Fuchsia
Fuchsia: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Fuchsias belong to the genus Fuchsia in the evening primrose family, Onagraceae. The group mainly comprises shrubs, with species and hybrids of varied outlines. Its native range extends from Mexico into tropical America and also includes New Zealand and the Society Islands. Plants offered for gardens are often horticultural selections. Hanging flowers and contrasting colours provide the most familiar image of the genus, but growth habit and cold tolerance also distinguish the plants.Garden fuchsias may be upright, bushy or trailing. Upright forms give volume to borders, while the flexible shoots of trailing selections make cascades in containers. Some plants are presented as standards, with a crown of branches above a trunk. Leaves are generally opposite or arranged in whorls. Their shape, size and persistence differ with species and conditions, and some selections have variegated foliage. Leaf texture provides a background to the flowers throughout active growth.A flower is built around…
