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| Can anyoone comment on the hardiness range of this N.Z. fuchsia?
Thanks Cheri |
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- Posted by fuchsiabonsailady z8 UK (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 04 at 3:19
| Hi Hummymummy, As you see I'm also zone 8 and it's not hardy here - Kath:) |
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- Posted by hummymummy zone8vancouver (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 04 at 20:08
| So without a greenhouse I stand to lose this? I actually bough t it as a healthy 6" well rooted start in very early spring this year at a local Fuchsia society sale. I was so excited and did not ask about hardiness. I also purchased a F. paniculata which I've taken cuttings of easily. I can't seem to root a cutting of excorticata. Wrong season? I don't6 suppose it can be overwintered like "normal" say gartenmeister fuchsias as it has a tree form and different bloom time. Give it away to someone with a greenhouse? Ah well, what I really am lusting after is a F. procumbens, but no luck with seed germination. Cheers, thanks for the response Kath. Cheri |
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- Posted by fuchsiabonsailady z8 UK (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 04 at 4:11
| You don't necessarily have to have a greeen house Cheri to overwinter your plants. Do you have a room which has good daylight and a cooler temperature than the rest of the house, for instance 45/50f? If so, (you don't say whether they are growing in the garden or in pots), if growing in the garden, cut them back to about 10 inches, you have to leave the stems a bit longer than the normal hybrids/cultivars, and pot them up. As they are species varieites that you have, you can't really overwinter them in just a frost-free place with no light, it would be too cold for them. When you say you are having no luck with f.procumbens seed, are you using fresh seed straight from a seed pod/fruit? are you planting them too deep? just lay seeds on top of the soil and only just cover with a very small amount of vermiculite. Don't keep them too wet. If you've had no success with cuttings planted in soil, are you leaving the stems too long?, you only need a 'tip' size cutting eg max. length 1 inch or less. Are you keeping them out of direct sunlight? Are you keeping them too wet? Have you tried rooting them in water? Hope this helps you - Kath:) |
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