Data specific to Fuchsias (Edit)
Hybridizer: Erickson
Year: 1958
Country: USA
Habit: Bush
Type: Double
Color of sepals: Other: Deep Red
Color of corolla: Other: Deep Violet Blue

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Fuchsia
  • Lady's Eardrops

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Photo taken June 12, 2010. Tube and Sepals deep red.  Corolla vio
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My Yard

Photo taken June 12, 2010
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My Yard
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-05-31
My Yard
Location: Connecticut
Date: Early June
Shown here with geranium
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Location: At a nursery
Date: May
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-05-02

Photo courtesy of The Earthworks
Location: At a nursery
Date: May

Photo courtesy of The Earthworks
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