HARDY FUCHSIAS
The fuchsias listed in this section should prove hardy throughout the UK when planted in the ground - not in pots.
Plants should ideally be grown on into a minimum of a 3½" pot before being transplanted to the garden and need to be established in the garden for a good couple of months before the first frosts of winter can be expected.
For best results leave the dead wood on the plant over winter and cut it back hard in spring after the last frosts have passed.
Please note that the heights listed below are an approximate guide only.
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| Abbe Farges | |
Semi-double (Lemoine 1901)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals light cerise, corolla rosy lilac. |
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| Alice Hoffman | |
Semi-double (Kleve 1911)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals rose, corolla white veined rose. |
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| Army Nurse | |
Semi-double (Hodges 1974)
Growth 3-4 ft. Tube and sepals deep carmine, corolla blue-violet veined pink. |
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| Baby Thumb | |
Single (1992)
Growth 1-1½ ft. A sport from Lady Thumb with variegated green and cream foliage. Tube and sepals light carmine, corolla white. |
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| Barbara | |
Single (Tolley 1971)
Growth 3-4 ft. Good upright growth, tube and sepals pale pink, corolla tangerine pink. |
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| Bashful | |
Double (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals deep pink, corolla white veined pink. |
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| Beacon | |
Single (Bull 1871)
Growth 2-2½ ft. A very easy floriferous variety. Tube and sepals deep pink, corolla bright mauve. |
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| Beacon Rosa | |
Single (Burgi-Ott 1972)
Growth 2-2½ ft. A sport of 'Beacon', self coloured light rose. |
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| Ben Jammin | |
Single (Carless 1994)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Tube and sepals flesh pink, corolla bright aubergine. |
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| Bernisser Hardy | |
Single (Weeda)
Growth up to 3 ft. Tube and sepals red, corolla purple. Suitable for small hedges. |
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| Beverley | |
Single (Holmes 1976)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Tube and sepals neyron rose, corolla flushed pink. |
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| Blue Bush | |
Single (Gadsby 1973)
Growth 3-4 ft. Tube and sepals rosy red, corolla clear blue fading to purple. |
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| Borde Hill | |
Double (Dyos 1998)
Growth 2-3 ft. Good sized flowers and consistent performance, tube and sepals deep rose, corolla blue violet. |
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| Border Queen | |
Single (Ryle/Atkinson 1974)
Growth up to 3 ft. Free-flowering variety, tube pale pink, sepals rhodamine pink tipped with green, corolla amethyst violet with dark pink veins. |
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| Brutus | |
Single (Lemoine 1897)
Growth up to 2 ft. Tube and sepals rich cerise, corolla rich dark purple. |
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| Charles Welch | |
Single (Chapman 2004)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Tube and sepals ruby, corolla aubergine fading to ruby. |
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| Chillerton Beauty | |
Single (Bass 1847)
Growth 2½-3 ft. Tube and sepals rose pink, corolla mauve-violet. |
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| Clifton Charm | |
Single (Handley 1981)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla deep lilac. Lax growth habit. |
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| David | |
Single (Wood 1949)
Growth 2½-3 ft. Small flowers produced freely throughout the season. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla rich purple. |
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| Display | |
Single (Smith 1881)
Growth up to 4 ft. Show stopping variety, tube and sepals cerise pink, corolla fluorescent pink. Flowers very open and bell shaped. |
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| Doc | |
Single (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals red, corolla pale purple. |
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| Dollar Princess | |
Double (Lemoine 1912)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla rich purple. |
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| Dopey | |
Double (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals scarlet, corolla purple tinged with pink. |
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| Dorothy Hanley | |
Semi-double (Carless 1997)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Tube and sepals dark red flushed aubergine, corolla dark aubergine. Flowers quite small and compact. |
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| Duchess of Cornwall | |
Double (Tabraham 1986)
Growth up to 2 ft. Large double flowers. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla pure white. Lax growth habit. |
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| Edith | |
Semi-double (Brown 1980)
Growth 3-4 ft. Sport of Margaret, tube and sepals red, corolla soft lavender. |
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| Empress of Prussia | |
Single (Hoppe 1868)
Growth up to 3 ft. Very large flowers, but profuse in display. Glowing scarlet tube and sepals, corolla red-magenta. |
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| Flash | |
Single (Hazard & Hazard 1930)
Growth up to 3 ft. Small prolific flowers, self-coloured crimson. |
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| Four Farthings | |
Double (Rolt 2001)
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and seapls pink, corolla pale blue with pink streaks. |
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| Foxgrove Wood | |
Single (Stiff 1993)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals pink, corolla blue. |
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| Frau Hilde Rademacher | |
Double (Rademacher 1925)
Growth up to 2 ft. Rich red tube and sepals, corolla lilac blue. Lax growth habit. |
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| Garden News | |
Double (Handley 1978)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals pink, corolla magenta rose. |
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| General Monk | |
Double
Growth 1½-2 ft. Very free-flowering medium sized blooms, tube and sepals cerise-mauve, corolla blue maturing to mauve. |
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| Genii | |
Single (Reiter 1951)
Growth 2½-3 ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla rich violet, foliage pale yellow-green. |
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| Geoffrey Smith | |
Double (Bielby 1987)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals crimson, corolla neyron-rose with strong crimson veining. |
