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Genus Fuchsia

Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais
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This distinctive genus bears pendulous, tubular flowers, which often have sepals and reflexed tubes of one color, and petals of another. Flowers may be single, semi-double, double, elongated, or erect.
 Noteworthy characteristics: Fuchsia performs well in a lightly-shaded border, in hanging baskets, as topiary, or as a hedge in frost free regions. These plants may be used as annuals or left to grow into natural shrub or tree forms.
 Care: Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full morning sun to partial afternoon shade.
 Propagation: Sow seed in spring. Take softwood cuttings in spring, and semi-ripe cuttings in late summer with bottom heat.
 Problems: Spider mites, scale, thrips, whiteflies, fuchsia gall mite, aphids, root-knot nematodes, rust, gray mold, crown gall, crown and root rots, Southern blight, Verticillium wilt.

Species, varieties and cultivars for genus Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Coralle' Fuchsia 'Coralle'
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

'Coralle' is an upright fuchsia with vivid red-orange pendent flowers and velvety dark green leaves with maroon undersides.
Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt' Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This cultivar boasts single, long-tubed, brick red flowers and dark bronze-red leaves and stems.
Fuchsia magellanica Fuchsia magellanica
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This erect shrub grows to 10 feet high and wide and produces many small, tubular, pendent flowers in shades of red, pink, and sometimes white. Flowers are followed by reddish purple fruits. Native to Chile and Argentina, Fuchsia magellanica is hardy in Zones 6-9 and adds bright colors and a tropical feeling to the garden. Use as a specimen or in a bed or border.
Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii' Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii'
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This cultivar has dark green leaves with a faint bronze sheen. Its narrow, dangling, red and purple flowers bloom throughout the season.
no image available Fuchsia Shadow Dancer™ Ginger
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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

A bushy, compact fuchsia, Shadow Dancer™ Ginger has pale pink and white flowers that dangle gracefully out of pots, baskets, or window boxes. The blooms attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Hardy in Zones 9-11, it can be grown as an annual.