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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 18, 2006 8:34:27 GMT 12
Oh dear! What a SIN I have misspelt Fuchsia in the heading of this thread is it possible to have that rectified please. Before Manukarose finds it.LOL BTW, I think we've just been sprung, LMAO
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 8:45:28 GMT 12
Thanks for that alteration I will try to be more careful in the future, LOL
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 9:09:46 GMT 12
Another piece of important information regarding fuchsia's they hate lime so that should be avoided at all costs. Fuchsia's grow very easy from cuttings. I prefer to take soft wood like new growth and start them in sterilised pumice sand, this is an ideal time to nip a few of ones neighbours or friends plants. You can also start them just in water they will grow roots just like mint will, but I found it is far to easy to damage the fragile root system doing it like that. Plenty of blood and bone and liquid feeds are best for them.
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 10:06:31 GMT 12
This is one of the smallest fuchsia's I have seen called Fuchsia thymifolia the birds love the berries when ripe it is a very dainty shrub.
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 10:09:40 GMT 12
I broke a piece off to show the underside as the flowers are better displayed this way.
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 18, 2006 11:27:11 GMT 12
Another piece of important information regarding fuchsia's they hate lime so that should be avoided at all costs. Fuchsia's grow very easy from cuttings. I prefer to take soft wood like new growth and start them in sterilised pumice sand, this is an ideal time to nip a few of ones neighbours or friends plants. You can also start them just in water they will grow roots just like mint will, but I found it is far to easy to damage the fragile root system doing it like that. Plenty of blood and bone and liquid feeds are best for them. I will try to socialise with people who have fuschias!
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 18, 2006 12:27:59 GMT 12
This is one of the smallest fuchsia's I have seen called Fuchsia thymifolia the birds love the berries when ripe it is a very dainty shrub. The name of this fuchsia sounds like thyme foliage and it looks to me similar. Is it growing like a ground cover? I never knew that there are so many different kind. Do you mainly grow them in pots?
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 18:43:32 GMT 12
I use to Ivyplus, but sadly I grow next to none now but still have all the info. Actually thymfolia will grow to about 500 mm high if its allowed to. There is a very similar one called minutiflora which is slightly larger in the flower but very similar leaves. I also have that, and it seeds very easy,ask the birds.LMAO. These ones wll never win any prizes but I just pointed them out as a lot of people do not realise they are fuchsia's. A lot of what we see in garden centres are cross propagated from the originals. So now we really have literally thousands to choose from. But heh! let me know if you ever come across a yellow one that is what I want to see.
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Post by meandog on Oct 20, 2006 12:51:34 GMT 12
Just another point to consider. Fuchsia's are not suitable to grow indoors as the air is to dry. Standards would be a nice little pocket money venture, if one has the time to care for them. They fetch about $30 each in the garden centres. But they do take 2 years to attain a nice shape, there is only certain types that are suitable for this.
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 20, 2006 18:02:50 GMT 12
Just another point to consider. Fuchsia's are not suitable to grow indoors as the air is to dry. Standards would be a nice little pocket money venture, if one has the time to care for them. They fetch about $30 each in the garden centres. But they do take 2 years to attain a nice shape, there is only certain types that are suitable for this. What an exciting day Oasis and I had. I could pick up the Fuchsia procumbens and have to find a suitable spot tomorrow. It was not too expansive. And yesterday when I called the wine course tutor he invited us to his place! What an exceptional place he has. He grows orchids, fuchsias and many other flowers. He has 4 - 5 greenhouses (on 1/4 acre). Some are fully automatically watering or warming the plants. And he has a huge wine cellar. He gave me some fuchsia cuttings and 2 palm trees and 2 elder shrubs. And four vintage home made wines: Elder wine 1985 Elder port 1986 Elder wine 1981!!! Albany Siebel 2005 It was such a special day. Nothing can bring me down tonight! ;D
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Post by meandog on Oct 20, 2006 18:23:46 GMT 12
Pleeeeese, pleeese don't water the cuttings with the wine, somehow that does not work.LMAO
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 20, 2006 18:31:02 GMT 12
Yeah, what an awesome set-up on a classic old kiwi quarter acre! We entered the back garden after taking a quick tour of the front flower gardens and picking four large bags of grapefruit. We walk through the raspberry covered gateway and into a gardeners paradise! Grapevines, tamarillos, spuds, cabbages, you name it! And then we see a glasshouse slapped together from old window frames, and this is where it just starts to get exciting! We exit that first glasshouse and start to weave our way up towards the back of the sloped section, wondrously terraced and we are surrounded by grapevines and all sorts of pleasures to behold! Next we enter a double glazed fully automated hothouse, full of orchids and fuchsias! And still we've only just started the tour! Then we continue our trek toward the back of the property and enter a kind of open plan glass roofed area with more beautiful plants to behold. We come out the other side and start to descend back down toward the house, an open area covered in sweat-peas, ground cover moss type plantings and all manner of vegetable plants. Here back on the flatter part of the section is yet another glasshouse made from old windows, in here are tomatoes, and a lot of the landscaping and raised garden beds are made with stones set in plaster. It really was a wonder to behold, Ivyplus has been very inspired, and it looks like I'm gonna be a very busy boy for the next 20-odd years banging together something that comes even close to the wondrous paradise we experienced today! Oh, and the last port of call was the wine cellar! WOW! We feel very privileged to be in the possession of some 25 year old Elderberry wine and Port! Eric mate, you are truly an inspiration! ;D
