Collected in 1998 from my garden. This Fuchsia magellanica is very vigorous, whilst growing in the ground it would grow tall shoots of over 6ft tall every year before being cut right back to its base during the Winter.

This picture shows the tree in around 1998, not long after collection. It was placed in a cut down plastic container and allowed to grow on and recover.

Flowering is prolific; flowers and flower buds have to be continually removed throughout the Summer and early Autumn to encourage new vegetative growth.

Summer 2002. A further 2 years of have passed and the tree has filled out well and been moved into a more suitable circular pot.

This picture from Spring 2003 shows the solid mass of roots that have formed in one growing season; with this tree, over 50% of the roots are trimmed annually.

Autumn colour 2003. As temperatures drop during the Autumn, many of the leaves will change colour and fall.

Winter 2003. A large portion of deadwood at the back of the tree became detached from the live wood; it was found that the tree had actually rooted into the soft pulpy deadwood and was forcing the two halves apart. I decided to remove the deadwood and plant the tree on a piece of stone.

A suitable piece of stone was found and carved to fit in the gap snugly. The tree and stone were then bonded together.

Winter 2003. After work has finished the remaining leaves left on the tree are removed to enable pruning.