Scientific Name: Fuchsia x hybrida
Common Name: hybrid fuchsia
Family Name: Onagraceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Open, Pendulous
Form: Irregular, Oval - horizontal, Weeping
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Serrulate
Flowers: White, Violet, Pink, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Black, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Branches weeping, arching; leaves opposite, most blades elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3-10cm long x 2-6cm wide, dark green, petioles 1-3cm long; flowers droop, resemble lanterns especially when closed, 4-8 white petals with a brilliant dark pink corolla.