Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’

Fuchsia ‘Spion Kop’;

SK1316 24 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)

Location : Golphutar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Elevation : 4400 ft.
Date : 2 June 2018

Habit : Wild

Which Fuschia sp. ?? Fuschia ‘Swingtime’ ??

Correction: Cultivated

this fertile i.e. produces fruits variety is

is Fuschia “spion Kopp” out of about thousand cultivars nowadays

Ref to its id and color: http://www.growsonyou.com/hywel/blog/17447-fuchsia-inspiration

you have to scroll down to about halfway dowbn the page

Ref that it is fertile:https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/fuchsia-spion-kop-fuchsia/

I quote: “Double red and white corolla with sepals of red. Blooms in early summer to early fall.

This fuchsia has oval, green leaves and produces fruit that is edible but not appetizing.

Mulch heavily where winters are cold. Prune back dead or broken branches in spring,

especially on plants that were left outside in areas with mild winters.”

pictures of this on google

at least the top three rows:

and this variety was once upon a time called “Double white phenomenal” in 1896….

http://gallery.lib.umn.edu/archive/original/75aefe7bb3507124df0f233c17ed4cc2.jpg

this took a long time to find an authentic original site that was hot held hostage by a pinning app. phew!

And when i searched swingtime fuschia, it showed this same double white flowered flower, in modern Thomson and Morgan catalogues.

go figure

names change very often……

And remember: even Dr Hooker had complained of the names….

“As more fuchsias were introduced, the variations between plants of the same species and the success of growers in producing crosses, led Sir William Jackson Hooker, director of Kew Gardens, to complain in 1859 that ‘the difficulty of naming them correctly is, beyond anything, great’. Here I attempt to unravel some of the confusion concerning their introduction to English gardens” from url: http://xmera.co.uk/garden/fuchsia/index.html

enjoy

if you can taste the berry when ripe

will you please tell us?

thanks. any fuschia in india would have to an import, and cultivated. that’s my understanding of this beloved houseplant.

References:

http://www.growsonyou.com/hywel/blog/17447-fuchsia-inspiration

https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/fuchsia-spion-kop-fuchsia/

http://www.fuchsiamagic.com/fuchsias/spionkop.htm

http://www.mountfolly.co.uk/fuchsias-bush-search-results-i-95.html

http://www.aukadia.net/fuchsiaphile/spion.htm

http://www.notcutts.co.uk/fuchsia-bush-spion-kop-x-3/plants/notcutts/fcp-product/16951

https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/fuchsia-spion-kop