How to Grow and Care for Fuchsias

The vibrant colors and graceful shape of hardy fuchsia makes it a perfect choice to grace your garden. The hardy fuchsia is less sensitive to cold than other types of fuchsias, which means that this plant can go from containers or window boxes to permanent plantings along borders or as shrubs.

Bolivian fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana) is a rare evergreen shrub native to the Andes Mountains of South America. It produces long clusters of 10 cm long flowers in a colorful combination of white and fluorescent red. Clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers bloom from spring through fall and attract hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Small green, edible fruits ripen after flowering and have a sweet flavor. Prefers morning sun and afternoon shade.

Honeysuckle fuschia, or Fuchsia triphylla, are small shrubs and plants with flashy, exotic-looking flowers. They are most commonly grown as an annual in the United States in hanging baskets, so that the pretty blooms can hang down.

Kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata) is a shrub that is grown ornamentally for its elegant purple flowers. It attracts bees with its vivid blue pollen. In its native New Zealand, the introduction of the common brushtail possum led to a large reduction in numbers since kotukutuku dies after they feed on it. The plant is used by humans to make dyes and for tanning leather.

Fuchsia paniculata is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Central America. It belongs to the section Schufia and is most closely related to Fuchsia arborescens.