Fuchsia best varieties

The fuchsia catalog with a general description of the most common species in our country includes numerous varieties and varieties that are perfectly adapted to indoor and garden cultivation conditions. This plant is invariably called "the flower of the elves" and causes a heated discussion of both experienced amateur flower growers and breeders, and beginners who are just beginning to master the technology of growing this ornamental plant.

Botanical characteristic

Fuchsia (Fúchsia) belongs to the genus of perennial plants from the family Onagraceae. Fuchsia is native to Central and South America, as well as parts of New Zealand. More than a hundred species belong to evergreen ornamental shrubs, but many species are cultivated in many countries as flowering indoor or garden plants.

An ornamental plant looks like a shrub with flexible shoots, which are covered with medium-sized foliage of green or slightly reddish color. The foliage is opposite, oval and lanceolate, with a pointed end and a jagged edge. The flowering period is long. Fuchsia flower can have different colors. Varietal features suggest the formation of simple or double flowers. A kind of "skirt" is formed on the flower with a single-color or contrasting coloring to the petals. After flowering, a fairly juicy berry-fruit is formed.

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Common types of fuchsia

Currently, several of the most common types of fuchsia have been studied, the names of which are well known to flower growers and breeders, both in our country and abroad. It is important to notethat annually, domestic and foreign amateur breeders, on the basis of already well-known and well-proven species, produce a significant number of new and promising varieties that are in demand in indoor floriculture and are widely used in interior decoration or backyard landscape.

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Bolivian fuchsia

F.boliviana is represented by evergreen branched shrubs, which rarely exceed a meter in height. The foliage is elliptical, ovoid, no more than 15 cm long and 50-60 mm wide. The tip of the leaves is pointed, and the marginal part is serrated. Flowers, collected in branched, racemose inflorescences, are located at the top of the plant. The flower is large, dark red, with a tubular corolla and bent sepals. The culture blooms profusely in the spring. The best option for indoor floriculture.

Thin fuchsia

F.macrostemma is known to many growers as graceful fuchsia. This evergreen shrub reaches a height of three meters. Shoots are thin, with reddish pubescence. The foliage is opposite, oval, lanceolate, with a pointed edge and a finely toothed marginal part. Petioles are long, red.The drooping purple flowers, collected in rather lush brushes, are located in thin pedicels. The purple petals give crops a highly decorative appearance.

Shiny fuchsia

F.fulgens is an evergreen shrub plant no more than two meters high. Plant with dense branching and bare branches. The foliage is opposite, cordate-oval, oblong and ovoid, large, with finely toothed margins. Flowers, collected in dense and hanging clusters, are located on the top of the plant and have a scarlet-red color. The sepals are of a shortened type, with a white or greenish tip. The decorative culture blooms in mid-summer to early autumn.

Shield fuchsia

F.corymbiflora belongs to the category of evergreen shrub tall plants with straight branches. The foliage is oblong-lanceolate, oval, whole-extreme, pubescent, with a reddish midvein. The flowers have a red calyx tube and are collected in drooping thyrse-shaped clusters. This bright and very the decorative variety is characterized by abundant and fairly long flowering from July to September.

Three-leaf fuchsia

The undersized species F.triphylla is a compact type of shrub, the height of which does not exceed 0.5-0.6 m. The aerial part is branched, with branches covered with short hairs. The foliage of a flowering culture is opposite, ovate-oblong, toothed or whole-extreme. Multi-flowered brushes are represented by fiery bright red flowers.

In addition to the types of highly decorative culture listed above, flower growers of our country are well aware of the varieties of beautiful, bright red and small-leaved fuchsia, as well as tree fuchsia, which is distinguished by unusually beautiful and long flowering.

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The best varieties

Depending on the varietal characteristics, the foliage can be dark or pale, relatively light, and the best varieties have not only a highly decorative look, but also unpretentious enough for growing in floriculture conditions.

