Fuchsia Flowers - Balcony Garden Update
My gardening style is a fairly practical one: if I can't eat it or brew it into a nice herbal infusion, then why bother growing it?
Up until recently, the only exception were mosquito repelling plants that served another important purpose. Flowers grown for decorative purposes alone rarely attract me. Unless they're pink. Like, really pink. And what's pinker than Fuchsia?
This gorgeous new addition to my balcony garden is a fairly spoiled one. Like me, fuchsias like a temperature range of 15-25c (so they'll be coming to an air-conditioned room come summer), no direct sunlight and a lot of water and attention. I couldn't help but adopt this little couple of young fuchsia seedlings.
Since joining my garden just last week, they've bloomed new flowers with shades of pink that perfectly match my hair. Check out some more photos:
What flowers do you think I should add to my balcony? Which do you have on yours?
Beautiful photos! The blossoms remind me of our Christmas cactus. (There are so many varieties of those.) I like aloe (again, many varieties!) potted and at hand for cuts and burns. Amazon sells a countertop kit for growing kitchen herbs. I have a little pepper plant that produces tiny little red-hot peppers, which didn't impress me for cooking, but it's decorative. I like easy plants. To avoid over-watering, I've heard you should just leave ice cubes on the soil to melt gradually. Any plant is great if you can keep it alive! When I bring potted plants indoors for the winter, seeds that have blown in with the wind sprout alongside the original plant. Violets, clovers, weeds, asters, grass, catnip - ya never know, around here, what might "volunteer" to grow. Good luck! BTW, my niece (in Germany) is in a Facebook group dedicated to potted plants. There are many of these to pick from! E.g. https://www.facebook.com/groups/623997204362467/
I need to publish more balcony garden updates! I got all the herbs and even some vegetables! Might experiment with more as it gets hotter. I have an aloe up in one of the "top" planters, and it's doing well. Can't wait for it to grow pups so I can replant them.
You live in a great climate for that sort of thing. No long, frigid winter of polar vortexes and glaciers and spring floods. :)
It actually gets too hot in the summer. My vegetables will suffer in the 40c heat. Also, what floods? It's a roofed balcony. I need to water even when it rains.
Nice flowers
Thanks.
Beautiful Fuchsia Flowers
I suggest getting some orchids if possible. <3
This hibiscus is from my home. Location: Kerala, India
Orchids are my favorite flowers but they cannot survive Israeli heat. I hope the fuchsia can.
Beautiful hibiscus!
Oh I forgot your region!!! My bad. :)
בינתיים מבטיחה ומקיימת
Happy Women's Day 🌹 👸
I am actually avoiding writing a women's day post so hard as I am recently drowning in so much toxic masculinity I am now choosing to focus on pink flowers.
Oh my dear, sending you hugs and flowers 🌸
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@techslut so happy to see the beautiful fuchsias.