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Here is a picture of my favorite fuchsia it is always the first to bloom it spends all winter in unheated greenhouse but wakes up every spring i know what variety does anybody else there aint no prizes unless you want a cutting jacob

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Sorry Jacob, don't know the variety. One of my favourites is Mrs Marshall which is a single trailing variety, with creamy pink outer thingys (can't remember the proper name) and deep pink inners. Will post a picture when the flowers open. Nearly there, on a semi-shady patio, and the plant has been continuously propogated from a cutting I first got around fifteen years ago.

It's a bit on the small side (foto that is) the flowers look a bit like phyllis from what I can see of them but she's not a trailer ( she was Percy Throwers favourite though). I'll have another study ....

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Mrs Marshall is still being a bit shy, but getting there. Meanwhile, here is a photo of "Blacky" which is looking good.

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I LOVE fuchisas! Come on everyone - lets have a look at your photos! Nearest I'm going to get as I'm not growing any this year! Bernie

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I cooked mine the other week DDL it was raining so I didn't go down the g/house & then the sun came out so they are sulking under the staging at the mo

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Ok a well clues think a london football team and Nottingham plus can any body tell the difference between Blacky and Milleniumjacob

Not really big enough to see them proper. The flower is a bit like Loves Reward but thats not as red How about Display?

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Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

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no were near work the clues it's there jacob

At last Mrs Marshall is flowering (has been for a few days but my camera went to London with my daughter!!!!). Attached I hope, pictures of Mrs Marshall and another pretty one (bit pale for me which I am assured is called Lillian Annetts)

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Thanks for the photos everyone.

I've gone big on fuschias in the greenhouse this year and bought a large set from Thompson and Morgan. With a lot of TLC (they arrived in February!), I've just about got them to the flowering stage. I'm quite excited as I've never grown them before, although we do have a large hardy fuschia hedge around the garden.

Most of the greenhouse ones are double flowering ones, so I'm hoping for a big display I'll try and get some photographs during the week as they open.

I'm up for a guess as long as you don't mind totally ignorance - ....Spurs Forest? Chelsea County?

Pretty though, JM.

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update Sat 04/10/2008......sorry, Keats......

Lovely fuchsias Rustylady. I only grow outdoor hardy varieties - but I've got 4 different kinds. Not all flowering yet but I'll post pics as they come up. Magellanica is doing it now so will get that one tomorrow.

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well you have not mentioned the right team and nottingham is famous for some thing else jacob

Is nottingham famous at all

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ntg

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Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

it used to be very famous for this trade

I can't as neither of the damn things do any good for me!! I think a lot depends where you get them from as to how good the stock is , some places have taken so many cuttings of their stock plants it has weakened the variety.

At the National Chrysanth show in September - well worth a trip to Stafford for - there is usually a display of Fuchsias done by Stafford Fuchsia society. Talking to them they didn't have much luck with Blacky either.

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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

I'll just look out the window for inspiration

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

We have got both and the expert OH can not tell the difference

Arsenal Lace?

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update Sat 04/10/2008......sorry, Keats......

Come on, Jacob, give us the answer!