Heat and sun tolerant
fuchsias
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in Australia heat and sun tolerance is a major factor in choosing fuchsias,
particularly for me as I am growing them in the garden.
When I moved house in August 2004 I wanted to purchase a large amount of
fuchsias so I wanted some help in choosing them. I started compiling
handwritten lists that soon became unmanageable so I decided to computerize it.
Sun/Heat
tolerance information has been collated from various publications and the
country of origin indicated. I thought this was useful; if an
European publication listed a fuchsia as intolerant of heat or sun it really
wasn't much point in trying to grow it in Australia unless it had some outstanding
feature that made it desirable and worth trying. With the Blue Mountains
notations (from the last 7 years experience in my
garden), in most cases the plant will not have been grown in all situations, so
a B3 (under 50% shade sail) notation does not automatically mean that it
would not grow in B1 or B2 conditions, just that it grows well in B3
conditions. Where the notation is in red it has
been grown for several years or in at least 2 locations. Send me names of fuchsias you have found to be heat and sun
tolerant. Please keep in mind various positions in a town or even a
garden will have different growing conditions, you will get to know the hot
spots and frost pockets in your own garden and plant accordingly.
I am happy to add information from other
fuchsia growers please contact me if you are interested
A section of dark coloured fuchsias growing in the full sun.
The list is in PDF format as it is so large click here to access it.
o Constructing a Fuchsia Garden
o A mystery fuchsia - Identified - do you agree?
o Growing standard and pillar Fuchsias
o Growing Fuchsias in the ground PDF print-friendly version
o Pruning including a video (new)
o Propagating (new)
o Where to buy Fuchsias in Australia
o The In Ground Fuchsia Group (now Fuchsia Fanciers, Australia)
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