Triphylla fuchsias - Bold brightly coloured beauties

Adinda

Not just a successful exhibition cultivar, a very pretty fuchsia that will look great in your garden containers. Freely carries terminal clusters of softly coloured blooms.Tube: Pale peach pink, tubular, flared.Sepals: Pale peach pink, blending to yellow green tip, broad, short, 1/2 down.Corolla: Pa..

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Andenken an Heinrich Henkel

Fuchsias have to be good to remain popular for over a century, and this one is no exception. An easy to grow triphylla that flowers freely and has magnificent foliage.Tube: Light reddish pinkSepals: Light reddish pinkCorolla: Light crimson redFoliage: Dark GreenNKvF 1044..

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Butterfly Dance

Very beautiful triphylla hybrid with dramatic red orange flowers and good foliage. Don't pinch – see hybridiser tab for details.Tube: Red orange 40A, long, thin.Sepals: Red orange 40A, slender, 1/2 down, reflexed.Corolla: Red orange 40A, unflared, long spoon shaped petals, on stalks.Foliage: Dark g..

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Dharlah

This certainly is a very vigorous and beautiful fuchsia, take a look at the hybridiser comments tab to see Mario's description.Tube: Pale rose pink.Sepals: Pale rose pink, held 1/2 down and slightly reflexed.Corolla: White with pale rose pink blush, 1/4 flared.Foliage: Dark green.Parentage: ((Göttin..

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Dragon Quest

A lax, semi trailing habit, (may need staking) with terminal clusters of spectacular, huge, pink tubular flowers. A real eye-catcher.Tube: Light rose 48C, darker blush, long, slim.Sepals: Light rose, fully down, reflexed.Corolla: Opens orange red 44B, matures red 43A, short petals, 1/4 flared.Paren..

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Erika Köth

Strongly upright growing triphylla fuchsia bearing masses of flower. Very sensitive to overwatering, and has absolutely zero tolerance of frost.Tube: Rose orangeSepals: Rose orangeCorolla: Rose orangeFoliage: Olive green, roundish leaves.Parentage: Koralle x F. boliviana.NKvF 1204..

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Fred Swales

If you haven't grown a triphylla type fuchsia before, this is a great one to try first, but will appeal to anyone who likes this type, being easy, trouble free and vigorous. Naturally a lax bush or semi trailer, bearing terminal clusters of big, gorgeous, rich orange flowers.Unusually (and usefully..

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Georg Börnemann

A classic triphylla cultivar bearing bunches of reddish salmon-pink tubular flowers. Vigorous and easy to grow.Apparently not quite as sensitive to cold as most triphyllas, but still not frost hardy.Also known as 'Börnemann's Best'.Tube: Reddish salmon-pink, long, flared.Sepals: Reddish salmon-pin..

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Göttingen

Göttingen is an easy to grow triphylla type fuchsia bearing many large bunches of orange-red flowers.Tube: Orange red.Sepals: Orangey red.Corolla: Coral red.Foliage: Dark green.NKvF 1334..

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John Maynard Scales

A vigorous and easy triphylla type fuchsia carrying numerous large dense bunches of salmon-orange tubular flowers.Tube: Orange with a salmon pink cast.Sepals: Orange with a salmon pink cast.Corolla: Pink with orange overtones.Foliage: Dark green.Parentage: Thalia x F. fulgens var. gesneriana.NKv..

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John Ridding

Superb variegation. See Thalia, it is otherwise identical, but sensitive to overwatering.Stiffly upright growing, benefits from some attention to pinching out in the early stages.Tube: Scarlet-orange, slim and tapering.Sepals: Scarlet-orange with paler tips, held 3/4 down.Corolla: Orange-red.Fol..

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Koralle

Bunches of long, tapered, single flowers produced towards the ends of the stems, flowers generously, an old but reliable triphylla fuchsia which is still deservedly popular. Also known as Coralle.Tube: Long, thin, salmon orange.Sepals: Salmon orange, short.Corolla: Again, salmon orange.Foliage: ..

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Leverkusen

Gives an impressive display, bearing absolutely masses of smallish but bright flowers.Unusual in that it produces flowers mainly from the leaf axils. Reputedly does not like changes in atmosphere, though we have not seen this ourselves.Tube: Rose-cerise, stubby and bulging.Sepals: Rose-cerise, Hel..

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Mantilla

The first fuchsia registered with the American Fuchsia Society. Ground-breaking at the time, and still a spectacular and lovely plant. Semi trailing habit, ideal for a basket, likes warmth.Tube: Light carmine, very long, slim, bulge at ovary end.Sepals: Light carmine, slim, 1/2 down, bulge at ovary ..

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Maori Pipes

Profuse bunches of long single flowers. Not easy, a fuchsia for experienced growers, but highly rewarding. Needs pinching.Tube: Magenta rose to aubergine, long, flared.Sepals: Magenta rose 64B/C above, ruby red 61A/B below, 1/2 down, recurved.Corolla: Opens oxblood red 187A, matures paler 187B, 1..

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Mary

One of the very best triphyllas. Superb, well deserves its place in any collection and still winning on the show bench.Tube: Bold electric crimson.Sepals: Bright electric crimson, held fully up.Corolla: Bright electric crimson, 3/4 flared.Foliage: Dark green with deep red veining.Parentage: F. t..

