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Fuchsia magellanica
Lady's Eardrops
| Family |
| Onagraceae |
| Genus |
| Fuchsia |
| Species |
| magellanica |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 8b - 9a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 8a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -10 to -5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 14 - 23 |
| Height |
| 1 - 1.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1 - 1.5 m |
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| General Description |
| Fuchsia magellanica is an erect or semi-climbing shrub with ovate-elliptic, tooth-edged leaves and crimson and purple, long, drooping blooms. |
| Landscape |
| Beautiful in urban gardens in a border or container plant, especially if hung. |
| Cultivation |
| Can be grown outdoors in moist soil in a frost free area. |
| Shape |
| Columnar upright. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Red-brown when branches are young, flaking during maturity. |
| Leaf Description |
| Green, opposite, arranged in threes or sometimes fours, ovate-elliptic, 1.5 - 5.5(7)?0.5 - 2.5(4) cm, edge crenate-dentate, leafstalk 0.3 - 2 cm. |
| Flower Description |
| Hermaphrodite, droop off stems on long pedicels, overall oblong in shape. Crimson tube and sepals, obovate petals are deep purple. Stamens and pistils are quite long. Style exceeds stamens. Sepals tend to curl up. |
| Fruit Description |
| Droop off stems on long pedicels, oblong, greenish-purple and dark purple in autumn, edible. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Trebah Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Nr Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by seed or from semi-ripe or softwood cuttings. |
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