rita d's Journal

Whatever they are, they look good enough to eat. Wow, I hope my fuchsias last that long. I'm thinking of trying to grow a standard fuchsia next year (if my current ones come through the winter in a cold greenhouse). Would you recommend a particular variety for that or would that not be your thing?

I have a really good Fuchsia catalogue and yes , Rita, going by the picture I'd say that's Pink Marshmallow. Rachel, they say Royal Velvet would make an excellent standard - lovely picture of it! You could google 'fuchsias grown as standards' - you'd see the pictures then.

certainly is rachel. have trained several standards very successfully but when they were blown over repeatedly I sort of lost interest in them tho they are still ok but needing tlc. One of them 'Love's reward' died at the head last winter. i just cut off its head and now I have a pillar!! its interesting...

thank you Sally for that. Think I will put a label on now that I know definitely

Thanks, Sally. It looks gorgeous. I've made a note of the variety. I have a little list where I make note of things (mostly seeds) I want to get. I might have a go at training a standard next year.