Upright Fuchsias K-N. The unusual, the rare, & the gorgeous

Katie

Naturally compact bush, short jointed, unusual flowers which vary in shape and size somewhat.Tube: Smoky pink.Sepals: White with pink edges and green tips, held horizontally.Corolla: Pale rose-pink, up to 1/2 flared when mature.Foliage: Mid green.Parentage: White Spider x Chillerton Beauty.NKvF 265..

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Katjan

Very pretty fuchsia, distinctive habit with long arching stems closely hung with many small intensely coloured blooms. Makes a first-rate small standard. Profuse single flowers.The name comes from the first three letters of Kath van Hanegem's name, along with the name of her son, Jan.Tube: Rich re..

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Katrina Thompsen

Naturally compact self branching bush, short jointed. Small pale single flowers with a hint of pink in tube and sepals, very pretty and suitable for exhibition. Extremely free flowering.Tube: Cream with a hint of pink, short, rounded.Sepals: White above, faint pink blush below, pale green recurved ..

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Kilili

A very free flowering and attractive fuchsia. Ideal for containers or bedding. Sometimes incorrectly offered as 'Kilily'.Tube: Pale rose, short.Sepals: Rose pink, held half to fully up, recurved.Corolla: Light violet blue, 1/2 flared.Foliage: Mid green...

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Kocarde

An attractive flower in warm colours. Easy plant, free flowering, deserves to be more widely grown.Tube: Orange pink, medium length, quite plump.Sepals: Pink red, broad, fairly thick, slightly down, tip recurved.Corolla: Orange red, red veins, 1/2 flared.Foliage: Mid green.Parentage: Kwintet x..

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Lady Isobel Barnett

Outstanding, although can be challenging to exhibit due to heavy pollen production. Carries huge numbers of flowers, up to 8 buds per axil. Considered to be possibly the best of all of Cliff Gadsby's many excellent fuchsias. Needs generous feeding to give of its best.Tube: Carmine rose red, short..

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Laepines

An exceedingly free flowering and attractive fuchsia. Ideal for containers or bedding. Rare, and beautiful in its simplicity. Sometimes offered as 'Leapines' and if anyone knows which is correct there's a free plant or two in it if they can prove it.Tube: Waxy creamy white.Sepals: Creamy white with ..

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Lancashire Lass

Short jointed and self branching with outward and upward looking flowers.Tube: Light rose 63D, faint red stripe, short.Sepals: White, trace of red at base, green recurved tip, 1/2 to fully up.Corolla: Violet blue 91A, matures violet 75A, 1/4 to 1/2 flared.Foliage: Mid green.Parentage: Estelle M..

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Landgoed Hulshorst

Unusual flowers which keep opening until they look like they've exploded. A very striking plant when in full flower.Tube: Deep rose pink 62A.Sepals: Red 53D above, rose 5B below, yellow green recurved tip, horizontal to slightly up, 1 or 2 twisted to the right.Corolla: Magenta red purple N74A, 1/..

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Larissa

Neat and bushy, vigorous and easy to grow, makes a great container or summer border plant.Tube: Waxy cream 159C.S: Cream 159C, pink flush above, paler 159C/D below, slightly down, recurved tip.C: Neyron rose 55D, dark edge 55A, near white base, 2 petals are 1/4 flared, 2 are 1/2 flared, giving a dis..

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Laura

Flowers lavishly producing a very bright and colourful exhibition.Tube: Pale orange pink, barrel shape.Sepals: Pale orange pink., horizontal with recurved green tips.Corolla: Orange purple and orange red, orange pink base, slightly over 1/4 flared.Foliage: Mid green.NKvF 4542..

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Lena Dalton

Lovely old and enduringly popular cultivar with numerous colourful, and attractive flowers.T: Pale pink, slender, peg top.S: White to very pale pink, green reflexed tip, broad, 1/2 up.C: lavender blue, matures rosy mauve, paler base, pink veins, 1/2 flared.AFS 169, NKvF 1541..

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Lesley

Attractive and unusual cultivar from the swinging 60's, flowers in terminal clusters.Tube: Pale pink, darker stripe, long and slim.Sepals: Pale pink, short, concave, 1/2 down. Corolla: Deep rose pink, fairly short, rounded petals, up to 1/2 flared.Parentage: .AFS , BFS , NKvF Arching habit?..

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Letty Lye

A classic Lye cultivar with pale tube and sepals, purplish corolla, vigorous in spite of its age, and ideal for training as a standard or pillar.Tube: White, hint of pink, slim, straight, peg top.Sepals: White, hint of pink, tiny green slightly recurved tip, horizontal.Corolla: Pink purple, up to..