A type	Variety	Plant	Flower
			Sepals	Skirt
Ampelnaya	Allure	Compact and slow growing	White coloration with a pinkish dusting and greenish tips	Light pink, terry
	AngelsFlight	Compact size, very abundant and early flowering	Whitish pink with characteristic curled ends	White color, elongated shape with short upper petals
	AuntyJinks	Differs in good branching, rapidly growing	Medium in size, white	Purplish violet with pink edging and pale pink base
	BrokwoodJoy	Medium height, with medium-sized medium-green foliage	Whitish pink with greenish tips	Deep blue coloration, with whitish-pink spots
	Butterfly	Excellent branching, profuse flowering, hot weather tolerant	Butterfly-like, curling into rings, bright reddish-scarlet color	In full dissolution, strongly open, bright red-crimson color
	Cascade	Self-branching, early into very abundant flowering, heat-resistant	Snow white staining	Attractive, bright crimson
	CircusSpangles	One of the most popular and largest varieties	Double flowers with white sepals	Dark crimson with infrequent whitish strokes
	DeepPurple	One of the most popular and large terry varieties	White with typical greenish tips	Bright sky blue with whitish brush strokes
	Didi	Differs in good branching, rapidly growing	Whitish pink with pronounced greenish tips	Dark fuchsia, semi-double type
	FanDancer	Unpretentious plant with abundant flowering	Red, rising and slightly curling	Delicate lilac or blue, with light pinkish strokes
Bush	Balletgirl	Powerful aerial part with large double-row flowers	Very rich, bright red	Typical for the variety of snow-white coloration
	Green'nGold	One of the few variegated varieties, the foliage of which has a light green color with golden or yellow spots and cherry-burgundy veins	Nice purple coloration	Bright and quite saturated, cherry color
	KathVanHanegem	Variety suitable for creating a bonsai plant	Bluish lilac or dark eggplant color	Purple, simple building type
	MarcusGraham	The aerial part is quite powerful, with abundant flowering	Pinkish white, very attractive	Not deep pink, with an indistinct salmon tint
	PattieSue	Large-flowered and very fast-growing variety with highly decorative, profuse flowering	Pinkish with green tips	Pinkish peach, very attractive

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According to flower growers, the ampelous variety has proven itself very well at home. "Marinka" with sepals and a skirt of a bright wine-red coloration, as well as a bush variety "Voodoo" with red sepals and a dark blue-violet skirt. A somewhat less popular non-double, bush variety "Jaskstanway"bred by renowned UK breeders.

Of the rare species of fuchsia, Fucsia procumbens can be mentioned, the yellow color of the sepals of which quickly changes to green. The royal beauty fuchsia is perfectly combined in the interior with violets or begonias. Growing indoor fuchsia, unlike violets, requires a spacious flower pot... Of course, the right choice of variety for cultivation at home is of great importance. Otherwise, the ornamental culture is very unpretentious, and, subject to agricultural technology, it is able to repay with long, abundant flowering.

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Indoor flower fuchsia (Fuchsia) is a house plant that blooms with unusually beautiful flowers almost all year round. It got its name in honor of the German physician Leonard von Fuchs - one of the "fathers of botany". Homeland is Central and South America. Fuchsia has been grown as an indoor flower for more than 200 years in the form of numerous hybrid varieties and forms. Flower growers have long fallen in love with this evergreen plant for its decorative effect, unpretentiousness, and vitality. And the beauty and variety of its colors is simply amazing. Sometimes, because of the shape of the flowers, fuchsia is called "Japanese lantern" or "Chinese lantern", and for its rare grace and bright purple color of curved petals, fuchsia is popularly called "Gypsy earrings". Fuchsia flowers come in different shapes and shades. Different types of fuchsias bloom at different times of the year. You can choose varieties so that a tropical garden will bloom almost all year round on your flower shelf.

