(2) After flowering well for several months, Fuchsia Upright Delta's Sarah has enjoyed the cooler weather. First planted May 2019, the garden also has two other shrubs taken as cuttings last year. All overwintered without protection.
(3) Fucshia Tom West, also very easy to propagate, keeps low, and is a great plant as soon as it is in leaf. As I was prunning it early in April, I pushed some small pieces amongst other other plants, and I have even more now!
(4) No Frosty mornings on the horizon, still, here Sedum (Hylotelephium) erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn', from now on to be named Frosty Morning, reminds me that I really ought to try the Chelsea Chop not just on her, but on several other herbaceous plants.
(5) Case in point being Aster x frikartii 'Mönch', which in any case is ready for division and replanting at the end of the season. Advice is to split in the spring, but I am going to try it before the end of the month. I am being foolish? It is very mild here, and there will be a couple of months for it to get established before the cold and dank weather.
(6) Finishing on a bright note, a Gaillardia. This is in its third year, it florished in the hotter and drier weather and showed no sign of flagging. I am going to try dividing this one.
Gaillardia is such a good doer, isn’t it? Grows well here too and mine is just coming into flower now.
ReplyDeleteI love fuchsias but can’t grow them here without serious shelter. I enjoy them on other people’s blogs.
I'm certainly finding that out. It is my one and only and the first time of growing this plant. It has been in flower since July, but I keep dead heading it. Which ones do you grow?
DeleteI have the same one as you and another red one with no name. They do very well in our torrid summers. There are some marvellously frilly ones also, Gaillardia lorenziana. I keep meaning to source some seeds and grow those too.
DeleteThanks Jane, I shall be looking out for more, they give such a good long flowering.
DeleteVery pretty asters and my fuchsia Delta's Sarah is also a success this year. I brought it indoors last winter though, but overwintering it outside would also be a solution because I have too many pots to bring home ... I'll see.
ReplyDelete(I've already planted in the ground a fuchsia coccinea since March, which very much appreciates the free life : it has tripled in size and will remain outdoors next winter with mulch and fleece.)
It might be wise to take and overwinter a few cuttings of Sarah, for the first year. Here we are mild and lucky enough to take most plants through the winter.
DeleteFuchsia Upright Delta's Sarah is a beauty. I've not seen a variegated sedum before - it's very pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely just in leaf too, and not particularly vigorous either.
DeleteI agree about that variegated sedum -- gorgeous, Noelle! Your collection of fuchsias is great, too.
ReplyDeleteI like the fushia Delta Sarah too. The colours make a nice change from the pink/purple combinations.
ReplyDeleteHaving Chelsea chopped this year for the first time I will certainly be doing it again, Noelle - and if it was me I would divide Monch now rather than wait (but from a desire to improve its appearance and not from experience!). Your gaillardia is great especially lasting for at least 3 years ��
ReplyDeleteI found out that it needs to be cut right down to the ground and have all material removed to overwinter successfully. I have spring flowers all around it so it works rather well as it only comes up when the bulb foliage has done its job, and can be removed.
DeleteI was describing cutting back the gaillardia, not the fuchsia! But I do tend to cut the Fuchsias down hard too, but in early spring.
DeleteI’m always amazed at the reach of snails - large or small. I regularly pick them off the tallest flowers, the top of the obelisk or the top of the greenhouse door or roof. Is there nowhere they will go… I’m sure you brought its feast to an end and saved your fuchsia. I like your choice of Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara' and also ‘Tom West’.
ReplyDeleteI’m hoping to add a fuchsia to the garden this week, but I think I might just plunge it into the soil in a pot, then move it undercover for the winter - I don’t think it would survive if we get harsh weather this year. Love your Aster 'Monch'.
Thanks Catherine, cuttings overwintered are a good insurance against harsh winters.
Deletei'm partial to a fuchsia, although until recently didn't have many in my garden. i like upright sarah, or whatever she's called.
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