FUCHSIA CULTURE 
Fuchsias are a shade-loving plant. They 
are easy to grow and respond readiiy 
to a little care; even a small plant will 
bloom profusely in six months. They 
take morning sun, but will not do well 
in full sun except directly on the coast. 
SOIL—For pots or baskets, an ideal soil 
mixture is as follows: Two parts oak 
leaf mold, one part soil and one part 
steer manure. Tuberous Begonia pot 
mixture may also be used with excel- 
lent results. 
WATER — The soil should be kept 
moist at all times, but not soggy wet. 
Too harsh a water pressure directly on 
the foliage sometimes causes yellow 
leaves. The reason for this is that the 
leaf stem cracks slightly, encouraging a 
new leaf to start and push the old one 
off. 
FERTILIZING—For pots and baskets, 
we use Full Bloom fertilizer in the bot- 
tom third of the potting mixture. 
Hurry-up fish emulsion is fed regularly 
every two weeks throughout the grow- 
ing season. These two fertilizers are 
used exclusively in our nursery for all 
our fertilizing schedules. We highly rec- 
ommend them for use on all plants. 
PESTS—Pest control is easy for fuchsias. 
Use a spray with an oil base as buds 
begin to appear, and use it regularly. 
This will control aphis, white fly, 
mealy-bug, thrip and red spider. 
PATENTED FUCHSIAS 
*BEWITCHED — Patent pending — single 
light purple, white sepals. 
DU BARRY—Double purple—pink sepals. 
*ENCHANTED — Patent pending — double 
blue purple overlaid with fuchsia pink, 
rose-red sepals. 
*FLUORESCENT — Registered semi-dou- 
ble lilac orchid—white sepals. 
*FLYING CLOUD—Patented—semi-double 
white — white sepals. 
LACE PETTICOATS — Patented — large 
double white, white sepals. 
*STREAMLINER — Semi-double bright 
crimson—crimson sepals. 
PRICE: 
Patented and 1955 Varieties $1.00 each 
* Will Trail 
FUCHSIAS 
1955 INTRODUCTIONS 
EASTER BONNET 
A new large double pink upright 
medium size bushy plant—can also 
be grown as a semi-trailer. Has 
short tube of flushed rose and 
broad frosty upturned sepals shad- 
ing from deep pink at base of petals 
to pale pink and are tipped with 
green. Corolla is a lovely dusky 
rose pink, the opening buds are 
beautiful, opening into a wide 
spread, rulfled, cupshaped flower. 
Foliage dark olive green and should 
be pinched back to basket or bush. 
of 
GYPSY QUEEN — See Opposite Page 
PURPLE NIGHT 
A natural trailer with medium to 
large double flowers. Has short 
white tube and white buds slightly 
tipped with pink at base of tube. 
The upturned sepals are frosty 
white flushed pink. Corolla is a 
deep royal purple in heart of flower 
while the outer petals are heavily 
marbled with white and _phlox 
pink. This rich coloring remains 
attractive to the end. The long 
willowy branches are self-branching 
with small foliage—often trail four 
to five feet. 
SO BIG 
Double flowered pink and white 
natural trailer with rather long 
rosy pink tube. The long stemmed 
pointed buds are huge and open 
slowly into exotic blooms. The co- 
rolla is creamy white with long up- 
turned sepals of pale pink which 
often measure five inches from tip 
to tip. First prize double fuchsia 
seedling in 1954 San _ Francisco 
show. 
SHY LADY 
An exceedingly lovely double with 
rose like flowers, exquisitely 
formed. Has short tube and broad 
pointed upturned sepals of ivory 
white. Corolla is a creamy ivory— 
opens into a symmetrical formal 
flower—as flower matures its many 
petals turn an entirely new deli- 
cate shade of pale peach. Upright 
grower—self-branching, free bloom- 
ing. Foliage dark green, medium 
size. Needs no pinching to make an 
ideal pot plant. Very showy. 
CASCADE — See Opposite Page 