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Lilian

Truly lovely, mouthwatering pastel colours with deep red anthers which contrast beautifully. Makes a good 1/4 or 1/2 standard.Does anyone know its parentage?Tube: White, pink flush, very short, peg top.Sepals: White flushed pink, pale green recurved tip, slightly below horizontal.Corolla: Pale p..

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Lillian Annetts

Very successful show cultivar. The weight of the many flowers tends to cause the branches to arch downwards, making this useful for hanging baskets as well as containers. Highly recommended.Tube: White, pink stripe, short, peg top.Sepals: White, green recurved tip, 1/2 to fully up.Corolla: Blue, ..

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Lincoln Castle

Free flowering, clean, crisp colours on a large and sturdy plant, ideal for planting in larger containers. Gives a bright display.Tube: White, fairly short.Sepals: White, green tip, horizontal, well recurved.Corolla: Pink violet, white base, smooth, overlapping petals, eye tooth shape, 1/4 flared.P..

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Lindisfarne

A free flowering, free branching, short jointed fuchsia. Ideal for containers or bedding. Eye-catching with its bold colours. Produces single and semi double flowers and holds its colour well.Tube: Cream, pink tint and stripe, very short and round.Sepals: Cream, pink tint at base and edge, green ..

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Lionel

A charming cultivar that works well in small containers or the front of your borders. Very small leaves and flowers, so would make a superb bonsai.Tube: White, pale green stripe, slim.Can anyone tell us the parentage of this little cracker?Sepals: White above, pink N57C below, lime green 149B slig..

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Little Fellow

Wide flowers, (5cm (2") measured across the sepals), but they still look small. This is a super little plant that's easy to grow. Tube: Red 45A, fairly short, plump and rounded.Sepals: Dark pink red 52A, horizontal, slightly recurved tiny pale green tip.Corolla: Purple pink N74B, 1/4 to 1/2flared..

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Little Tony

A handsome and bushy plant. Gorgeous soft pink flowers in abundance, as you would hope from such superb parents, fabulous, we love it.It remains to be seen if Mr A Huggett has conferred any hardiness. Whether hardy or not, this very fine fuchsia would be magnificent in summer containers, and is well..

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Loeky

Flowers well, good for small to medium standards and gives a lovely display. A charming and pretty cultivar, named after Herman de Graaff's wife.Tube: Bright mid rose red 51A.Sepals: Bright mid rose red 51A, broad, concave, 1/2 to fully up.Corolla: Pink 75B, pink red 54A base, red veins, fully f..

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London 2000

Very vigorous with a strong upright growth habit, particularly suitable for pots and containers. Easy to train, makes superb fans and small or 1/2 standards.Tube: White, short.Sepals: White, held 1/2 up and recurved.Corolla: Cyclamen purple, matures cerise, 1/2 flared...

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London Eye

A delectable, self branching, short jointed, cultivar ideal for exhibition. Flowers face outwards, and are produced over a long period.Tube: Pale pink with darker flush, short.Sepals: Pale pink and darker flush at base above, pale pink below, tiny green recurved tip, fully up.Corolla: Purple viol..

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Long Wings

Well named, with sepals up to 100mm (4") long and a long slender corolla, really eye-catching. Happy in sun, heat tolerant if roots shaded.Tube: Scarlet, long, slender.Sepals: Very long, scarlet, slightly down but strongly recurved and often twisted.Corolla: Heliotrope, paler base, rose veins, dark ..

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Lustre

A first class fuchsia. Still well worth growing, its easy and floriferous.Also known as Santa Barbara, particularly in US, Lustre is its original name.Tube: Creamy white, faint green stripe, peg top, narrows at sepal end.Sepals: Waxy cream, held 1/2 up, recurved tip.Corolla: Warm pink, hint of or..

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Lydia

Not easy to come by but really should be more widely available as it is a real beauty. Easy to grow, short jointed and self branching upright bush. Self deadheading too.Tube: White 155A, pale green stripe, short and thick.Sepals: White 155D above, pale pink 56D below, green recurved tip, fully up...

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Lye's Elegance

One of Mr Lye's many superb cultivars, well named.Tube: Creamy white, proportionately fairly long, straight.Sepals: Waxy cream, 1/2 up, recurved tip.Corolla: Rich cerise, paler base, 1/4 flared, smooth, overlapping petals...

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Lye's Unique

A very free-flowering, vigorous, stiffly upright bush cultivar. Excellent for full standards, columns, pillars, fans and large displays. Highly recommended.Tube: Crisp white, slim.Sepals: Bright waxy white, horizontal, slightly recurved tip.Corolla: Salmon coral red, 1/4 flared, smooth petals.Fol..

