About
A semi-trailing deciduous shrub to 50cm tall, with dark green leaves, and large double flowers with dark reddish-purple tubes and sepals and dark purple corollas, flowering in summer.
About the genus
Fuchsia can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees, rarely perennials, with opposite or whorled leaves and usually pendent flowers with conspicuous tubular calyx, 4 spreading sepals and 4 erect petals
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun, Partial shade
Soil typeLoam
Soil pHNeutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing, East-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH3
Plant details
Plant typeShrubs
HabitPendulous weeping
FoliageDeciduous
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height1 year
Suggested usesCity and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Patio and container plants
ToxicityAlthough Fuchsia berries are edible, most are not particularly tasty and are sparsely produced on plants. Fuchsia plants are generally grown as an ornamental and not for fruit crops within the UK
Care notes
CultivationOutdoors grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or part shade in a sheltered position or in containers of peat-free multipurpose potting compost, water freely and use a general liquid fertiliser monthly from spring to summer. Bring indoors and keep frost free over winter in bright filtered light with good ventilation and keep just moist in winter. See hardy fuchsia cultivation for further information
PruningDeadhead after flowering
PropagationPropagate by softwood or semi-ripe cuttings
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite, fuchsia flea beetle, glasshouse red spider mite and vine weevil
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to fuchsia rust, grey moulds and honey fungus (rarely)