It's torture seeing your fuchsias!!

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Author Message   Inthegarden  Posted on Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 09:43 pm EST :    I torture myself by coming here and looking at all your lovely fuchsias. Oh why don't they sell fuchsias in the fall when it's cooler in my zone? I've seen fuchsias in the spring a year ago...and bought one (it was in a huge hanging basket, loaded with huge purple and red blooms) but it quickly died. I had it under shade in the back porch. I would think they would survive longer in the fall and winter months for us here in zone 9. Oh, how I want one!!!!! Is there a"uchsia Anonymous" ociety to break my fuchsia wanting habit?? Help!!! Inthegarden - TX, Zone "9"   Rain1950  Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 - 08:44 am EST :    Have you thought about one of the hardy fuschias? Most are more upright, but some are hanging and they come in a wide spectrum of colors and bloom shape. http://www.nwfuchsiasociety.com/hardies/hardyfuchsias.htm Rain1950 - Washington, Zone "8"   Perkie  Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 04:17 pm EST :    Have you tried www.americanfuchsiasociety.com. Maybe you can find there more information! Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"   Jjoyner62  Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 12:46 pm EST :    I feel your pain - fuchsias are a perpetual failure here, as well, but I have had good luck with 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt' - it seems to have more heat tolerance than most, and hangs in through the summers if given shade and even moisture. It lights up in spring, rests a bit during the summer, and blooms well in our long autumns. I carry it over the winter in a cool greenhouse (probably not necessary in zone 9.) F. magellanica also lasts a few years here, and is indeed perennial given the right location, but it's a shadow of the plants I saw growing in the UK. Jjoyner62 - Virginia, Zone "7b"

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