Yesterday was Hardy Fuchsia adventure day with my partner of gardening overindulgence, Linda.  We took a road trip to a Fuchsia grower who needed to offload some plants prior to moving.  Added some great plants to the collection, however the freshly dug ones did not appreciate the back of a hot mini van.  Hopefully they will recover from a kelp bath soak, but I am afraid there will be some leaf drop.

 

 

Newly added to the collection are:

 

Fuchsia "Zipporah's Fuchsia", Fuchsia magellanica SW1 -99, Fuchsia President, Fuchsia Gracilis 'Tricolor', Fuchsia Dianna Wright, Fuchsia Thompsonii, Fuchsia magellanica 'Alba/Molinae', Fuchsia Hawkshead, Fuchsia Lottie Hobby, Fuchsia Macrostema, Fuchsia Margaret Brown, Fuchsia Porphyrio, Fuchsia Roswitha, Fuchsia Speciosa, Fuchsia Whiteknight's Amethyst, Fuchsia Whiteknight's Blush, Fuchsia David, Fuchsia Ocean Mist, Fuchsia Whiteknights Pearl.  Does anyone really need this many fuchsias?  Apparently I do.  Of course a few branches broke as well, they must be propagated into more Fuchsia's or kept as insurance over winter in the greenhouse.

 

 

Also managed to snap a few photo's of the current ones in the garden.  Need to get better about placing more permanent labels on the plants when I plant them!  Digging down 3" for the buried ones to find the name just isn't working so well.

 

Here is Fuchsia "Mephisto", Very Hardy, supposedly can reach 4ft, but mine has not gotten larger than about 2 1/2.  It's growing in dappled sun however, with only late afternoon direct sun.