Fuchsia – Hardy (Eleven Colours)

Plant Details

Alice Hoffman: Masses of rose-red and white flowers drip from the simple purple tinged foliage throughout summer, attracting bees to your garden.

Beacon Rosea: An abundance of powder pink flowers adorn the dark foliage through summer, attracting bees to your garden (image featured).

Chilli Red: The attractive chilli red pepper like buds open into beautiful bright red flowers from summer onwards, and attract bees to your garden.

Delta’s Sarah: Graceful blooms of white and purple throughout summer, attract bees to your garden.

Fairy Lights: Delicate flowers in shades of pink blooms above simple green foliage throughout summer, attracting bees to your garden.

Garden News: A mass of gorgeously pink and rose flowers create a vision of colour throughout summer attracting bees to your garden.

Genii: Beautiful plum and cerise flowers drip in abundance from the golden yellow foliage throughout the summer, attracting bees to your garden.

Lady Thumb: A profusion of beautiful pink and white flowers cascade from the plant throughout summer, attracting bees to your garden.

Mrs Popple: A great garden plant, smothered in masses of violet and scarlet flowers throughout the summer, attractive to bees.

Snowcap: Flamboyant white and scarlet flowers drip from simple green foliage throughout summer attracting bees to your garden.

Sunray: The delicate cerise and purple flowers cascade through the eye catching foliage attracting bees to your garden throughout summer.

Thumbelina Gem: The golden yellow foliage is a delightful foil for the gorgeous red and purple summer flowers, which attract bees to your garden.

Month Available: May

Evergreen / Deciduous: Semi evergreen

Flower Colour: Multi-coloured

Suitable For Wildlife: Bees

Soil Type: Well-drained

Sun/Shade: Full sun or partial shade

Season of Interest: Summer

Flower/Foliage/Berries: Flowers

Plant Type: Shrub

Hardy: Fully

Main Attribute: Flowering throughout summer.

Height / Spread: Varies 40 - 90cm x 40 - 90cm (16 - 36in x 16 - 36in)

Growing Tips & Additional Information

Fuchsias make a great display in the garden, plant them slightly deeper than pot depth to give added protection to the root system.

Where to Plant: Patio pots, Borders

Pests and Diseases: Whitefly, Vine Weevil, Botrytis.

Plant Care: Trim to ground level in late autumn and new growth will appear in spring.

Care and Time: Low - autumn

Warning: None

Benefits: Great garden plant, easy to grow, good for pots or borders, long lasting colour, attracts bees.

History: Fuchsia are naturally found in the southern hemisphere, there are hundreds of cultivated varieties to choose from and flower form can vary greatly.

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