Blooming Friday: November, week 3 – Fruit in an unexpected place

November 20, 2009 | easygardener

See this  red fruit on a plant in my greenhouse. Can you guess what it is?

Red Fruit in November

Red Fruit in November

It is on a prostrate plant with tiny green leaves.

The parent plant

The parent plant

Here is the flower in June. They are tiny but very beautiful.

Fuchsia procumbens

Fuchsia procumbens

It is a species Fuchsia, native to the Northern Island of New Zealand. It was discovered  in 1834, but the destruction of its natural habitat in rocky coastal areas means it is now an endangered species in the wild. The petite flowers are quite a contrast to the showy flowers of many hybrid Fuchsias. Unusually for a Fuchsia the flowers look up to the sky. I think they are very charming.

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11 comments

Gravatar 1 Carol { 11.20.09 at 12:45 am }

They are very lovely! You are helping keep the plant from being lost forever. Brava! I especially love your last photo. Carol

Gravatar 2 Lillebeth { 11.20.09 at 8:36 am }

Fantastic. I once had a fruit on one of my Fuchsias. They are said to be eatable. I dared not. Do you? Have a nice week end!

Gravatar 3 Katarina (Roses and stuff) { 11.20.09 at 5:15 pm }

That’s fascinating – I don’t think I’ve seen this species before and it’s lovely! You must have taken good care of this Fuchsia, and now it’s rewarded you with a seedpod.
Enjoy your weekend!

Gravatar 4 Arboarkticum { 11.20.09 at 6:00 pm }

Have to brag a bit and tell you that I actually guessed that it was a fuchsia when looking at the first picture. But going on to the next photo I got more hesitant – the leaves are fascinatingly small for a fuchsia. And the flower – ah! Adorable! I’m adding it to the list of must-haves! Thanks for showing and sharing it!

Gravatar 5 foto CHIP { 11.20.09 at 9:06 pm }

The last picture was really a special one :)

Gravatar 6 Marie Carpe Diem { 11.20.09 at 11:24 pm }

I´v never seen it but the flower looks amazing :-) Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Gravatar 7 AnnA { 11.20.09 at 11:31 pm }

Hi!
Isn’t it a miniaturefuchsia?… I thought i have had someone for some years ago…
Have a great weekend!/
AnnA

Gravatar 8 Kanak { 11.21.09 at 4:28 am }

That flower is lovely!! I like the fruit too…delicious colour!

Gravatar 9 Sweet Bay { 11.21.09 at 4:59 am }

I’ve never seen a fuschia that looks like that, how interesting! The foliage is so fine and I love the flower. So unusual.

Gravatar 10 Judith { 11.21.09 at 9:39 am }

Wow, what a lovely plant. I have not seen this one.

Gravatar 11 Karen - An Artist's Garden { 11.21.09 at 11:43 am }

I have a variegated version of this – I am always amazed that the seed pods are so large compared to the flowers.

Do you over-winter it in the greenhouse? I thought they were hardy
K

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