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Fuchsia Mrs. Popple replacement

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Oh well, may as well come out.
    i think there always comes a time when you have to give up on certain plants, for me it’s roses. They are hopeless here.  Either they don’t like the acid ground or the altitude, ‘they’ say roses don’t like clean pure air, maybe that’s the reason. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I think 'they ' are wrong else roses would never grow in Scotland!!
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s me then😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    edited August 2019
    Lyn said:
    Oh well, may as well come out.
    i think there always comes a time when you have to give up on certain plants, for me it’s roses. They are hopeless here.  Either they don’t like the acid ground or the altitude, ‘they’ say roses don’t like clean pure air, maybe that’s the reason. 
    I'm not sure what the issue is as my neighbour has loads of fuchsias in multiple pots and baskets with no sign of it.

    He's in his 70's and been gardening for years, when I asked him about fuchsia rust he hadn't even heard of it!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Things happen I suppose.  A few of mine are peppered with flea beetle holes, still blooming ok so I’ll leave them until the winter then strip them. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Update- considering this fuchsia is STILL flowering pretty well it would be a shame to get rid, I used this stuff on it and it kept the rust at bay successfully-

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0017RMKGM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Rust here with me on geraniums, I remove the leaves and let them carry on flowering, if it gets too bad I suppose I will destroy them but it seems a shame when they give so much pleasure.
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