Leistner, O.A. (ed.). 2000. Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera. Strelitzia 10. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Horticultural fuchsias may be categorised as upright and bushy, or trailing. Some can be trained as hedges, such as F. magellanica. Faster-growing varieties are easiest to train. [21] Care should be taken to choose the hardier cultivars for permanent plantings in the garden as many popular upright Fuchsias such as 'Ernie', 'Jollies Nantes' and 'Maria Landy' are not reliably winter hardy, [6] but rather extremely tender ( hardiness zone 10).

Pooley, E. 1993. The complete field guide to trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei. Natal Flora Publication Trust, Durban. Make a horizontal cut at the basejust below a pair of leaves, then trim the top with a sloping cut so water can run off and you can tell which is the top Schoene Helena’: White-pink sepals with lavender petals; upright growth to 50 cm with semi-double central flowers. Fuchsia excorticata is the largest species of Fuchsia in the world. This species differs in appearances from others in New Zealand. This species is deciduous, found most commonly in tree or shrub form. It typically grows to an average height of 12 meters high. It is distinguishable by a noticeably light brown/orange bark, which is extremely thin and paper like, peeling in strips. [3] Overall trunk diameter tends to be 60cm with stout outreaching branches.

By far the best way to appreciate our passion for this stunning plant is to visit us in person at our nursery in Kent. The Fuchsia house in which they grow really is such a picture when they are all in flower, usually from mid-May through to August, so if you're local to us or down this way on holiday do pop in and visit. We'd love to see you! Delicate Purple’: Single, medium-sized flower with dark pink sepals and petals of eggplant; semi-hanging habit to 40 cm. Coastal central Chile. This section is made up of a single species with pendulous axillary pedicels. The leaves are sparse. The sepals are reflexed and slightly shorter than the tube. Due to the favorably mild, temperate climate created by the North Atlantic Current fuchsias grow abundantly in the West Kerry and West Cork region of Ireland and in the Isles of Scilly, even colonising wild areas there. While F. magellanica is not widespread in Scotland it has been known to grow wild in sheltered areas, such as the banks of local streams in Fife. [20] In the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, F. magellanica also easily survives regional winters.

a b Berry, P. E. (1995). Two new species of Fuchsia section Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from southern Ecuador. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 5(4) 318–22, f. 2.Get it now, and enjoy a lovely show of fantastic fuchsias all summer long. Fuchsias are among the most popular plants grown and it's not hard to see why with their beautiful pendulous hanging flowers they will make an outstanding display in your garden. Our ready grown standard tree means no painstaking work in planting up baby plants and growing on for a long time - simply enjoy as it is bursting in to flower on delivery. Even some hardy wild species – such as the Magellanic fuchsia ( Fuchsia magellanica) or the hardy Fuchsia regia ssp. reitzii– are suitable for planting in open ground. Although they are hardy, planting from autumn to spring makes them vulnerable to cold damage and they may not survive their first season so easily. Where to plant

Bartholomew, Edward R. L. (2008). Distribution and demographics of Fuchsia excorticata Nelson Lakes National Park (PDF) (MSc). Victoria University of Wellington. You can keep hardy varieties of fuchsias in the garden over the wintertime. However, we recommend that you use some protection like a burlap to protect them from the frost or light snowfalls. Make sure that you pinch the tops of the shoots as they emerge from young trailing and bush varieties to help the plant spread out and flower. “Topping” of the sprouts ensures the best results from your fuchsias when the flowering season comes around.

Place them in a cool, frost free location over winter, such as a greenhouse, keeping the compost just slightly damp to the touch Tom West’: small, single flowers; variegated foliage; red sepals and purple petals; drooping habit (to 30 cm). a b Wardle, J. (2011). Wardle's Native Plants of New Zealand and Their Story. Bateson Publishing Limited.

Fuchsia excorticata is common in lowland and lower mountainous forest areas, especially on the forest margins, in clearings, and by streams. [7] Even if a forest is close to being destroyed, or is destroyed, tree fuchsias are more than often not still standing because they are close to indestructible. [8] This species is also abundant in cold mountain areas in the South Island. [8] Life cycle/phenology [ edit ] Those gardeners that want to achieve maximum results from their Fuchsia should follow the practice of “pinch-pruning.” Coral fuchsia ( Fuchsia triphylla): Coral fuchsias owe their name to their flowers that glow in a coral red colour. The plants grow as shrubs up to 60 cm in height. This species forms the parent species for racemose fuchsias, the F. triphylla hybrids. These have particularly long and narrow flowers. When all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise fuchsia plants to outdoor conditions over a 7 to 10 day period, before moving them (or planting them out) in their final positions.Lena’: White-pink sepals with purple petals; semi-hanging habit to 60 cm with semi-double, medium flowers. The majority of Fuchsia species are native to Central and South America. A small additional number are found on Hispaniola (two species), in New Zealand (three species) and on Tahiti (one species). Philip A. Munz in his A Revision of the Genus Fuchsia classified the genus into seven sections of 100 species. More recent scientific publications, especially those by the botanists Dennis E. Breedlove of the University of California and, currently, Paul E. Berry of the University of Michigan, recognize 108 species and 122 taxa, organized into 12 sections. In New Zealand and Tahiti, section Skinnera now consists of only three species as F. × colensoi has been determined to be a naturally occurring hybrid between F. excorticata and F. perscandens. Also, F. procumbens has been placed into its own section, Procumbentes. Two other new sections are Pachyrrhiza and Verrucosa, each with one species. [7] The Plant List, a cooperative endeavor by several leading botanical institutions to maintain a working list of all plant species, lists most currently accepted Fuchsia species and synonyms. [8] Thamar’: White sepals with lavender petals; upright growth to 40 cm with medium-sized single flowers.