Q: I love the hardy fuchsias and grow several varieties in my shaded garden. Some have turned into large shrubs in just a few years. That leads me to my problem. Can I prune back my hardy Fuchsia ...

Growing fuchsia plants from collected seed will often produce unexpected results, due to cross-pollination. Learning how to take fuchsia cuttings is a free and fun way to make more plants for your ...

The fuchsia plant (Fuchsia magellanica) is a long-lasting, vibrant flower with a low-maintenance growth habit. Pop these plants in a cool and humid area, and you can bet that you'll watch them ...

The berries are elliptical to round. Ripe fruits are juicy and usually 1/2- to 3/4-inch long and maroon to black or blue-black. Good-quality fruits of Fuchsia magellanica have a subtle grape ...

Sizes range from the 5- to 6-foot Fuchsia magellanica with its rainfall of small red flowers to ground-cover types such as F. procumbens, a strange little thing with finger-shaped flowers with ...

I have written several times about mite-resistant fuchsia species and hybrids. "Fuchsias Return: 20 years after bout with mite" appeared in The Chronicle on Aug. 11, 2004, and most recently in the ...

Another striking fuchsia is 'Golden Marinka', with gold, chartreuse and sage-green variegated foliage and soft red flowers. Like its tidy cousin, green-leaved 'Marinka,' this pretty plant is ...

The hardiest fuchsias are hybrids of Fuchsia magellanica, native to Chile and Argentina. Easily surviving temperatures down to 0 degrees, these fuchsias are referred to as Lady’s Eardrops, ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming.As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may ...

These hybrids of Fuchsia magellanica, and F. Ricccartonii, native to Chile and Argentina, are the hardiest ( to -10 below zero) and easiest to grow. They come in a wide variety of flower colors.

Is boredom striking your garden world this month? For me, hardy fuchsias save the season. There’s no slipping into utter weariness if you’ve got pops of color and form from these bountiful ...

This flurry of fuchsia breeding in France, Germany and Britain lasted from 1850 up until the outbreak of the First World War. Many of the fuchsias we grow now come from this golden era.