| Scientific Name: | Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii' |
| Common Name: | Riccartoni 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: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, 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, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Purple, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite to in whorls of 3 or 4, ovate, most 2-7cm long x 2-4cm wide, margin serrate; flower sepals form a scarlet tube, corolla deep purple. | |