Fuchsia Plants and Varieties - Fuchsia Nurseries

Fuchsia Plants and varieties for sale from mail order Nurseries provide a wide range of excellent hardy flowering plants for the home garden.

Fuchsia flowers (see picture right) came in a range of colors and have a long flowering period and with a little protection from hot afternoon sun and frosts Fuchsias will provide flowers in abundance.

Fuchsia magellanica - 'Aurea' or Golden Fuchsia.
A lovely fuchsia with golde yellow foliage and small red flowers, a great contrast plant for the garden

Fuchsia Care and Growing Conditions

Fuchsia are fairly easy to grow given the right conditions. With fantastic flowers and coming in forms of, bush, trailing, upright and fuchsias for hanging baskets they are indeed a versatile plant.

Originally from rainforest areas of South America fuchsias prefer filtered light and protection from hot drying winds. Generally two growing types are available, upright fuchsias suitable for growing in pots or in the garden and trailling forms, widely used in hanging baskets.

Watering Fuchsias

Fuchsias prefer a humus rich moist soil, so in dry periods especially in summer regular watering is essential. Mulch around fuchsias to preserve water.

Pruning Fuchsias

Remember that fuchsias flower on new growth, so pruning will promote flowering. Prune in late winter to early spring and reduce fuchsia plants by 1/2 to 2/3rds