Fuchsia

Fuchsia - Graceful and distinct shrubs, flourishing near the coasts, and especially in southern and western parts. In other districts Fuchsias are cut down by frost, but spring up again, and, in fact, live the life of herbaceous plants; but in mild districts they often escape for years, and become handsome bushes. All may be freely propagated from cuttings in spring or autumn. There are about a dozen more or less hardy kinds that succeed in the open air in the southern and western counties.

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California Fuchsia

California Fuchsia

black currant Fuchsia

golden currant Fuchsia

golden currant Fuchsia

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Fuchsia Coccinea

Fuchsia Coccinea - A bushy plant, graceful, hardy, and free in growth and bloom, unless the soil be of the coldest description, and even then a slight covering of coal ashes after the stems are cut down in autumn will protect the roots in winter. Chili.

Fuchsia Conica

Fuchsia Conica - A vigorous compact species 3 to 6 feet high, but not such a free flowerer as some of the others. The flowers have scarlet sepals and dark purple petals. Chili.

Fuchsia Corallina

Fuchsia Corallina - A beautiful tall plant, and therefore suited for walls and houses. The flowers are large and of a showy red color, and the plant is a vigorous grower and free bloomer.

Fuchsia Discolor

Fuchsia Discolor - A dwarf variety with numerous small scarlet flowers. It is the hardiest of all, not being injured by the winters in the milder parts of Scotland if treated as a herbaceous plant. F. pumila is similar, but more slender, and equally desirable.

Fuchsia Globosa

Fuchsia Globosa - One of the best of the hardy Fuchsias. The flowers are globose in bud, and retain their shape for some time after they begin to expand, on account of the petals adhering at the tips. It forms a sturdy and often a large shrub in seashore districts.

Fuchsia Gracilis

Fuchsia Gracilis - A distinct, slender plant, with flowers on long slender stalks. The young shoots are a purplish-red, the calyx is a brighter scarlet, and the corolla has a greater infusion of red than other hardy kinds. There is a variety called multiflora, which is very free-flowering, and which has shorter flowers and of darker crimson. F. tenella is a seedling variety. Chili.

Fuchsia Riccartoni

Fuchsia Riccartoni - One of the prettiest and hardiest sorts, growing well without protection even in parts of Scotland. It is compact and twiggy, and in summer bears many bright red blossoms. A garden hybrid.

Other kinds

Besides these, other kinds are in cultivation, such as procumbens—a curious little New Zealand species—serratifolia, magellanica, thymifolia, and microphylla, and nearly all the hybrid kinds do out of doors in summer, and bloom well, though they may be cut down in winter. Among the most distinct and pretty are the dwarf and fragile kinds, such as F. microphylla, F. pumila, and several hardy hybrids of the globosa section, all of which seem to flourish near the sea.

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