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Maetsukyer

Highly individual shape & colouring, unique & beautiful. Easy to grow and shape, self branching.Tube: Pale pink 62D, long & slim, tapering to a square shoulder at sepal end.Sepals: Pale pink 62D, 1/2 down, tip recurved. Corolla: Pink 62A, matures rose 68B, 1/2 flared, short, pointed, incurved petals..

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Mandarin Cream

Classically beautiful fuchsia bearing elegant flowers in subtle colours, flowers extremely freely, very easy to grow. Shows better than average rust resistance for an orange.Tube: White, short, tapers slightly to sepal end.Sepals: White, hint of pink, pale green tip, horizontal, slight recurve.Coro..

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Margaret Berger

Another cracker from one of our favourite hybridizers. This pretty and versatile double needs regular feeding to keep up the excellent display it is capable of.Tube: Fairly short, pale pink with darker stripes.Sepals: Palest pink with green tips, fairly broad, held fully up and recurved.Corolla: Inn..

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Margaret Pilkington

A generously free-flowering, vigorous, stiffly upright bush cultivar. Beautiful flowers. Superb fuchsia, colours are white and blue if grown in shade.Tube: White, dark rose stripe.Sepals: White, slight dark rose flush and veins at base, horizontal, well recurved.Corolla: Violet, matures plum purp..

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Margaret Viscountess Thurso

Lovely, loads of flower, self branching, easy to shape. Makes a good exhibition or garden container plant.Tube: White, hint of pink, fairly short, slim.Sepals: White, green, recurved tip, slightly down.Corolla: White, 1/2 flared, smooth, eye tooth shape petals.Parentage: Chris Bright x Shelford...

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Maria Landy

Classic beauty, easy to grow, self branching and short jointed.Tube: Pale pink with faint darker pink stripes, very short.Sepals: Pale pink above, pink below through white to green tip, horizontal, well recurved.Corolla: Violet, matures light rose, darker edge, 1/4 flared, smooth, overlapping pet..

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Marina Kelly

Classically beautiful fuchsia bearing elegant flowers in subtle colours, flowers freely, easy to grow, may have some hardiness given parentage.Tube: White, proportionately long, tapers slightly to a slim waist at sepal end.Sepals: Waxy white with tiny pale green tip, 1/2 down and slightly recurved.C..

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Martin's Inspiration

Unusual and very pretty fuchsia with elegant smoky red flowers in terminal clusters. Display well against the dark shiny leaves.Tube: Red 49B, thin.Sepals: Red 51D above, red 50A below, purple tip, fully up, recurved back to ovary.Corolla: Red 43C, 1/2 to 3/4 flared, quite long, slim petals.Parentag..

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Martyn Smedley

A superb free flowering plant with big bright flowers, held outwards.Tube: Waxy white, pale pink stripe, slightly barrel shaped.Sepals: Rose pink 62A above, slightly darker 62B below, 1/2 down, well recurved.Corolla: Lavender blue, pink tint, 1/4 flared, smooth, overlapping petals.Foliage: Deep..

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Mary Reynolds

Medium to large fully double boldly coloured flowers, vigorous growth, appreciates pinching out a couple of times to get maximum flower.Tube: Rose red, 51A, short.Sepals: Vivid purple red 51A, horizontal and reflexed.Corolla: Violet 83B, fully flared.Parentage: Angel's Flight x Royal Velvet.AFS 1363..

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Maxine's Smile

Free flowering, self branching, and very pretty, ideal for exhibition, should also make a lovely container plant.Tube: White, faint green stripe, short.Sepals: White, faint pink base, green tip, 1/2 up, recurved.Corolla: White, 1/4 to 1/2 flared, smooth, overlapping petals. Parentage: Chris Bright x..

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Mazda

Hot, glowing colours on a vigorous bush, gorgeous. Needs early pinching.Tube: Orange pink, short, peg top, rather bulbous.Sepals: Orange pink, 1/2 up, recurved tip.Corolla: Vivid pink orange, paler base, dark pink veins, 3/4 flared.Foliage: Dark green.NKvF 1618..

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Melanie

A classic fuchsia flower in deep colours which display beautifully against the lighter foliage.Tube: Dark red, short, peg.Sepals: Dark red, quite long, horizontal and gracefully recurved.Corolla: Very dark aubergine navy blue, 1/2 flared.Foliage: Light mid green.NKvF 2713..

