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Fuchsias

Fuchsias 100 Hours Certificate Course

Course Code:
VHT112
Level:
3
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Learn to grow exceptional Fuchsias with this online home study course.

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about fuchsias, from soil management & feeding to pruning and propagation. Learn how fuchsias are classified into several major groups, the characteristics of those groups & how/where to grow different types to achieve the best results.

Start a Fuchsia business, work in a nursery, or indulge a passion

Focus your eyes on the beautiful world of fuchsias. Fuchsias are a very colourful group of plants with many varieties to collect and enjoy. The way you treat a fuchsia plant varies from place to place, and according to what you are trying to get from the plant.

Please note:  Each lesson culminates in an assignment, marked by your  ADL tutor and returned with relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

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Lessons

Lesson Structure:   Fuchsias VHT112

There are 8 lessons:

1. Introduction

  • Review of the system of plant identification
  • General characteristics of fuchsias
  • Information contacts (ie: nurseries, seed, clubs)

2.  Culture

  • Planting
  • Staking
  • Mulching
  • Watering
  • Pest & disease
  • Feeding
  • Pruning
  • Protection from wind etc.

3. Propagation

  • Propagating and potting media
  • Methods of propagating this group of plants.
  • Stock plants
  • Softwood cuttings, Semi hardwood cuttings
  • Hormones
  • Creating the best cutting environment

4.  The Most Commonly Grown Varieties

  • Magellanica hybrids
  • Triphylla hybrids
  • Upright (bush or shrub) fuchsias
  • Tall growers (suited to standards)
  • Dwarf Fuschsias
  • Trailing Fuchsias

5.  Other Important Groups

  • Quelusia Fuchsias
  • Eufuchsia Fuchsias
  • Ellobium, Kierschlegeria,Skinnera and other groups
  • How to train a Standard Fuchsia
  • Creating an Espalier fuchsia

6.  The Lesser Grown Varieties

  • Various species fuchsias
  • Fuchsia ayavacensis
  • Fuchsia bacillaris
  • Fuchsia boliviana
  • Fuchsia carnea
  • Fuchsia cinnabarina
  • Fuchsia encliandra (syn. F. parviflora)
  • Fuchsia excorticata
  • Fuchsia procumbens
  • Fuchsia regia

7.  Making the Best Use of Fuchsias

  • Using Colour
  • Mixing and matching
  • Surfaces
  • Container growing
  • Topiary
  • Hanging Baskets

8.  Special Assignment – On one selected plant or group.

Please note: Each lesson culminates in an assignment, marked by your  ADL tutor and returned with relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

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