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fuchsia 'Beacon' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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fuchsia 'Beacon'

Fuchsia 'Beacon'

Genus: Fuchsia
Family: Onagraceae

About this plant

An upright, bushy shrub to 60cm tall, with mid-green leaves and bearing single flowers with deep pink tubes and sepals and red-veined mauve-pink corollas almost continually from early summer to autumn

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

East FacingWest FacingSouth FacingNorth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Outdoors grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade. Under glass grow in a loam-based or loam-less potting compost in bright filtered light with moderate humidity and good ventilation. When in growth apply a liquid balanced fertiliser monthly. Keep just moist over winter. Overwinter indoors. See fuchsia cultivation for further information.

Pruning

Pruning group 6

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite and vine weevil

Diseases

May be susceptible to glasshouse grey moulds and fuchsia rust

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersGround CoverPatio Container

Planting Places

WoodlandOutdoorConservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years