Fuchsiarius | R. Theo Margelony

The Fuchsias & I are now fully on Bluesky at @fuchsiarius.bsky.social. Let’s connect again there!

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ‘Roualeyn’s White Gold’. From Roy Sinton at Roualeyn Nursery in Trefriw, Conwy, North Wales. Roualeyn’s tremendous fuchsia displays are a fixture at flower shows in the UK and always garner gold!

You may not know that The Fuchsietum is also a tortoise sanctuary. Hidden among the fuchsias are the world’s favorite reptile. Watch your step!

@challenguate Love ‘em! Dahlia imperialis will grow here in the PNW. The biggest question is always if there will there be flowers before a first frost. 😢

Dahlia imperialis season is coming up! This massive Dahlia is one of my favorite Guatemalan wildflowers. It is quite common across the highlands, where it reaches heights of up to 9m (usually between 2-6m, though). #flowers #neotropics #tropics #forest #plants #nature #guatemala

@Gurdur Thanks. I’ll leave my account active in case anyone is looking for me. My profile has saner alternatives. 🙂

@Fuchsiarius damn. I'm sorry to see you go. You'll be missed

Former Twitter says it’s 15 years today. Most of my time has been phenomenal & I’ve meet so many interesting people. But when Leon abolishes blocking, that’s the last straw. Won’t put up with his crazies. I’ll download my archive & say adieu. Thanks, all! You’ve been great.

@ilenagm @Albertylaw I get particularly hard hit by the pornographers who seem to think the first three letters of my user name are an invitation. 🤬

@Albertylaw @Fuchsiarius Me too😔

Fuchsia ‘Emberglow’ was bred by Horace Tiret of San Francisco in 1957. You might recognize one of his other hybrids: ‘Swingtime’ (1950) is arguably the most popular fuchsia ever.

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ‘Emberglow’. Got it as a start mislabeled ‘Cardinal’. Not. While the flowers somewhat resemble each other, they’re a smaller, corolla’s purple and, more importantly, the shrub’s only 1/2-1/3 the size. Of course, now I have to move it.

It’s official! Mark your calendars now. I’ll be talking at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival at the Convention Center in Seattle in February, 2025. It’s not too early to start planning to attend this fabulous show now!

A new regime of #herbivory from diverse plant–#arthropod interactions from the Middle #Jurassic of northeastern #China doi.org/10.1016/j.pala…

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ‘Tarra Valley’. This unusual little upright combines two species native to New Zealand with one from Central America—F. x colensoi (F. excorticata x F. perscandens) x F. splendens.

Slowly but surely, getting closer to the weekend🐢✨ Who’s ready to unwind and shell-ebrate? Fun fact💡During the dry season, when their usual grazing spots dry up, Aldabra giant tortoises switch to munching on fallen leaves from shrubs and trees🍂 📷@iotaseychelles⁠

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Dahlia ‘Lavender Ruffles’. It’s blooming late. But I didn’t get to planting it until late. Might have had something to do with it. I’ll move it. It’s turned out to be too tall here. And, no, that’s not a tiny child’s hand. It’s really that big.

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ’Cardinal has large scarlet blossoms elegantly held on long arching branches on a bush that can get 4-5 ft tall (120-150 cm). From the celebrated Evans & Reeves Nursery of Santa Monica, Calif. in 1938.

@helarctos The genus Aster is still there but the asters of the New World have gone their own way as Symphyotrichum. You can blame the German botanist, Christian von Esenbeck, for already making the first move to correct Linnaeus almost two hundred years ago. 🤣

@Fuchsiarius Aster novae-angliae I stand with Linne

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Symphyotrichum novae-angliae. This New England aster is even taller than it was last year. It’s reached almost 8 ft! No idea of the cultivar other than possibly being ‘Steroidal’. 🤣

Six months of fieldwork, saw more than 250 Primula sp, and ca. 30 possible new species, a lot follow-up work began!

September 21st 2024 Spiky tort

If you were awoken by a strange sigh from the heavens early this morning, that was the autumnal passing over our heads in the northern hemisphere at 05:21 PDT. Fall’s officially here. Congratulations to friends in the southern hemisphere. Spring’s there instead.