Climbing Fuchsia's any body

[jacob marley]

Me and Her went out this afternoon and as usual ended up looking around a plant nursery and OH found a Climbing Fuchsia Variety Lady Boothby the only thing i know about is it is hardy.
Has any body got any exerience growing them and how hardy are they.
My first thought's was plant it in a large container on wheels and when winter come's wheel it in the workshop is this overkill the trellis that it will grow up will be fixed to the container am i going over the top or will it be feasible it is claimed on the label that it will grow up to 2 metre's in a single season jacob

[Herbie]

Hi Jacob

I think this is a relatively new variety, Ive only seen it advertised in gardening mag's this year. Depending on how big it is by the end of the season, I would then decide whether to put in the workshop. I've been caught out with fushias in the past where they are labelled as hardy, but because they have not put on enough growth they didn't survive the winter
If your fushia is quite big by the end of the season it should come back no problem. They usually start to sprout about March /April time down south. They sprout from the base so just cut back the dead wood next spring.
The variety that you have, looks quite stunning in the magazines they suggest that it can climb to 2 metre's, but I haven't purchased this one ............yet!

[jacob marley]

The Fuchsia we bought was £2.50 about 15 inches high with 4 shoots standing nice and staight most of the plants had got 2 shoots but you always go for the biggest .
The nursery was Chestnut Nursery Browns lane Coventry almost opposite the the Jaguar works old front gate .
They also have a good range of plant reasonbly priced not a garden centre but a nursery(this is not a advert and i have no connection with the aforsaid nursery) disclaimer over i recomend the place highly jacob

[Two_Sheds]

I have discussed this with mother - fuchsias can't climb, they don't have tendrils or clingy bits.
What Lady Boothby (first seen in the 1930s - if it's so good, why has it taken 80 years to become popular?) seems to do is just grow extra tall and lanky, so you can then tie in the growth. Not really climbing as such, it just has extra-long shoots. It needs supporting against a trellis or somesuch.

[rustylady]

Tried googling for it last night - not much information really. It looks like a vigorous upright variety, and I don't know how they can classify it as a climber if it doesn't have any means of supporting itself. (e.g. sweet peas are climbers as they have tendrils to cling to supports, runner and french beans are climbers as they wind themselves round the supports). Does anyone know exactly how this "NEW" fuchsia climbs?

[Herbie]

I will try and find the magazine which I saw this fushia advertised in. Report back later.

[Alice]

See what other gardeners say here Jacob.
Grows on You : KarenKing : Climbing fuchsia, Lady Boothby

[jacob marley]

Thank you very much Ladies for imformation i will keep you posted jacob

[valmarg]

Lady Boothby was first introduced in 1939.

Growth is upright and very vigorous (hence the 'climbing' claim).

If you want more detail, look in the 'Fuchsias - a colour guide' by George Bartlett. page 16.

valmarg

[Herbie]

Hi Jacob

Checked the advert after finally finding the magazine in a pile that I'm keeping.
Advert basically did the climbing thing, but I agree with others its probably vigorous upright etc.
It did mention that it can get up to three meters:O

Good luck and please let us know how Lady Boothby progresses.

[TWINKLETOES]

I got Lady Boothby last year. As someone has said it is a very old variety. :Plant companies often "re-invent" plants as "new" - a good sales/marketing ploy! It grew to 5ft in the one season. I had it in a pot with bamboo arch to tie it to; is not a proper climber in the accepted sense. They are doing the same with "climbing geraniums" just lanky plants that you can grow up a frame! I kept it on the floor of the greehouse for most of the winter after cutting it back by a third, and brought it out in March. I have trimmed it back by another third and it is sprouting well. Remember with these sort of plants the harder you cut them back, the harder they grow.

[jacob marley]

Progress report the plant is now 4 foot high 2 other shoots 3ft 6inches one shoot 2 foot high but now growing side ways about 2 foot flower buds coming on the tips just coming into flower jacob marley

[jools]

What am I doing wrong?? I bought a few of these and they are no taller than any other fuchsias. In fact, they don't appear to be very vigourous at all - sob!
Julie

[jacob marley]

I can't explain it Jools but i kept it in the greenhouse repoted in a larger pot until it was about 2 foot high and then planted it in a shady corner and now the lead shoot is about 5 foot high and growing taller by the day it will stp some day i presume i hope your's gets into gear one day jacob marley