Growing Fuchsias
A Poem

If a cutting will not root, then try a younger, better shoot
If your plant will not grow, the temperature may be too low,
When the leaves have that grey mould, the air is far too wet and cold
When we are past the winter’s gloom, you cannot prune them back too soon
Do you suffer from the rust, then try a fungicidal dust
If your growth is rather slow, Nitrogen will help them grow
If they are growing rapidly, you can pinch them frequently
When the days are getting longer, growth will also get much stronger
When the flower buds do not come, it’s because we lack the sun
Do the whites seem rather pink, best put them in the shade, I think
If the branches hang down low, in a basket they should grow
If you grow them as a shrub, they will also fill a tub
When your trouble is white fly, keep the atmosphere less dry
When the problem is red spider, they don’t like the moisture either
We all grow in different ways, some in plastic, some in clays
But if you get conditions right, they will fill you with delight
If your joy from fuchsias is abundant, they will never, never be redundant!
As found in The West Australian Fuchsia Society (Inc) Newsletter
Volume 23 Number 8 December 2006. Poem cited as being from the
Felixstowe & District Fuchsia Society Journal