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Michael

Habit and flowers identical to Annabel, lovely. Although a bush, it becomes a bit lax with the weight of flowers borne. Large, well formed blooms, substantial.Tube: White, pink stripe, fairly long.Sepals: White, pink blush, pale green tip, horizontal to slightly down, recurved, slight twist.Corolla:..

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Micky Goult

Superb summer bedding and exhibition fuchsia. Abundant flowers held facing outwards.Tube: White with light pink flush, short.Sepals: Pale pink, pale green tip, horizontal, broad & short, concave.Corolla: Violet rose matures lilac, 3/4 flared.Foliage: Medium green, lush.Parentage: Bobby Shaf..

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Midwinter

A smallish upright bush, flowers freely. Very beautiful. Likes and looks better in shade. Can be tricky to overwinter.Tube: White, pale pink blush and stripe, short.Sepals: White, pink blush at base, green tip, horizontal to slightly down, recurved.Corolla: White, 1/4 flared, smooth petals.Parenta..

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Mini

Stiffly upright small bush fuchsia bearing numerous brightly coloured blooms. Makes smaller standard, fans etc. Ideal pot and container plant, or summer bedding.Tube: White and rose pink, long, slim.Sepals: Rose pink, some white, 1/2 down, very slightly reflexed.Corolla: Rose red with purple o..

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Minirose

Ideal cultivar for smaller containers and for producing small standards. Very pretty, easy to grow, a real cutie.Tube: Light pink 76D.Sepals: Light pink 76D, yellow green 150C recurved tip, horizontal.Corolla: Dark cyclamen purple 74A/B, paler base, matures cyclamen purple 74B, 1/4 flared.Parenta..

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Minnesota

Attractive flowers, freely produced. The colours combine beautifully in this classic cultivar, one of relatively few introduced during the second world war. Deserves to be more widely grown.Tube: Creamy white, hint of pink, barrel shape.Sepals: Creamy white, hint of pink above, more pink below, g..

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Miss Vallejo

An uncommon oldie that's absolutely worth growing for a beautiful display in containers or bedding.Truly drooly, but may need some support and also benefits from a little cosseting over winter.(Temporary photo, untypical very late season blooms.)Tube: White 155C, faint green stripe, short.Sepals: Wh..

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Mistoque

Elegant and shapely flowers in cool white and misty lilac blue. What's not to like? (Introduced by S Orton, UK hybridiser unknown, date c1978.)Tube: White, pale pink stripe, slim.Sepals: Proportionately long and slim, white, with a trace of pink, held almost fully up, greenish tips.Corolla: Blu..

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Moody Blues

Aptly named, beautifully coloured flowers face outwards. May have single blooms.Can anyone tell us its parentage?Tube: Pale pink.Sepals: Pale pink above, base flushed dark rose below, green tip, broad, concave, 1/2 up.Corolla: Soft lavender blue, paler base, fully flared.Parentage: ?..

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Moorland Beauty

Free-flowering, naturally upright and self branching bushy grower. Best colours in some shade.Tube: Pale rose pink, darker stripe.Sepals: Pale rose pink, darker at tube end, pale green tip, 1/2 up, recurved.Corolla: Violet blue, pink base, veins & splash, matures purple red, 3/4 to fully flared...

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Musetta

A vigorous, lush grower with large leaves and boldly coloured flowers. A nice find.Tube: Magenta 58B.Sepals: Magenta 58B above, paler 58C below, 1/2 down, reflexed tip.Corolla: Magenta 67B, 1/2 to 3/4 flared, slightly wavy petal edge.Parentage: WALZ Tuba x found seedling.AFS 2522, NKvF 1988..

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My Mum

Tidy, trouble free and free flowering. Graceful and elegant, should make an idea container plant.Tube: Pale creamy pink.Sepals: Pale creamy pink, horizontal, recurved.Corolla: Cerise, pale creamy pink base, 1/4 flared.Foliage: Young leaves have an attractive pink bronze flush.NB Nick Dobson's 'My Mu..

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Napoléon

Free flowering, and easy to grow, gives a great display.Tube: Pink white, fairly short, bulbous.Sepals: White, hint of pink at base, green recurved tip, horizontal.Corolla: Pink violet, paler base, 1/4 flared, smooth petals.Foliage: Mid green.NKvF 1927..

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Natasha Lynn

Free flowering and easy to grow, very rewarding in terms of flower power, a superb display. Hardy to 0°C.Tube: Rose pink, darker stripe 58C.Sepals: Dark rose 58C base & white above, rose 61D base & white below, green tip, fully up, recurved.Corolla: Violet blue 92A, rose pink base & v..

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