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Michael Wallis

An upright grower with terminal clusters of large pink tubular flowers, very handsome.Tube: Pink, darker stripes, long, slightly flared.Sepals: Pale pink, green tip, short & straight, slightly down.Corolla: Coral pink, short, pleated petals, 1/4 flared.Parentage: ?NKvF 4588..

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Monty Python

With its strong spreading growth, and continuous terminal flowering after initial burst of bloom, this is superb in mixed containers or large hanging baskets.Tube: Pink 52D, long, flared.Sepals: Bright orange with salmon pink tips, held 1/2 down and slightly reflexed.Corolla: Deep orange.Foliage:..

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Orient Express

A beautiful fuchsia whose vigorous upright growth needs frequent pinching out in early stages in order to produce a well-shaped plant.The results are truly lovely.Tube: Pink with darker stripes, long, flared.Sepals: Pale pink, narrow, held 1/2 down.Corolla: Rose-pink, 1/4 flared when mature, long..

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Phaidra

Vigorous growth, superb looking fuchsia that flowers well but not as heavily as some. However the flowers look fabulous against the backdrop of dark foliage and give a pleasing balanced appearance overall.Tube: Rich rose red 52A, long in proportion to the entire flower.Sepals: Rich rose red above,..

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Piper's Vale

A particularly free flowering triphylla with massed bunches of long brightly coloured flowers.Ideal for baskets & exhibition. A real beauty that deserves to be better known.Tube: Pink, long.Sepals: Bold pink, held slightly down, straight.Corolla: Deep pink, up to 1/2 flared.Foliage: Medium g..

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Pledle

A little charmer, with small smoky flowers (similar in size to those of Whiteknights Ruby), and dark leaves.We can't find out anything about its history or origins. If you can help, we'd love to hear from you so we can share your knowledge with other fuchsia enthusiasts.Tube: Rose red blending to r..

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Roos Breytenbach

An appealing triphylla type fuchsia with wonderful, long, elegant, flowers for an extended period. Makes a lovely weeping 1/2 standard.Named by the raiser in honour of a remarkable lady who devoted many years to promoting the popularity and cultivation of fuchsias in South Africa.Tube: Red, pink ti..

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Sappho Phaoon

To see at its best, site in dappled shade, flower colour fades in direct sun. Especially good if grown from early (January or February) cuttings, and pinched once or twice. A truly beautiful fuchsia, that shows its triphylla origins in the clusters of tubular flowers. The triphylla genes are heavily..

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Shanley

Gorgeous salmon orange flowers in clusters, strong growing.Tube: Salmon pink, quite long.Sepals: Salmon pink, horizontal to 1/2 up, slightly recurved.Corolla: Salmon orange, 1/4 flared.Foliage: Unusually large leaves, huge.Parentage: ?NKvF 2066..

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Sparky

A petite triphylla/species hybrid and an interesting mix. Cute little flowers and heart shaped leaves.Tube: Short, deep smoky red.Sepals: Short and spiky, deep smoky red tipped with green.Corolla: Short petals, deep smoky red.Foliage: Dark green, heart shaped leaves.Parentage: F. procumbens x Thalia..

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Strike the Viol

Flowers freely, in a mix of shocking flamingo pink and claret. Beautiful and eye-catching.Tube: Light coral 38A and red 46C, long & thick.Sepals: Dark red 47A above, dark orange red 34A below, fully down, reflexed.Corolla: Orange 29A edged pink 62A, matures red purple 67A, unflared.Foliage: ..

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Tauden's Heil

Deservedly popular, large bunches of long, tapered, single flowers towards the ends of the stems.Can anyone tell us anything about its origins or parentage?Tube: Salmon orange, long, slender, tapered, bulge at ovary end.Sepals: Salmon orange, 1/2 to fully down, short, spiky looking. Pale green refl..

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Thalia

Stiffly upright growing triphylla fuchsia which benefits from some attention to pinching out in the early stages. 1905 and still a winner.Tube: Scarlet-orange, slim and taperingSepals: Scarlet orange with paler tips, 1/2 downCorolla: Orange redFoliage: Bronze fairly large glossy leaves with bol..

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Touch the Lute

A striking new entry to the triphylla group, which overwinters well. Another beauty from Mario, clusters of large, tubular, bell shaped flowers in dramatic orange and red. Self branching bush. Tube: Orange 50A, long, and flaring to a bell shape at the corolla end. Sepals: Orange 50A, fully down, b..

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Tubular Bells

Triphylla/species hybrid which is predominantly terminal flowering. Very long, strikingly bright, single flowers. Sensitive to overwatering. Although best treated as H1c or H2 for optimum flowering, it is actually hardy to 0°C.Tube: Orange 32A, long & slender.Sepals: Orange 32A, sharply pointed,..

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Whiteknights Ruby

Doesn't grow especially fast, but is self branching after the first pinch or two. Easy to grow and the flowers are lovely.Tube: Imperial purple, long and slender.Sepals: Imperial purple, small, horizontal and recurved, but tip reflexed.Corolla: Imperial purple, short.Foliage: Dark green with red vei..

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