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 20, 2006 18:36:21 GMT 12
Yeah, what an awesome set-up on a classic old kiwi quarter acre! We entered the back garden after taking a quick tour of the front flower gardens and picking four large bags of grapefruit. We walk through the raspberry covered gateway and into a gardeners paradise! Grapevines, tamarillos, spuds, cabbages, you name it! And then we see a glasshouse slapped together from old window frames, and this is where it just starts to get exciting! We exit that first glasshouse and start to weave our way up towards the back of the sloped section, wondrously terraced and we are surrounded by grapevines and all sorts of pleasures to behold! Next we enter a double glazed fully automated hothouse, full of orchids and fuchsias! And still we've only just started the tour! Then we continue our trek toward the back of the property and enter a kind of open plan glass roofed area with more beautiful plants to behold. We come out the other side and start to descend back down toward the house, an open area covered in sweat-peas, ground cover moss type plantings and all manner of vegetable plants. Here back on the flatter part of the section is yet another glasshouse made from old windows, in here are tomatoes, and a lot of the landscaping and raised garden beds are made with stones set in plaster. It really was a wonder to behold, Ivyplus has been very inspired, and it looks like I'm gonna be a very busy boy for the next 20-odd years banging together something that comes even close to the wondrous paradise we experienced today! Oh, and the last port of call was the wine cellar! WOW! We feel very privileged to be in the possession of some 25 year old Elderberry wine and Port! Eric mate, you are truly an inspiration! ;D So well said Oasis it was the most amazing garden I have seen in New Zealand so far and yes you have read my mind! I would love a garden like that. When can you start???
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Post by meandog on Oct 20, 2006 18:43:43 GMT 12
This sounds a bit like some friends of mine up north in Wellsford. The have a set up similar to what you describe. But they grow lots of palms and ferns. Every year at the right time they have a day trip on the ferry to Kawau Island and wander the grounds of Mansion House (used to be Gov Grey's residence) there is some very tall Chilean Coconut Palms and they picked up the nuts from the base of the trees and propagated them to sell on later.The coconuts are nothing like the size of the ones that we buy in shops. In fact they are about the size of walnuts, but broken open have the meat just the same.
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 20, 2006 18:46:29 GMT 12
This sounds a bit like some friends of mine up north in Wellsford. The have a set up similar to what you describe. But they grow lots of palms and ferns. Every year at the right time they have a day trip on the ferry to Kawau Island and wander the grounds of Mansion House (used to be Gov Grey's residence) there is some very tall Chilean Coconut Palms and they picked up the nuts from the base of the trees and propagated them to sell on later.The coconuts are nothing like the size of the ones that we buy in shops. In fact they are about the size of walnuts, but broken open have the meat just the same. When I am retired I will try to do things like that. Only work for the garden and home brewing! In 16 years this will be!
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 20, 2006 18:53:39 GMT 12
This sounds a bit like some friends of mine up north in Wellsford. The have a set up similar to what you describe. But they grow lots of palms and ferns. Every year at the right time they have a day trip on the ferry to Kawau Island and wander the grounds of Mansion House (used to be Gov Grey's residence) there is some very tall Chilean Coconut Palms and they picked up the nuts from the base of the trees and propagated them to sell on later.The coconuts are nothing like the size of the ones that we buy in shops. In fact they are about the size of walnuts, but broken open have the meat just the same. Oh, I forgot to mention that Eric also gave us a couple of palm trees. ;D Don't think they are Chilean Coconut Plams though, LOL ;D Sounds good, put it on the IvyPlus "To-Do" list and I'll try and get around to it some time in 2026, LOL! ;D
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 20, 2006 18:55:23 GMT 12
This sounds a bit like some friends of mine up north in Wellsford. The have a set up similar to what you describe. But they grow lots of palms and ferns. Every year at the right time they have a day trip on the ferry to Kawau Island and wander the grounds of Mansion House (used to be Gov Grey's residence) there is some very tall Chilean Coconut Palms and they picked up the nuts from the base of the trees and propagated them to sell on later.The coconuts are nothing like the size of the ones that we buy in shops. In fact they are about the size of walnuts, but broken open have the meat just the same. Oh, I forgot to mention that Eric also gave us a couple of palm trees. ;D Don't think they are Chilean Coconut Plams though, LOL ;D Sounds good, put it on the IvyPlus "To-Do" list and I'll try and get around to it some time in 2026, LOL! ;D I will keep these posts as proof of promisses!
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 20, 2006 19:00:09 GMT 12
Pleeeeese, pleeese don't water the cuttings with the wine, somehow that does not work.LMAO No, no, no!!! But you know when we came home my teenage daughter said she needs some red wine for her art project!!! She wants to use red wine like paint!!!! I wonder where they get those ideas from!
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 20, 2006 19:01:43 GMT 12
I will keep these posts as proof of promisses! DOH! ;D
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Post by meandog on Oct 21, 2006 7:13:43 GMT 12
Palm of any description need careful planning where to place as they do grow large and high. So you do not want to be cursing them at a later date because they are blocking sun or in the way of another planned building etc.
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