Scientific Name: Fuchsia magellanica var. macrostema 'Tricolor'
Common Name: hardy fuchsia, lady's eardrops
Family Name: Onagraceae
Origin: Garden origin, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Shrub - deciduous
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Crenate, Serrulate
Flowers: Flowers paired, Purple, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Purple, Black, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves coral to pink, spotted bluish-green and variegated creamy white; flowers red to purple, anthers white.