Scientific Name: Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae 'Sharpitor'
Common Name: pink hardy fuchsia
Family Name: Onagraceae
Origin: Garden origin, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Shrub - deciduous
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Open, Spreading
Form: Oval - vertical, Round
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest, Tall background
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate
Flowers: Flowers paired, Pink, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Berry (true), Purple, Black, Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Stems yellow-green; leaves opposite, grey-green; flower sepals and petals creamy-pink.