Description of the plant

Fuchsia in nature looks like a shrub with flexible branches. Green or slightly reddish oval fuchsia leaves are opposite, pointed and serrated at the edges. The most important charm is given to the flower by its flowers - numerous, bizarre in shape and varied in color. Under the name "indoor fuchsia" means hybrid fuchsia (F. hybrida), which has hundreds of forms that differ in color and shape of flowers. Hybrid plant varieties amaze the imagination with their rich assortment. Hybrid flowers come in any size and color. Growing hybrid fuchsias is easy and convenient. They are unpretentious in care and extraordinarily beautiful. In addition, the plant can be given any shape: ampelous, in the form of a bush, in the form of a pyramid or a standard tree. In ampel varieties, the shoots are long and flexible. They are usually grown in hanging pots or graceful baskets.

To create a beautiful cascade of fuchsia flowers, several cuttings are planted in one wide flowerpot at once, and they are immediately placed closer to the edges and obliquely to give the future bush a falling shape. During the growth of the green mass, the basket is regularly turned towards the light in different directions - then the crown will form evenly and magnificently. Semi-ampelous varieties of fuchsia at first have the shape of a bush, but over time, under the weight of numerous buds and flowers, flexible stems begin to bend beautifully and hang over the edge of the pots. To prevent fragile twigs from breaking, they are tied to supports.

Indoor fuchsia blooms for a long time and abundantly drooping flowers. The flowers themselves are also large and small, double and not double, single and collected in a brush. Non-double flowers have 4-5 petals. Semi-double flowers are when there are 5 to 7 petals on a flower, while double flowers have 8 or more petals.

fuchsia structure

The structure of the flower is peculiar. It consists of a corolla-shaped calyx and a tubular corolla, from under which long bright stamens are visible. The lobes of the calyx are usually longer than the petals, and the stamens are longer than the calyx. In general, the flower looks like a ballerina doll in a fluffy or simple tutu skirt, which has spread its arms at the sides and is ready to whirl in a dance. (photo) Fuchsia flowers are located on long pedicels. Coloring of flowers is one-color, two-color, and sometimes, in one flower, there are three shades at once. The fuchsia fruit is an edible berry.

Often fashion designers or designers, when describing the color of a model, use in the name, for example, a dress or shoes of fuchsia color. The color of fuchsia is considered to be magenta magenta. In fact, it is the cumulative definition of several shades of magenta, ranging from light crimson to deep purple.

Also on our website you can read an article on how to grow fuchsia and take care of a flower at home.

Three-leafed (Fuchsia triphylla)

This fuchsia grows as a bush up to 60 cm in size. Since it grows in breadth, it is convenient to grow it in a hanging basket. Fuchsia leaves are 8 cm long. Their shape resembles that of an egg. The upper side of the leaf is reddish green and the underside is brownish red. A fluff is visible on the leaves along the veins. Three-leaf fuchsia flowers look like bells. Small fiery red sepals form multi-flowered inflorescences - brushes. Flowering is abundant and lasts from early May to October. In winter, this fuchsia must be kept in relative heat, at least 10 grams. But in summer it can withstand high temperatures and open sun. The most popular three-leaf fuchsia varieties are Thalia, Mantilla, Coralle, Elfriede Ott and others. This type of plant is used to create flower arrangements in living rooms, on loggias and balconies.

Waist (Thalia)

Has graceful bright orange flowers. An active and lush bloom continues throughout the spring and autumn.

Magellanic (Fuchsia magellanica)

Tall evergreen shrub, reaching three meters in height. On the purple leaves of the plant, up to 4 cm in size, there is a fluff along the veins. This fuchsia blooms all spring and until October. Flowers are single or collected in inflorescences of 4 pieces.

Magellanic fuchsia tolerates low temperatures. You can leave it to winter on a glazed balcony, after cutting it to a height of 10 - 15cm. and covering, for example, with fallen leaves. Usually the plant is brought into the house for the winter, preferably in the coolest place. Watering fuchsia during the dormant period is necessary, but rarely.

This type of fuchsia is used to decorate arches, shop windows, glass on the veranda.

Lying (Fuchsia procumbens)

This creeping plant can be used for flower arrangements. The lonely flowers of the plant are always directed upward, as if reaching for the sun. Their shades range from pink to orange. This fuchsia blooms all spring and autumn.

