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The trend for too long now has been to develop, market and grow large, blowsy, double flowers. Not sure if nature ever evolved any doubles or whether they are an unnautural abberation. And what about the poor bees and their various cousins

in case. Just call it Dad's fuschia! I grow Greyrigg & Hawkeshead. GR definitely is hardy, came trough the last couple of winters up here. Late at restarting in spring, but very delicate white/pale pink flowers. There's a good sized shrub of it at Harlow

is actually very fertile and will grow all sorts of things.  It's just hard to work.  There are other threads lower down about how to improve clay soil by adding plenty of sharp sand, fine grit, well rotted compost and manure to break up the clods.    You need

to Lanhydrock and apparantly the big magnolia is suffering a bit! I have some in pots and others in the ground .   And an area with Brass Lantern Lavenders,Shanghai,Lavendar Brass Lavender ,Lavendaer then a hard fuchsia.Soler Eclipse,Rio and Paprika   Hiya Lynn

and some useful tips too to ensure success I get the dunce's cap for cuttings, even after lessons on this forum. I shall follow and take notes. Good idea, Verdun! I am far from an expert and anything that is easy for me to do really is easy. Fuchsias

I find hazel stakes great and unobtrusive and cheap as I cut them from my freebie nut trees brought by the squirrels. Once I made the mistake of using hardy fuchsia and cornus stakes and they all rooted! We have had some longed for rain and a

Brazen Hussey that I'd discovered growing in the bank and put it in a pot for safe keeping in a secluded corner.   Now, some of you may remember that last August, whilst some of you were watching the Olympics, I was called upon to wear a large fuchsia

would be what kind of hardy, evergreen, flowering shrub would grow well in this size container and position? Ideally I could leave the container in position during the winter months too. I am a novice gardener (but trying to learn!) and would appreciate

to pin the b'wrap to. I use an elect. fan heater with thermostat and the cost is is kept to a bearable level. My greenhouse if full to bursting with cacti, pelargoniums - both zonal and regal - fuchsias and other frost tender plants, plus quite a lot

come to mind. Yet they are beautiful plants and Japanese anemones were recently recommended by Carol Klein as her plant of the week. i still grow J anemones and love them.There is also a beautiful fuchsia-like plant whose name I can't remember