How to Take Cuttings from Fuchsias
It will take four to eight weeks for roots to develop. When the cuttings have rooted, gradually open the plastic, a few hours a day, to acclimate the plant. Eventually, when it does not wilt with the bag opened, pot up into a larger container and let it grow in a cold frame or gr...
You may also wish to plant colorful shorter shrubs along the front, in which case consider varieties such asPhotinia‘Red Robin’, shrub roses, flowering hardy fuchsias and evergreenCoronilla glauca, which produces sweetly scented yellow flowers in late winter and spring. Prepare the soil Chicken ...
P. rubra‘Candy Stripe’ forms pinwheel blossoms in a kaleidoscope of fuchsia, orange, yellow and white. P. rubra‘Vera Cruz Rose’ is another deciduous variety with highly overlapped and folded petals that transition from light pink to white with deep golden centers. ...
Last summer we picked up, fromWalter Andersennursery, an epiphyllum for our garden. Eight months later, after four days of rain last March, this lanky mass of fleshy stems started budding: mostly in fuchsia, with the exception of one yellow guy. Two different color blossoms on one plant?!
Epiphyllum ‘Clown’:Exquisite! Outer flower petals are a deep fuchsia in color, while the inner parts are white. Parent plant for many other hybrids. Epiphyllum ‘King Midas’:Beautiful pinkish peach blooms. Epiphyllum ‘Pegasus’:Bright pink flowers, of which the inner petals have lighter edges...
Petunia 'Dreams Fuchsia' is a large-flowering petunia bearing many bold fuchsia-pink flowers all summer. It grows 15 inches tall and 12 inches wide. 'Easy Wave Blue' Petunia Justin Hancock Petunia 'Easy Wave Blue' is a spreading petunia bearing tons of dark blue-purple flowers. It grow...
Take cuttings in the spring when soft green stems have sprouted on your shrub: Using sterilized, sharp pruners, cut the green portion of a stem or stems into 4- to 6-inch lengths. Remove the bottom leaves from each cutting, leaving one set of leaves at the top. Dip the bottom tip ...
filled with show-stopping colorful plants. A tall purple-leaf canna grabs attention with both its large leaves and brightly hued flowers while the heart-shape leaves of purple and chartreuse sweet potato vines create a cascade of color. To attract hummingbirds, the plan also includes a fuchsia...
It will take four to eight weeks for roots to develop. When the cuttings have rooted, gradually open the plastic, a few hours a day, to acclimate the plant. Eventually, when it does not wilt with the bag opened, pot up into a larger container and let it grow in a cold frame or gr...