Fuschia

Our usual cake and coffee Wednesday with Kanyl.  Today it was Houghton Hall at Carlisle.  To quite an extent it was a case of spoiled for choice as far a blipping was concerned.

Fuschia have always been quite a favourite of mine so I couldn't resist their display.  Sadly in common with many garden centres these days the label left a lot to be desired.  No variety or even species merely Fuschia on all the different ones.

It is interesting (well interesting to me at least) that Fuschia was named by a french botanist in the late 17th century.  He chose to name the plant after a german botanist Leonhart Fuchs.