CA fuschia blooming early

15 years ago

Does anyone have any idea why my CA fuschia (UC Davis?) might be blooming early? I just planted it last fall, and it was blooming then. I wasn't expecting anything until September.

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ladyslppr
15 years ago
I don't know why, but one of my Zauschneria californica 'Catalina Island fuschias" from Las Pilitas is blooming right now. It was just planted this spring, so perhaps the transplanting has it a little mixed up as to what season we are in.
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ccroulet
15 years ago
I have "Zauschneria" (now Epilobium) "Catalina," and mine are not flowering yet, nor do they appear to be close.
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kelpmermaid
Original Author
15 years ago
It's really strange -- I have a "Catalina" on the slope above it, and that one is not anywhere near blooming. It's the lower "UC" that's blooming. It isn't out in full flower, just a few blooms at the moment. Perhaps it is confused after transplantation last fall; the hummingbirds are not complaining.
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wanda
15 years ago
I have several different varieties. Some are blooming now. without checking the tags, I think one is a U.C. Hybrid. Most have been planted for around 4 or more years.
Some always bloom earlier than the others, but I think they usually start around mid-July.
The drier winter may have something to do with it.

wanda
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habitat_gardener
15 years ago
I saw a UC Hybrid blooming yesterday in a public garden in Palo Alto. The other Calif. fuchsia variety at that site, Wayne's Silver, looked nowhere close to bloom.
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lusty
15 years ago
I have an unknown variety of CA fuschia in San Jose Cambrian area. The one in the parking strip that gets a lot of sun and which I've given no supplemental water, even though it was just planted in October, has been blooming for at least two weeks now. The other one planted in the side yard at the same time, that gets more shade and a mist of water every so often is just starting to bloom.
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
15 years ago
Probably confused because of the transplant.
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ccroulet
15 years ago
Two no-special-variety Zauschnerias (i.e. Epilobium) are starting to flower now. The first flower is opening today, and they have lots of buds getting ready. The Catalinas don't even have buds yet.
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