The Main Plant entry for Fuchsias (Fuchsia)

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Lady's Eardrops

Photo Gallery
Location: Columbus, OH Z5b
Date: 8-19-2003
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-06-07
Location: Desktop Photo
Date: 2014-08-17
No ID Fuchsia - 2 year-old tabletop Standard
Location: Local nursery
Date: 2017-10-08
Location: At a local nursery 
Date: 2023-05-26

Date: 2023-11-02
Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand
A Fuschia, but known only to us as "white skirt" species; any ID
Location: Kenwood, CA
Date: 7/19/17
Fuschia bloom
Location: My garden
Date: 4000-04-30
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-03
Location: My garden
Date: 8-21
Hardy fuschia
Location: My garden
Date: 2021
Hardy fuchsias
Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-03
Location: Vero Beach,  Florida
Date: 2022-02-27

Date: 2023-11-02
Location: Columbus, OH Z5b
Date: 8-28-2003
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-28
Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2023-11-02
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2018-04-19
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-28
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-28
Location: Sherman Gardens, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California
Date: 2018-02-27
Location: My garden
Date: 4000-04-30
Location: Maine
Date: 2017-07-08
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Fuschia bloom; variety details unknown; we called it a Cigarette
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-01-31

Date: 2023-11-02
Photo by midnight21
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-11-10
This plant hybridized in my garden. The photo is of a trimerous f
Location: Conservatory, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2018-08-17
Fuchsia blooms sometimes bear stigmas on styles that are long com
Location: Maui 
Date: 2018-04-24
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-09-25
Location: Vienna, VA
Date: 2012-07-04
Location: Vienna, VA
Date: 2012-07-04
Starter Bonsai
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2010-12-01
Location: Beaumont greenery 
Date: 2016-02-03
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pot Collection
Date: 2014-09-09
Indoor Blooms
Location: Conservatory, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2018-08-17
Fuchsia bud, covered with tiny cilia, each with a drop of some ex
Location: Ramsey, Isle of Man
Date: c. 1886
illustration from the 1886 Gardeners' Chronicle

Date: 2014-07-02
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-11
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-01-31
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-01-31
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-01-31

Date: 2014-06-23
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-05-27
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-05-27
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: My patio, Archer, FL
Date: 2019-05-31
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-05-29
Fuchsia Sunbeam Cherry
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-07-28
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-10
Young flowers.
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-07
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-05-23
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-05-23
Photo by tarev
Location: My garden, Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2016-01-08
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Irvine, Ca
Date: 2000-12-09
Trailing Fuchsia
Location: Orange, CA
Date: 2012-08-05
Dappled shade

Date: 2014-07-02

Date: 2014-07-02
Location: Vienna, VA
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Vienna, VA
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Vienna, VA
Date: 2012-08-25

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Houston
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: Beaumont greenery
Date: 2016-02-03

Photo courtesy of: Germaine A. Parada

Photo courtesy of: Germaine A. Parada
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-07
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-07
Location: Pot Collection
Date: 2014-09-09
Indoor Blooms
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Van der Veer Botanical garden, Davenport, Ia.
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Van der Veer Botanical garden, Davenport, Ia.
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Van der Veer Botanical garden, Davenport, Ia.
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Quad Cities Botanical Garden, Rock Island, Il.
Date: 2011-07-02
Photo by chalyse
Photo by chalyse
Photo by tarev

Date: 2014-06-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-09-03
Location: Irvine, CA
Date: 2010-06-11
Fuchsia
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 4:26 AM concerning plant:
    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

    "Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) in about 1696-1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

    In horticultural usage, it is common to refer to fuchsias as either Upright, or Trailing, by their growth pattern, although some may be grown as either. Some more vigorous varieties of fuchsia can be trained as hedges (F magellanica, F. magellanica 'Riccartonii') and do particularly well in coastal areas. A popular practice is to train fuchsias as standards; this can be done with the faster-growing varieties.

    In the United States, members of the American Fuchsia Society brought back approximately 50 plants to California from a trip to Europe in 1930. Half of these were cultivated at the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley and the other half at the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, a local business. Many American hybrids were the descendants of this 1930 group."

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Discussion Threads about this plant
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No ID Fuchsia by MotherRaphaela Aug 18, 2014 10:15 AM 0
possible ID by janinilulu Dec 16, 2020 7:43 PM 1
Fuchsia genus by purpleinopp Jun 3, 2021 7:56 PM 1
Is it a Fuchsia? by tofitropic Apr 9, 2022 7:54 AM 5

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