Fuchsia Banks’ ‘Climax’
Banks’ new seedling fuchsia of 1855, ‘Climax’, was described in glowing terms in an advertisement in The Gardeners Chronicle: ‘Tube stout, sepals very broad reflex, with a pretty curve or half circle, the points of the petals touching the seed vessel; colour, rich velvety crimson – the corolla is very large, of a splendid violet blue and great substance; habit; robust and blooms particularly free.’ [Gard. Chron 1855].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Banks’s plant is probably the catalogue plant, although at least one earlier fuchsia went under the same name. In 1847 Kinghorn and Gaines of Battersea described a number of new seedling fuchsias including ‘Climax, a very superior light flower, sepals creamy white, with rosy crimson corolla, unquestionably one of the best grown.’ [Gard. Chron. 1847].
History at Camden Park
Listed only in an addendum to the 1857 catalogue [A.45/1857].
Notes
Published Aug 12, 2009 - 05:27 PM | Last updated Sep 05, 2011 - 02:25 PM
| Family | Onagraceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, England |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | Fuchsia |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Fuchsia Climax |
| Confidence level | medium |