Sparkling (Fuchsia fulgens)

This tall bush, up to two meters in height, has large leaves with jagged edges, reddish stems and scarlet flowers. Bears fruit. The berries of the plant are edible and collected in a brush. The sparkling fuchsia blooms all summer and is used to create floral ensembles.

Graceful (Fuchsia gracilis)

This fuchsia is called the sister of the Magellanic fuchsia, because in nature it can grow up to 3 meters. When grown indoors, fuchsia reaches a height of only one meter. Beautiful, usually large flowers of Graceful fuchsia, sit on thin, almost invisible stalks. Flowering continues from spring to late autumn.

Shiny or Shiny (Fuchsia fulgens)

It looks like a graceful shrub. Stems are thin, flexible, reddish. The leaves are large, cordate-oval, with sharp jagged edges. The color of the leaves is purple-green. This fuchsia blooms from spring to autumn with bright crimson flowers with a crimson tint. Inflorescences are collected in bunches. Withered flowers must be cut off, the plant must be fed - then it will delight you with continuous lush flowering until the very cold weather.

Slendens (Fuchsia Splendens)

It is a highly leafy shrub. Blooms throughout the year. The flowers are in the form of a long red tube with green petals. It is believed that fuchsia of this variety has the largest fruits - up to 5 cm in length and the most delicious - with a lemon tart aroma of spices.

Bolivian (Fuchsia boliviana)

The plant came to us from Bolivia, Argentina, Peru. This fuchsia is considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular species. Reaches one meter in height. The leaves are large, pleasantly velvety to the touch. Bolivian fuchsia flowers are collected in extraordinary bunches. They are distinguished by the huge size of the peduncles (up to 30 cm), on which the flowers hanging down are gracefully attached. Flowers are red and white. This plant prefers to grow in shade or partial shade. Humidity is also important. He prefers to spend the winter in warm rooms, as he does not like cold temperatures. Bolivian fuchsia blooms from early March to late April.

Thin (Fuchsia macrostemma)

This type of fuchsia at home can grow up to 3 meters in height. But it can be cut off. Then, instead of stretching upward, it will expand in breadth. Fuchsia leaves have a reddish tint. It blooms from July to late September. Flowers on very thin and long peduncles are collected in clusters. The hue of flowers can be from light purple to violet.

Thyroid

This tall plant (up to three meters in height) has long and thin flowers, collected in a cluster. If you cut it off in time, it grows up to one meter. Fuchsia blooms from early July to October. The shade of flowers is pink, violet, purple. Use Shield Fuchsia to create flower arrangements in offices and greenhouses.

Bright red (Fuchsia coccinea)

Bright red fuchsia has a long flowering - from the beginning of April to the end of October. This is a very beautiful plant. Her red flowers with purple accents are mesmerizing. You can grow such fuchsia both in a private apartment and in an office.

Alisson Bel

This fuchsia blooms for a long time in semi-double flowers of a violet-red hue.

Annabel

It blooms with huge white double flowers.

Ballerina

This fuchsia variety is distinguished by the fact that it has many small flowers with scarlet sepals and a pink and white skirt.

Henriette Ernst

This fuchsia has large double flowers with scarlet sepals and a light lilac skirt.

Dancing Flame

There is a standard and bush form of the plant. The buds are large, elongated. Sepals are pink-orange. The skirt is bright pink with an orange tint. The flowers are semi-double. Abundant flowering. A very bright and elegant variety!

Coquet bell

This is a bush form of fuchsia. Flowers are large, not double, in the form of bells. The sepals are pink and the skirt is lilac.

Ampelnaya

Ampelnaya is one of the most popular forms of fuchsia.Flexible stems, cascading downward, are strewn with bright lantern flowers. In addition, ampelous varieties of fuchsia belong to shade-tolerant varieties of indoor plants. They are not demanding on the composition of the earthen soil and frequent watering. Looks beautiful in wicker pots or graceful hanging baskets. Two-tone fuchsias look especially impressive, the flowers of which hang down from baskets or hanging pots.

Popular ampelous fuchsia varieties:

Blue Angel

It has double flowers of lilac color on white sepals.

