 Fuchsia fulgens 'Variegated' $9.95
- common names: fuchsia
- flowering season: summer to fall
- height: 3 feet and spreading to 4 feet
- Light requirements: full sun; some shade in hotter places
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: regular summer watering for best growth
- Growth habit: bushy
- How to propagate: tip cuttings in early summer; over-winter indoors their first year and plant outdoors in late spring their second year
- Leaf type: 2 to 3 inch oval leaves of green and cream
- Ways to use it: in USDA Zones 8 and warmer, it can be planted outdoors; will live for many years in a large pot if protected over winter
- Special characteristics: large and colorful leaves; long blooming
Fuchsia fulgens 'Variegated' is a rarely offered upright, rounded shrub that grows to a size of three tall by four feet wide when planted in the ground. Its roots survive to USDA Zone 8 (and even to Zone 7 in favored locations) and allow a plant to quickly regrow the following year to reach full size in one summer. It has flowers from summer to fall colored in salmony pink, cream and orange-red, each flower being long and pendant. This species of fuchsia is native to Mexico. Older plants have tuberous roots resembling the roots of a dahlia. USDA Hardiness Zones 8 - 10. |
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