Fuchsia × hybrida
Fuchsia
Common names: Garden Fuchsia
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Description
The Fuchsia is an elegant shade-loving beauty among potted plants: from May to October its dancing, often two-toned blooms hang like little ballerinas in red, violet, pink, and white on the stems. It loves cool, moist partial shade and is a valued food source for bumblebees. As a hanging, shrub, or upright plant it brings delicate grace to any shaded terrace.
Care instructions
Place it in a cool, partially shaded, wind‑protected spot and keep the soil evenly moist, dryness and harsh midday sun cause buds to drop. Water in the morning and, on hot days, also in the evening. Fertilize every two weeks. Remove faded flowers and small seed pods to extend the flowering period. For overwintering, prune in October, keep it in a bright, frost‑free location at about 5 to 8 °C so it will re‑sprout in spring.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, well-drained, nutrient-rich, moist
Feeding
Heavy feeder
Companion planting
Good neighbors
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
Diseases & pests
4 relevantFrom the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species. How to spot and prevent them is covered in full in the lexicon.
Thysanoptera
Thrips are tiny, elongated insects that become particularly active on warm, muggy days, which is why they are also called thunderflies.
More on Thrips (thunderflies)Sciaridae
Fungus gnats are small, black flies from the family Sciaridae whose larvae live in moist potting compost, where they feed on root hairs and young shoots.
More on Fungus gnatsTrialeurodes vaporariorum
The whitefly is a heat loving sap sucker that appears above all in the greenhouse and on container plants: larvae and pupae sit on the undersides of the leaves, and when the plant is knocked the…
More on WhiteflyPseudococcus spp.
Mealybugs (Pseudococcus spp.) are small, sap sucking insects that camouflage themselves with a cottony layer of wax and prefer to sit in leaf axils, at shoot tips and along the leaf veins.
More on MealybugsNotes from real gardens
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