Size
Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
Exposure
Botanical details
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Fruit, are, ornamental, -, not, to, be, eaten., , Wear, gloves, and, other, protective, equipment, when, handling
- 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
- Name status
Correct
How to grow
Cultivation
Will grow well in moist but well-drained fertile soil in a sheltered , partially shaded position. Can be grown in containers but will need high nitrogen feed and potash during flowering periods. See hardy fuchsia cultivation for further advice
Propagation
Propagate by softwood cuttings in any season
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
Pruning Group 6. Prune back hard to ground level in early spring if an infestation of fuchsia gall mite is present or if top growth dies during winter, burn cuttings
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite, fuchsia flea beetle, glasshouse red spider mite and vine weevil
Diseases
May be susceptible to fuchsia rust, grey moulds and honey fungus (rarely)
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