Air Cadet Leah

This cultivar is a true full double fuchsia.   The tube is pink.     The sepals are pink fading to white tipped green and fly back to cover the tube exposing the corolla. The corolla is blue and flares out.   The petaloids are blue flushed pink adding to the beauty of the flower.     This fuchsia has a bushy habit which lends itself to both bush and basket training.    It will also make an excellent standard.     Thousands of cuttings of this cultivar were raised and donated to The Air Cadets Corp at Skelmersdale, Lancashire. The fuchsia was named after a young R.A.F. Air Cadet from the Skelmersdale Squadron, Air Cadet Corps, who lost her life in a freak accident when  two gliders collided in mid air over  Burtonwood Airfield,  Cheshire.