Data specific to Fuchsias (Edit)
Habit: Bush
Type: Single
Color of sepals: Red
Color of corolla: Purple

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Hardy Fuchsia
  • Chilco
  • Fuchsia
  • Lady's Eardrops
  • Hummingbird Fuchsia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Fuchsia magellanica
  • Synonym: Fuchsia conica
  • Synonym: Fuchsia magellanica var. eburnea
  • Synonym: Fuchsia magellanica var. globosa
  • Synonym: Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae
  • Synonym: Fuchsia globosa
  • Synonym: Fuchsia longipedunculata
  • Synonym: Fuchsia thompsonii
  • Synonym: Fuchsia gracilis
  • Synonym: Fuchsia magellanica var. macrostema

Photo Gallery
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-11-02

Date: c. 1800-05
illustration by P. J. Redouté from Duhamel's 'Traité des arbres
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13

Date: 2016-06-05
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-08-19
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: October
Location: 5b
Date: 2017-09-19
Dripping beauty
Location: WA
Date: Spring
Location: WA
Date: Summer
Location: Monte Verde, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-21
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-09-13
A little larger than my F.m. Aurea but still growing well in my Z

credit: JJ Harrison
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-09-26
Location: Laguna de Aculeo, Chile
Location: Levada do Moinho - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-20

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-31

Photo courtesy of: O.M. Montiel
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-02
Photo by snarfie
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Cillas
Location: Levada do Moinho - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-20

Photo courtesy of: O.M. Montiel

 Photo courtesy of: J. Solomon
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 23, 2012 8:29 AM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant.
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