Fuchsia is a genus of eye-catching, vibrant plants that bloom all summer long with glorious teardrop-shaped flowers in a variety of vivid colors.
When you picture fuchsia, you may imagine a hanging basket on a covered porch festooned with pink and purple blossoms cascading over the edge.
Or perhaps you picture a shrub growing in a shady corner of the garden with dainty white flowers?
It can be hard to get vibrant color into those spots that don’t see much sunshine, but fuchsia will happily bloom in the shade.
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The familiar pink and purplish-red pendulous flowers may be the most common, but you can find fuchsia with long, tube-like blossoms in a single color as well.
Flowers can be “single” with four petals, “semi-double” with five to seven petals, or “full-skirted” doubles with eight or more petals. They are available in a range of colors from soft pink, white, orange, maroon, lavender, and blue, to breathtaking bicolored varieties.
I’ve heard some people say that they don’t grow this eye-catching plant because it is fussy and temperamental, but I disagree!
Given the conditions it prefers, it will grow happily. Treated right, it will show off its luscious color for months at a time.
This plant isn’t just a pretty face, though. Those elegant, vibrant flowers are edible as well as decorative. As the blooms fade, small purple fruits form, some of which can be delicious.
Convinced you need to give fuchsia its due and add a plant or two to the garden? Great! Here’s what we’ll cover in this article:
By the time you’re finished reading, you’ll be the resident expert gardener,
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