I am looking for a good rooted hardy Fuchsia Magellanica, but am also interested in trading for non hardy Fuchsias. Not interested in cuttings, sorry, just not very good at rooting certain things LOL.

You nailed it, Tisha! Their mother and Other Grandmother have them trained to pose for photos, so I try to catch them off guard.

LOL TM, 4 years ago I had over 65 fuchsia baskets hanging in the lathhouse, then there were all the ones in pots on shelves, lots in the greenhouse, more in my little courtyard but not the 350 I had in the 80's. Back then there were several sources where you had your pick of over 500 varieties. Those days are gone, you have to be a Sherlock Holmes to track down other than the same old, same old now. I know of a couple mailorder sources in the states and I did order from the states for a few years but the fuchsias got bogged down in customs, by the time I got them most needed tender loving care. It's a good thing the place I ordered from sent top notch plants, if they hadn't been such healthy plants they wouldn't have survived. I think if I counted the ones I have now there's about 30, nose to the ground I'm sure I'll find a few more nice ones, I think 50 is a nice round number to keep but knowing me next year I'll be back up to 100 or so. I've made up my mind to be very selective with what I keep ;) . Annette

mytime, Sorry to not follow up. Gardenweb was not forwarding responses to this post (and for a while all my posts) so I was not aware that anyone had responded to it. I had some bad luck propagating earlier this year and then got sidetracked. Fuchsia boliviana Alba cuttings started to root but some sort of fungus caused problems and killed them. The Correa cuttings I first tried did not root. I will start some new ones now, with bottom heat (which I did not use before). Pretty commonly even without bottom heat factored in a lot of plants propagate poorly in winter. So we'll see. I started a bunch of Deppea cuttings a week ago. That plant had some bug problems earlier in the year and I was reluctant to take a lot of cuttings until it fully recovered. I may or may not start new cuttings of the F. boliviana Alba soon; I'm not sure where that ranks on the list of things that I need/want to propagate. However, that plant has done really well and should produce a steady crop of berries in the near future. Here's a photo of the plant from about 10 days ago: And here's a closeup of the berries on one inflorescence: I find it amusing how the berries get long, and then get fat. So mytime, maybe I should contact you when things start to root. As far as the berries, I might try one batch of seeds, but in general I don't have a use for them. I guess I could eat them... If anyone wants a berry for postage (then they can clean out the seeds) I can send one for postage. They can get a bit soft when ripe, and the berry may end up smushed. I'm guessing that's not a problem. Andrea, thanks for the propagation advice. I do enjoy trying to see how many cuttings I can get from limited material. I didn't realize the stems can be split like that. If the seeds are easy, maybe I'll try some. I generally don't like growing things from tiny seeds, especially if they are easy to root. However I've never tried Fuchsias. I see the Fuchsia forum has no exchange site, so I'll mention it here. I'm looking for the variegated F. procumbens, which I believe goes by the name 'Mary Miller'. In trade, I have a lot of things, but only a few Fuchsias and none of them propagated at the moment. The other Fuchsias I have are the regular procumbens, denticulata, 'First Success' (F. paniculata x F. splendens'), F. x baccillaris and of course F. boliviana Alba. I may have access to F. splendens as well; my old plant went to a friends house in the area. Perhaps I'll try start a F. procumbens thread when my new F. procumbens opens another flower and repeat the question about the variegated cultivar. I thought I'd mention that an interesting source I've found locally for small inexpensive plants is Lone Pine Gardens, which is a wholesaler for succulents and bonsai plants. Their little Fuchsias are just a few dollars, and are often found in the bonsai section of nurseries (in N. California at least). I got 'First Success', procumbens, and x bacillaris from them. The plant on the right, of course, is Fuchsia 'First Success', which seems to be a really nice hybrid.