "met" one). They get a little rangy on this side of the mountains, sucker like crazy, but a little judicious pruning will get them back in shape. Good bloomers and hummingbirds love them. It comes from wet places in an overall dry climate...in the foothills of the Drakensberg of South Africa. P. capensis has LONG, loose inflorescences. It could be any color from about dusky salmon to screaming scarlet, typically with yellow throats, although there are all-yellow types. It has been almost completely replaced in cultivation with hybrid P. x rectus, that has shorter inflorescences. These have been bred to have all sorts of trendy colors--not just the reds and yellows of the wild species. They are really easy to start from either seed or cuttings. They are related to Pennstemons, an old world version, but easier to grow. Very forgiving of damp climates, being typically found along streams. Fairly wide tolerance of sun or partial shade. |
RE: Could this be a hardy fuchsia?
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| Thank you, atash! (And thanks again, gardengal.) Kristin |
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