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Fuchsia - 'Lady Boothby'

Lady Boothby is sometimes marketed as a climbing fuchsia. Whilst it is true that it can grow to a considerable height in a single season this is primarily because it tends to devote its energies to growing long, without branching.

It does not "climb" in the sense of attaching itself to nearby structures, but can be trained by weaving some of its branches through a trellis so that it appears to behave as a climber. In my experience it has to be pinched to encourage branching, and there is a compromise to be made between height and bushiness.

Lady Boothby has small flowers with crimson sepals and tube, and dark purple corolla. The sepals flare out at right angles to the tube, and the stamens and style are long, red and gracefully curved. Of Lady Boothby it can truly be said that she's "small but beautifully put together".

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