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fuchsia 'Dying Embers' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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fuchsia 'Dying Embers'

Fuchsia 'Dying Embers'

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Fuchsia
Family: Onagraceae

About this plant

Small bushy shrub to 60cm tall with slender, dark green leaves veined purple, and from summer to autumn masses of glossy, single flowers with dark purple-black corollas and crimson-red sepals and tubes, are continuously produced

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 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 DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade with shelter from cold drying winds. See fuchsia cultivation for further information.

Pruning

Pruning group 6 cut back to the base in frost prone areas

Propagation

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

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite, glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly and vine weevil

Diseases

May be susceptible to grey moulds and fuchsia rust

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersGround CoverPatio Container

Planting Places

OutdoorConservatorySubmerged Aquatic

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years