Holly's Beauty

It has large, slightly elongated buds. The flowers are bright. Sepals are white. The skirt is lilac-blue.

Imperial Crown

Blooms profusely with elongated alo-pink flowers, which are collected in a cluster.

Prince of Peace

This variety is adorned with flowers formed by white sepals and a red skirt.

Archie owen

This semi-ample shape of fuchsia has pink sepals and a dark pink skirt. The buds are oblong. The flowers are very large, double.

Bella Rosella

This fuchsia variety has a bush and ampelous bush form. Leaves are medium, green. The buds are oblong, large. The sepals are pink and the skirt is lilac. The flowers themselves are very large, double, unusually beautiful. This fuchsia is considered one of the largest flowering plants. It blooms profusely and for a long time.

Bicentennial

This is an ampelous form of fuchsia. Large buds are slightly oblong. Sepals are light, with time acquiring a delicate orange tint. The red skirt with salmon strokes also turns almost orange over time. The flowers are large, double, very beautiful.

Blue Mirage

This fuchsia is ampelous and bush. Rounded buds. Double flowers are large. The sepals are white with greenish tips, and the skirt is bright purple with white strokes.

Blue Veil

This fuchsia has a bush and ampelous shape. Rounded buds. Flowers are double, large. Sepals are pure white with green tips. The skirt is lilac terry. Long-lasting and abundant flowering.

Cecile

It can be bush and ampelous. Flowers are densely double. The sepals are dark pink and the skirt is a deep lavender blue with wavy edges.

Conclusion

We introduced you to fuchsia of different varieties, shapes, colors and sizes. We hope that you will be able to choose for yourself such varieties that will delight you with their splendor all year round, deliver a minimum of hassle and maximum pleasure.

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Fuchsia varieties are hybrids of various shapes and colors of inflorescences. The homeland of the plant is South America, and in Europe the first specimens were grown 200 years ago.

Popular varieties

Under natural conditions, it is a semi-shrub, an inhabitant of the humid tropics, blooming most of the year. Hybrids are grown in room conditions, they are divided into ampelous, semi-ampelous or semi-shrubs by crown type. The flowers are elegant in different colors, from milky to burgundy.

The first varieties of fuchsia have a bright pink-purple color.

The plant is viable, unpretentious. Fuchsia loves fresh air, so from May to September it decorates balconies, terraces, steps of country houses. Grow a flower in hanging pots or small pots.

Names of varieties of ampel forms popular in Russia:

• Blue Angel;
• Hollys Beauty;
• Bella Rosella;
• Blue Vale;
• Cecile.

These are ornamental plants with beautiful double inflorescences that can withstand partial shade and are not sensitive to the composition of the soil. Suitable for hanging baskets.

Description of the best varieties of world selection

Breeders of different countries are engaged in breeding fuchsia hybrids. Therefore, the plant is represented by hundreds of varieties with various colors of flowers, leaves and crown shape. Fuchsias bred in France and the United States are especially popular in world breeding.

• Alison Woods - semi-ampelous with flattened inflorescences, white and pink, hybrid 2001;
• Comet has been popular since 1963. The bush is 30 cm high, powerful, dense. Flowers are red-pink with a lilac skirt, terry. The plant is resistant to diseases and temperature extremes;
• Chalki Dops - a fast-growing hybrid of 2004. Semi-ampelous crown. Terry flowers, pink with a maroon variegated skirt;
• Deep Purpl is a semi-ampelous variety of 1989. The skirt is bright blue, the sepals are white, the inflorescence is dense, double;
• Lassi is a heat-resistant semi-ampelous hybrid. Elegant inflorescences are white with red, terry. It blooms profusely, therefore, at the end of the season, the buds become smaller, but do not lose their graceful decorative effect;
• Natasha Sinton - oblong inflorescences of a pale pink color with an ash tint. The crown is semi-ampelous, dense, covered with delicate buds.

Among collectors, old varieties, bred in the last century, are valued, distinguished by bright and rich shades of buds. Bush specimens are considered more capricious than hanging ones, therefore they are grown at home, and ampelous ones - on terraces, gazebos.

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