Deeproot Plant Base Online - Fuchsia 'Deep Purple'

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botanical name:
Fuchsia 'Deep Purple'

family: Onagraceae

characteristics: shrub
height: 0.30m width: 0.45m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: arching
leaf colour: green
flower colour: purple
main period of interest: Summer

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, moist soil
prefered soil pH: any
minimum temperature: 4°C
USDA zone: 10 to 11

description:
Lax bush or trailing habit. Very large double flowers, up to 7.5cm across, with white sepals and bluish purple corallas.

cultivation:
Frost tender. Moist well drained fertile soil. Full sun or part shade. Overwinter in frost-free place, keeping the soil fairly dry.

propagation:
From cuttings.

other notes:
One of the California Dreamer series.
Raised by Ted Garrett, USA, 1989