About
A compact, upright, bushy deciduous shrub with dark green leaves, and red-pink flowers with single, purple corollas appearing from summer through until the autumn.
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
Plant details
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Suggested usesSpecimen planting, large borders, parkland settings.
ToxicityFruit, are, ornamental, -, not, to, be, eaten., Wear, gloves, and, other, protective, equipment, when, handling
Care notes
CultivationGrow in moist but well-drained, fertile soil in sun or part shade. Hardy outside in most UK regions. Plant the base of the stem 5cm below the soil surface, provide a deep winter mulch and shelter from cold drying winds. See hardy fuchsia cultivation for further information
PruningPruning group 6
PropagationPropagate by softwood or semi-hardwood 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)