Happy 377th birthday today to French botanist and Minim monk #CharlesPlumier (1646-1704). The Father of the Fuchsia. Plumier first described Fuchsia triphylla from his third botanizing trip to the Island of Hispaniola in 1696-97. He named the new species for noted German physician and botanist #LeonhartFuchs (1501-66). #Fuchsias #FuchdiaSpecies

The Royal Mail’s been busy. The new Charles III postcards arrived. All roads lead to the fuchsia. Even the K The Royal Mail’s been busy. The new Charles III postcards arrived. All roads lead to the fuchsia. Even the King’s. #Fuchsiana #Fuchsias #FuchsiaFriday

Roses? Not #fuchsias? #Sasquatch seems as confused as I am.

Setting up the #OregonFuchsiaSociety booth at the 75th Spring Home & Garden Show in #Portland today. The show is at the Portland Expo Center from Thurs-Sun Feb 23-26.

We won’t be selling any plants until our annual sale May 20 & our own show from Aug18-20. But we’re more than happy to field fuchsia questions and sign you up as a new member on the spot!

You can find further spring show details on the event website at HomeShowPDX.com. #Fuchsias #OFS #PDX #PortlandHomeandGardenShow #PHGS

Estimates were about 600 people for the triple-header Garden 101 in the Rainier Room at the NW Flower & Garden Festival. Wow! Thank you! Thanks for coming out on a Thursday afternoon for primulas, coleus, and Perennial Favorites-Hardy Fuchsias in the Garden. #NWFGS #Fuchsias #PerennialFavorites #HardyFuchsias #Garden101

Happy 521st Birthday to Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566)! German, physician, botanist and author of the sumptuously illustrated herbal, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes (1542), Fuchs is considered one of the three founders of modern botany. The genus Fuchsia would later be named in his honor by Charles Plumier. #Fuchs #Fuchsias #Herbals #Botanists #Plumier

Classic trailer Fuchsia “Mantilla” was bred by the great Victor Reiter of San Francisco in 1949 between F. triphylla x ‘San Francisco’. It was the first official registration by the AFS!

(Posts from my regular #FuchsiaFriday series will be going dormant for a bit. Don’t worry. It’ll becback in the spring!)

#Fuchsias #FallenFuchsias

That’s it for this year. Some fold up the festivities early but it ain’t over until the Three Kings sing. So thanks for singing along to the #12FuchsiasofChristmas22.

Hope you had a joyful holiday season and may your gardens flourish in 2023!

#Fuchsias #Epiphany

🎼 On the twelfth day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Twelve drummers drumming
🎶 And Fuchsia 'City of Portland'

#12FuchsiasofChristmas22 #Fuchsias

🎼 On the eleventh day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Eleven pipers piping
🎶 And Fuchsia 'Graf Spee'

#12FuchsiasofChristmas22 #Fuchsias

🎼 On the tenth day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Ten lords a-leapimg
🎶 And Fuchsia 'Swingtime'

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🎼 On the ninth day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Nine ladies dancing
🎶 And Fuchsia 'Tennessee Waltz'

#12FuchsiasofChristmas22 #Fuchsias

🎼 On the eighth day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Eight maids a-milking
🎶 And Fuchsia 'Ruby Wedding'

#12FuchsiasofChristmas22 #Fuchsias

🎼 On the seventh day of Christmas
🎶 My true love sent to me
🎶 Seven swans a-swimming
🎶 And Fuchsia 'Santa Cruz'

#12FuchsiasofChristmas22 #Fuchsias

William Hemsley (d. 1924), British botanist and Keeper of the Library & Herbarium at Kew, was born today in 1843. Hemsley published The Apetalous Fuchsias of South America in 1875. Fuchsia hemsleyana, now a synonym of F. microphylla ssp hemsleyana, was named for him in 1937. Fuchsia Sec. Hemsleyella (15 sp) also honors his work. #Fuchsias #FuchsiaSpecies #Kew #Botanists #OnThisDay

Some #fuchsias try to hang onto their leaves in the cold and they get blasted in the freeze. No so Fuchsia ‘Whiteknights Amethyst'. It went #deciduous in the fall. Not too surprising as it’s F. magellanica x F. excorticata and F. excorticata is one of New Zealand’s few deciduous native trees.

For today's snowy #FuchsiaFriday it's Fuchsia 'DebRon's Snow Fairy'. It's a delightful small-flowered double from Oregon's own hybridizer, Ron Monnier, introduced in 2009. And it is winter hardy here in the PNW so take that, the snows. #Fuchsias

What’s in flower at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia boliviana is still blooming away. Seasons end, though, and it’s time to bring it in. The weatherman has a freeze scheduled for tonight and then maybe a couple of frosts again over the next few days. #WhatsinFlower #Fuchsias #FuchsiaSpecies