Fuchsia 'Fuchsita Red & White' – Upright Bush Fuchsia (2L Pot)

Fuchsia 'Fuchsita Red and White' is an upright bush fuchsia, hung with pendant bell shaped flowers from late spring right through autumn.

The blooms have contrasting sepals and petals and dangle from slender stems above neat green leaves, so the whole plant moves in a breeze. It forms a tidy bushy clump around 30 to 45cm tall and wide, which suits a patio pot, a window box, a hanging display or the front of a border. Bees and butterflies work the flowers.

Most of the fuchsias we sell are the tender bedding and basket kind that frost kills, grown as summer colour, so plant it out only once the frosts have passed. It does best in light shade or morning sun in soil that stays moist, as flowers drop in hot, dry spells. Supplied as a well established 2L pot grown plant raised in peat free compost in Yorkshire.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Fuchsia
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 30 to 45cm tall, 30 to 45cm across
• Growth Habit: Upright and bushy
• Perfect For: Patio containers, window boxes, borders, hanging displays
• Foliage: Neat mid green leaves
• Flowering Time: Late spring to autumn
• Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade, including exposed and coastal gardens, and it grows well in patio containers.
• Soil Type: Moist, fertile, well drained soil
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Grown as a summer bedding plant in the UK, so plant out after the frosts.
• Maintenance: Deadhead spent flowers and pinch back young shoots to keep it bushy and flowering
• Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
• Type: Bedding and basket plant