8th August

…Hillier’s the correct name is now Fuchsia magallanica var molinae whereas the ‘true’ ‘Alba’ has a pink corolla! JCW collected fuchsia species in the 1930s and this, like Fuchsia gracilis…

25th September

…perhaps a dozen and I readily admit to having forgotten all the names. Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection 2000 – FJW Very wet…

25th December

Fuchsia gracilis with new growth showing and the odd surviving flower. Fuchsia gracilis Fuchsia gracilis The Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ hedge by the Rockery looking great. Camellia x…

6th August

…nice new entry in the catalogue one day. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ 2015 – CHW A plant in the Higher Quarry Nursery has been another…

5th July

…A bizarre performance from a spring fuchsia but it is a New Zealand native! Fuchsia exorticatica Fuchsia exorticatica 2015 – CHW On holiday, having a few days off. View of…

14th July

…tree with a similar spread and peeling bark. Here growing in full shade. Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Hypericum canariense looked tender but survived the winter…

29th March

…again in late March with new flowers coming out as the leaves re-emerge. Amazing even for a fuchsia. Yes Fuchsia exorticatica would be out well before now but a South…

30th June

…now. Much less tall growing that Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’. Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis A clump of (I think) Iris foetida in full shade…

20th July

…‘Atropurpurea’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Arauco’ was a new website entry in 2021 but I had not seen it in flower before. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Arauco’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Arauco’ The Hydrangea paniculata varieties…

23rd July

…heads on Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum 2023 – CHW The best bits of Ventnor.Fuchsia excorticata has died with reshooting from the main stem. Fuchsia excorticata What a view of Cordyline,…