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2000
ARCADIA NURSERIES
Brass Castle Lane, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS8 9EB 01642-310782)
Valtegz Raised by Bob Hewitson from York is a superb upright variety, compact in habit with masses of white and glowing pink flowers. The stunning visual display is enhanced by the fact that not only are the flowers held clear of the dark green foliage, but they also flare out beautifully as they mature. Sure to be a winner, not only with the public in general but possibly also on the showbench.
KATHLEEN MUNCASTER FUCHSIAS
18 Field Lane, Morton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. DN21 3BY 01427 61232
Chris Nicholls Medium sized single with some semi-double flowers. Has been hardy for several years. Tube and sepals cerise. Corolla lilac purple. Gets to about 18".
Cotta 2000 Large single with flared purple corolla flushed pink. Sepals are white flushed red and the short tube is red. Can be lax but is a very vigorous grower. Hybridised by Len Bielby.
Cott Carousel From Len Bielby, a very vigorous trailing fuchsia that will fill a basket very quickly. Greenish white tube with pink, tipped green sepals. Petals are pale rhodamine purple with a darker edge.
Cotta Christmas Tree From Len Bielby. This one attracted a lot of comment when shown at his display at the Easy Yorkshire show. Grows naturally as a pyramid and the F. decussata type flowers look just like candles. Dark red tube, green sepals and bright orange petals.
Eric's Everest A medium sized double from the late Eric Johns. Tube is white. Sepals are pale pink shading through white to green tips. Petals and sub petals are lilac with a pink flush and streaks. Very bushy.
Jinlye A small leaved and small flowered plant from R. Clitheroe. Neat plant for a hanging pot, spreading growth. Responds well to pinching with shoots all up the branches which all flower at the same time. Red & purple flower. May well be hardy.
Lilian from Eric Johns. Attractive white and lilac single that holds its flowers above the foliage. Bushes well when pinched.
Mary Jones A medium double from Glyn Jones. Bright red tube and sepals. Full corolla very pale magenta with pink veins. Floriferous and strong growing.
Northern Dancer A small double from Mal Wilkinson that no doubt will be seen on the showbench. Short tube is red. Fully up and reflexed sepals are red at base through white to green tips. Petals and sub-petals are light lilac-purple with a heavy pink flush. Many flowers.
Onward Waxy white tube and sepals with a bright rose corolla. Single and floriferous. Has been found to be hardy for several years in Carlton in Lindrick. Reaches about 18" in height. From Jack Caunt.
Paul Storey Semi erect single from Bill Storey. Hardy in Hull for some years and in our garden for three. Tube and horizontal sepals are bright red. Petals are rich purple with a deep white flush. Several buds in each leaf axil
OXTOBY'S FUCHSIA NURSERY
74 Westgate, North Cave, Brough, East Yorkshire. HU15 2NJ 01430 423049
This year Oxtoby's Nursery is pleased to introduce seven new varieties which they offer with "sincere thanks and appreciation to the hybridisers. A special thanks to all my friends and particularly my mentor in fuchsia breeding, Len Bielby of Cottingham." Cotta Carousel, Cotta Christmas Tree and Cotta 2000, as described above, are amongst the new releases and were all bred by Len.
I visited the nursery recently to acquire some additional background information for you. As Mike is not a man ever lost for words I had no trouble getting it! As well as, of course, the usual dose of good advice all callers at the nursery receive. The large flowering single Cotta Carousel is the first offspring of Eva Dayes which he reckons is a good line of fuchsias, sure to produce some more interesting cultivars in the near future. "A no nonsense plant. Quick and easy to flower and with a long flowering period, sure to be a popular patio plant". The large corolla opens blue with a pink splash to the top of each petal and as the flower ages to light mauve it flares to a saucer shape.
Cotta Christmas Tree Lots of smallish flowers on a vigorous plant that is strongly upright with laterals coming horizontally, hence the name. The flowers look like little fairy lights on this Christmas tree shaped plant. "The flowers are similar to Cotta Bright Star but smaller. It is a lot easier to shape, shaping itself really and a quick grower. A good all round plant, one to grow for fun".
Cotta 2000 has been around 14-15 years, a well tested fuchsia. "At its best a big showy patio plant". A large flowering single with its red sepals held well back. The large corolla opens blue with a distinct pink splash at the top of each petal. As it matures the flowers age to light mauve and flare to saucer shapes. With its strong upright growth and long flowering period sure to be popular.
My Way Bred by Margaret Hall. Single with pale pink tube and sepals and a beautiful pale violet corolla that glows against the bright green foliage. Holds it shape and colour well. Prefers gentle shade and cooler conditions for best results. "A bonny looker. A real beauty with a gorgeous colour which is sure to attract a lot of attention on the show bench".
Harry Cawood A small to medium double with self branching upright growth. The flowers open small and grow to a medium size when mature. An all white cultivar with sepals ageing to pale pink. If grown under shade the corolla is extremely white and bright. It has been named to honour a fine gentleman of the Barnsley Fuchsia Society. A Porter/Oxtoby production. Mike oozes: "A super white, literally Omo bright. Nice self branching small double and by golly does it grow well!"
Alisha Jade A single with bright red sepals with green tips which arch back. Long narrow barrel shaped corolla is bright mauve blue which holds it shape and colour very well. Flowers in abundance. Fairly fast growing and a good self branching habit are sure to make this a winner on the show bench. Mike finds it "easy to shape as it branches well. Nice barrel shape and the flowers hold their shape and colour well, no discolouring on ageing". Bred by Keith McManus, who adds: "It prefers cool conditions, best in light shade and plenty of gritty compost. Warning do not over pinch - stop at every four pairs of leaves, with the penultimate stop at five pairs. 65 days for flowering. remove flowers more than 3-4 days old. Prolific flowerer".
While we were in the area we also called at
BELLCROSS NURSERIES
Howden, Goole, East Yorkshire DN14 7TQ ) 01430 430284
As you might be aware the nursery is also famous for its superb collection of large flowering tuberous begonias which are annually displayed at major flower and county agricultural shows. Flowering begonia plants can be purchased during the growing season or dormant tubers by mail order for despatch in January. Hence Margaret and Peter Watson were just having a breather, recovering from the hectic mailing period and from moving house. Production of the fuchsia cuttings for the new season was also again on its way. Though they do not have introductions of new varieties like the other nurseries featured above, their new catalogue features 16 fuchsias which are new to them and I would like to draw your attention to two sports that were located at their nursery.
Howden Minster A large flowering double cultivar with creamy white corolla and sepals. Excellent for baskets, well worth growing. It is a sport of Blue Veil. When a sport is discovered it is usually just a single branch which shows a different colour of the flowers or the foliage, but in this case amongst their stock plants a whole plant turned white. It was tested for three years and then released in the early nineties. There has never been any reversion. Howden Minster made its very first public outing as two big baskets on big pedestals appropriately at a concert at the Minster, and it has been much admired by many ever since. I remember a superb basket of it at Oxtoby's Nursery stand at the 1996 Bridlington Fuchsia Fantasia.
Margaret Swales The other sport that occurred at the nursery, the second in 40 years of growing the many thousands of plants, happened way back in the early seventies, a colour break appeared on La Fiesta and the sport was named after Margaret, her maiden name being Swales. It is a large flowering semi double with ivory sepals, tipped green, and carmine corolla, with white petaloids.
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