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    FUCHSIA
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    FUCHSIA

    Commonly known as Hardy fuchsia

    More than 8000 hybrids and cultivars in this most popular group.

    Most have pendent, tubular flowers in a huge range of sizes and manifestations.Those with a lax, trailing habit which can be supported by canes have recently been described as climbers.

    Genus of about 100 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs from mountainous areas of Central and South America and New Zealand.

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    Plant Details
    • Good to know
      Will grow to 3m (10ft) in milder areas. Can be used as a hedge in milder areas
    • Pests & Diseases
      Whiteflies, vine weevils, capsid bugs, aphids, red spider mites, grey mould(Botrytis), rust.
    • Place of origin
      Chile, Argentina
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
      To semi evergreen in warmer climates. Opposite or whorled, scalloped to toothed leaves 1.5-6cm (½-2½in) long.
    • Purple
      Shades of purple/mauve/lilac/violet
    • Red
    • Single
      Row of petals round conspicuous stamens - no more than 8 petals
    • Tubular
    • Fully hardy
    • Gold
    • Denticulate
    • Elliptic
    • Ovate
    • Height
      1.2-1.5m (4-5ft)
    • Spread
      2-3m (6½-10ft)
    • Hedge
      Ideal for hedging
      Suitable for a coastal hedge if some protection given from direct sea-winds
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
      Freely produces small, single flowers with red tubes, wide-spreading sepals and purple corollas. Fruit is oblong and red-purple
    • Hardy - average winter
      Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)
    • Autumn Seasonal Interest
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Bee friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      1.2-1.5m (4-5ft)
      		 Medium Shrub - guide for size not form Watering Can
        2-3m (6½-10ft)
      		  
    Planting Tips and Care Advice
    • Garden Location/Conditions
      Border
      Suits a mixed or shrub border
      Coastal / windswept
    • Pruning group
      Pruning group 4
      Suitable for: Deciduous trees and shrubs that flower on current year's growth or are grown for winter stem effect.
      Pruning: Hard prune to a low permanent framework.
      When: Annually in early Spring.

    • Soil Conditions
      Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Sun Requirements
      Full sun
      Shelter from cold, drying winds.
      Partial shade
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    • FUCHSIA arborescens
    Lilac fuchsia
    Fairly tender evergreen shrub with panicles of very small flowers which are rose or rose-purple followed by dark purple fruit
     
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    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.50
    FUCHSIA 'Blacky'
    Large flowers of red and purple.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA boliviana
    Peruvian fuchsia tree
    Evergreen, conservatory species with large hairy green leaves and large drooping bunches of sealing-wax red flowers. Needs to be cut back hard each year for best results
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.00
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
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    FUCHSIA 'Delta's Sara'
    Calyces like white pagoda roofs, overhang semi-double purplish-blue corollas
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available Early Spring 2025
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    FUCHSIA 'Dying Embers'
    Wine red sepals and very dark purple corolla. Floriferous and hardy
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    FUCHSIA excorticata
    Kotukutuku, New Zealand fuchsia
    New Zealand species with yellow and violet tubular flowers and striking bark on maturity
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.00
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    FUCHSIA 'Genii'
    Compact habit and golden-yellow leaves. Pink/purple flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA hatschbachii
    Hatschbach's fuchsia
    Slender leaves and dainty red and purple flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA 'Hawkshead'
    Pure white flowers with a greenish flush. Vigorous bushy upright growth
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA 'Lady Boothby'
    A true climbing fuchsia which will cover trellis, fences or archways. Pink and purple flowers on red stems. Winter hardy.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    FUCHSIA 'Lady Thumb'
    Lady's eardrops
    Semi-double flowers with deep pink with a light red calyx and a white corrolla with red veins
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA magellanica
    Hardy fuchsia
    Long slender flowers with a scarlet calyx and violet petals
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £12.50
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
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    FUCHSIA magellanica 'Alba'
    Hardy fuchsia
    Hardy variety sometimes used as a low hedge. White flowers tinged with mauve
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
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    FUCHSIA magellanica 'Arauco'
    Dainty tricoloured flowers of pink, white and purple. Similar to ‘Lady Bacon’ but smaller and more clearly defined colours
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    FUCHSIA magellanica 'Lady Bacon'
    Slender white, pink and purple flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
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