Fuchsia 'Beacon' – Hardy Border Fuchsia (3L Pot)

Fuchsia 'Beacon' is a hardy border fuchsia carrying two tone flowers, deep cerise red sepals over a purple violet corolla.

It grows upright and bushy at around 60 to 90cm tall and wide, with mid green oval leaves, and the pendulous flowers keep coming from late spring right through to the first frosts of autumn. It takes partial shade to dappled sun and also performs in a sunnier spot, which makes it useful in a border, a low informal hedge, a patio tub, a window box or a balcony pot. Bees and butterflies work the flowers.

This is one of the hardy border fuchsias, so it can stay in the ground all year. In a cold winter the top growth dies back and fresh shoots come from the base in spring. It does best in light shade or morning sun in soil that stays moist, as flowers drop in hot, dry spells. Supplied garden ready as a healthy rootball in a 3L pot, so it can be planted straight out.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Fuchsia
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 60 to 90cm tall, 60 to 90cm across
• Growth Habit: Upright, bushy, deciduous shrub
• Perfect For: Borders, containers, patio pots, window boxes, hedging and baskets
• Foliage: Mid green, oval
• 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: Well drained, humus rich soil
• Hardiness: Fully hardy and suited to the UK climate
• Maintenance: Feed through the season, mulch the base in autumn and cut old stems back in spring
• Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
• Type: Bedding and basket plant