| Description | Fuchsia is an ever popular plant that produces very showy, exotic pendulous blooms. Can be used in patio pots, hanging baskets, window baskets, etc |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender |
| Sunlight | best in indirect light. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | Fuchsias are divided into hardy (tolerates about 25 degrees Fahrenheit) and tender. In zone #5, the hardy will tolerate the cool to cold temperatures of the fall |
| Flowers | The sepals are colored along with the petals. Usually they are different colors. Most are pendulous, borne on terminal racemes or panicles and very exotic looking. |
| Fruit | berries |
| Dimensions | Varies with the cultivar. There are upright shrubby types and rounded trailing branch types. |
| Maintenance | Fuchsia's can be brought indoors to over winter. Cut the plants back 50-75%, repot and put in a bright window. Fuchsias are notorious for having white fly and other insects. Some sort of pest control will be needed prior to bring indoors. |
| Propagation | rooted cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered by Father Charles Plimier in Santos Domingo, West Indies. |
| Misc Facts | The genus Fuchsia is named after Leonard Fuchs (1501-1566), a German Botanist. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown many varieties of Fuschia in my gardens. I grow them where they receive some good sun and partially shaded the rest of the time and they flourish in zone #5 |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #71-The New Plant Library Fuchsia |
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