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Section Procumbentes, New Zealand
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F. procumbens, native of New Zealand, is the only fuchsia in its section.
It produces small lovely flowers profusely in early summer. The flower has a yellow tube, green sepals tipped with chocolate brown. It has no corolla.
It measures about 1.5 cm long, from the base of the tube up to the stamens carrying bright blue pollen.
For F. procumbens, I use alpine flower compost generally available in Japan. This type of compost is composed of different kinds of granules produced in Japan, with no or little amount of organic matter, and is well-drained.
Although F. procumbens seems to dislike heat, it can survive our harsh summer if planted in a well-drained compost and protected against heat. Even if it drops all leaves during a heat spell, it often recovers when the temperature drops to a comfortable level.
The plant can be kept compact (12 cm dia. pot) by pruning.
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F. procumbens, native of New Zealand, is the only fuchsia in its section.
It produces small lovely flowers profusely in early summer. The flower has a yellow tube, green sepals tipped with chocolate brown. It has no corolla.
It measures about 1.5 cm long, from the base of the tube up to the stamens carrying bright blue pollen.
For F. procumbens, I use alpine flower compost generally available in Japan. This type of compost is composed of different kinds of granules produced in Japan, with no or little amount of organic matter, and is well-drained.
Although F. procumbens seems to dislike heat, it can survive our harsh summer if planted in a well-drained compost and protected against heat. Even if it drops all leaves during a heat spell, it often recovers when the temperature drops to a comfortable level.
The plant can be kept compact (12 cm dia. pot) by pruning.
F. procumbens seems to be an "oddball."
My fuchsia friend has said it is transsexual i.e. produces nearly all male flowers one year or nearly all female the next or even 50/50. The friend has also advised that it flowers and fruits well some years and then doesn't perform well a couple of years perhaps.
It sometimes bears imperfect perfect flower, i.e. hermaphroditic flower with ill-developed stigma. The photo on the left is a perfect hermaphroditic flower. I found only such perfect hermaphroditic flowers with a fully developed stigma can bear fruits.
My fuchsia friend has said it is transsexual i.e. produces nearly all male flowers one year or nearly all female the next or even 50/50. The friend has also advised that it flowers and fruits well some years and then doesn't perform well a couple of years perhaps.
It sometimes bears imperfect perfect flower, i.e. hermaphroditic flower with ill-developed stigma. The photo on the left is a perfect hermaphroditic flower. I found only such perfect hermaphroditic flowers with a fully developed stigma can bear fruits.
F. procumbens bears berries as large as Japanese pickled apricots (a little longer than
1 cm).
The inside is divided into four compartments, each of which is filled with seeds
F. procumbens can be easily grown from seeds. If you sow in autumn, you'll see it bloom in spring the year after next.
The inside is divided into four compartments, each of which is filled with seeds
F. procumbens can be easily grown from seeds. If you sow in autumn, you'll see it bloom in spring the year after next.
Right: F. procumbens with numerous flowers.
The plant is about five years old. You can keep it to 13.5 cm dia. pot by repotting every year.
The plant is about five years old. You can keep it to 13.5 cm dia. pot by repotting every year.
(The following were added on June 30, 2011.)
Right: F. procumbens 'Wirral'
I obtained some cutting material of F. procumbens 'Wirral' in 2010 and was able to see it bloom in 2011.
Not widely known yet in Japan, this is another attractive, easy-to-grow fuchsia. The grayish green leaves increase the charm of it.
Right: F. procumbens 'Wirral'
I obtained some cutting material of F. procumbens 'Wirral' in 2010 and was able to see it bloom in 2011.
Not widely known yet in Japan, this is another attractive, easy-to-grow fuchsia. The grayish green leaves increase the charm of it.
(Nov 25, 2010) (Edit: June 30, 2011)
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