Fuchsia thymifolia (E)

RHS Plant Profile
thyme-leaved fuchsia

A small, deciduous, upright shrub with dark green leaves, and pendent, very small, single flowers with open white then turning to red as they mature and produced through summer

Max Height

1-1.5 metres

Max Spread

1-1.5 metres

Size

Max Spread
1-1.5 metres
Max Height
1-1.5 metres

Botanical Details

Family
Onagraceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Potentially harmful
Fruitareornamental-nottobeeaten.Wearglovesandotherprotectiveequipmentwhenhandling
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
Plant Range
Mexico

How to Grow

Cultivation

Grow in a unheated greenhouse in containers of peat-free multi-purpose compost in bright indirect light and keep just moist. Can be grown outside in the summer months in sun or part shade, water freely and use a general liquid fertiliser monthly from spring to summer. May be hardy in mild areas or inner city locations. See tender fuchsia cultivation for further information

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in any season.

Pruning

Pruning Group 6

Diseases

May be susceptible to fuchsia rust, grey moulds and honey fungus (rarely)