Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
I got this unusual fuschia for $6 at the same sale. It's looking a little peaked there as Larry had hung it in the sun. I have moved it and it is now looking better. It's been quite a few years since I've had a fuschia.
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
Yesterday I filled all of the cement planters. I also did two more of the long plastic big ones. I planted those with a mix of red and green chards and various annuals.
Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
wow deals! I'd be tempted to trim that first one, root them ,and make two more. Is that dark thing some sweet potato vine?
I had a bright idea- a few of my tropicals can be sunk in large shade pots for the summer and dressed up with something to fill space. Hm, young Clivia with some white Impatiens? sounds nice. I'll need to hit someplace for some little transplants while they still have them.
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Name: Ronnie Southeastern PA~Zone 6 I Love MAM~So Happy Together
Pretty fuschia.
They must be popular this year, looks like the one I bought for two of my containers
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luvsgrtdanes wrote: Pretty fuschia.
They must be popular this year, looks like the one I bought for two of my containers
Looks like it IS popular this year... I bought one this weekend too! I had one a few years back and planted it in the front border. I potted it up in the fall and was actually successful bringing it through the winter inside. It looked pretty sad the next spring but with a little TLC and fertilizer it was full and beautiful again by mid summer. I think this year I'm just going to keep it in a container versus planting it in the ground.
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I have never planted a Fuschia in the ground, nor have I ever seen one in the ground. That's pretty silly, because I'm sure that they must be native plants to some locale.
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Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
I have seen them on DG before and in catalogues, but have never seen one in a nursery. That leads me to believe that maybe it's not really fully hardy in Zone 6. Nursery folks always tell me that if it's at all questionable they won't stock it as they will probably end up having to replace too many.
When I want to try one like that, I go to a lot of places that sell it and see what zone they all rate them for. Lazy S'S is a good place to start because they always tell you the truth, so do Forrest Farm & Greer Gardens.
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
Ok you guys, Am I talking to myself on this thread?
Diana/Wind gave me a great big Canna Tuber at the swap. It's not a dwarf. I was thinking of planting it in one of my really big pots. It is a red canna. What would you all plant with it?
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
I have some of these, which I've never grown before. Do you think they would be OK in a pot with the Canna? I also have some caladiums and some white and also yellow calibrochas. I have quite a few annuals to choose from. Do these Amaranthus do better in the ground? Can they take dry soil?
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Pretty fuschia. 
I had one a few years back and planted it in the front border. I potted it up in the fall and was actually successful bringing it through the winter inside. It looked pretty sad the next spring but with a little TLC and fertilizer it was full and beautiful again by mid summer. I think this year I'm just going to keep it in a container versus planting it in the ground. 