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| Gladys Lorimer | |
Single (Lorimer 1990)
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals creamy rose, corolla purple fading to magenta orange. Distinctive bronzy foliage. |
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| Grayrigg | |
Single (Thornley 1971)
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals pink, tipped green. Corolla palest blue streaked purple. |
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| Grumpy | |
Single (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals deep pink, corolla mauvish pink. |
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| Happy | |
Single (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals red, corolla deep blue. |
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| Harlow Carr | |
Single (Johns 1988)
Growth 2-2½ ft. Lax growth, but very short jointed and very floriferous. Thin pale pink tube with empire rose sepals and white corolla. |
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| Hawkshead | |
Single (Travis 1962)
Growth 4-5 ft. White self-colour with green tips to sepals. |
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| Heathfield | |
Double
Growth 2-2½ ft. Medium sized blooms, tube and sepals flesh pink, corolla mauve purple. |
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| Heidi Ann | |
Double (Smith 1969)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Vigorous and free flowering, tube and sepals crimson, corolla bright lilac. |
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| Hot Coals | |
Single (Carless 1994)
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals dark scarlet, corolla dark aubergine, verging on black. |
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| Katie Rogers | |
Single (Chapman 2002)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Medium sized flowers held horizontally. Pinkish tube and sepals with mauve-lilac corolla. |
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| Lady Bacon | |
Single
Growth 3-4 ft. Tube and sepals white, corolla violet with white base. |
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| Lady Lupus | |
Single
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals pale pink, corolla magenta. Very solid blooms, vigorous growth. |
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| Lady Thumb | |
Semi-double (Roe 1966)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals light carmine, corolla white veined carmine. |
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| Lechlade Magician | |
Single (Wright 1986)
Growth 2½-3 ft. Tube and sepals deep carmine, corolla dark purple. |
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| Lena | |
Semi-double (Bunney 1862)
Growth up to 2 ft. Tube and sepals pale flesh pink, corolla rosy magenta. Lax growth habit. |
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| Little Boy Blue | |
Double (Chapman 2002)
Growth up to 3 ft. Small but generous flowers. Red tube and sepals with blue-purple corolla. |
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| Lottie Hobby | |
Encliandra (Edwards 1839)
Growth up to 1½ ft. Tube and sepals rose, corolla scarlet. |
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| Madame Cornelissen | |
Semi-double (Cornelissen 1860)
Growth up to 4½ ft. Strong upright growth good for hedging, tube and sepals rich scarlet, corolla white veined cerise. |
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| Mag. var. Alba | |
Single
Growth 3½-4 ft. Tube and sepals white, corolla white with pink flush. |
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| Margaret | |
Semi-double (Wood 1939)
Growth 4-4½ ft. Early flowering variety, tube and sepals carmine, corolla violet with red veins.
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| Miss Muffett | |
Double (Tabraham 1988)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals deep pink, corolla white. |
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| Mission Bells | |
Single (Walker & Jones 1948)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Good self-branching variety, tube and sepals scarlet, corolla vivid purple splashed cerise at base. |
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| Mr A Huggett | |
Single
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla mauve pink. |
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| Mrs Popple | |
Single (Elliott 1899)
Growth 2½-3 ft. Tube and sepals scarlet, corolla violet-purple. |
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| Nicola Jane | |
CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
Double (Dawson 1959)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla blush veined pink. |
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| Phyllis | |
Semi-double (Brown 1938)
Growth up to 3 ft. Tube and sepals waxy red, corolla rose cerise. |
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| Prosperity | |
Double (Gadsby 1970)
Growth up to 3 ft. Tube and sepals neyron rose, corolla pink. |
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| Pumila | |
Single (Young 1821)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals crimson, corolla rich dark purple. Small compact and bushy growth. |
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| Reading Show | |
Double (Wilson 1967)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals red, corolla deep purple. |
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| Remembrance | |
Semi-double (1995)
Growth up to 3 ft. Tube and sepals rose, corolla pale pink veined red. |
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| Ricartonii | |
Single (Young 1830)
Growth up to 5 ft. Strictly speaking a species not a cultivar this is the traditional hedging fuchsia found 'wild' in parts of Ireland and Cornwall. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla dark violet. |
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| Royal Academy | |
Double (Chapman 2005)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals pink-red, corolla purplish blue.
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| Rufus the Red | |
Single (Nelson 1952)
Growth up to 3 ft. Bright turkey red self-colour. |
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| Schneewitcher | |
Single (Hoeck 1884)
Growth up to 2½ ft. Tube and sepals rich waxy ared, corolla rich violet blue. |
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| Silverdale | |
Single (Travis 1973)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals ivory, corolla pastel-lavender. Barrel shaped flowers very freely produced. |
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| Sleepy | |
Single (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals pale pink, corolla lavender-blue. |
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| Sneezy | |
Single (Tabraham 1974)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla deep lavender. |
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| Snowcap | |
Semi-double (Henderson 1880)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla pure white. |
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| Son of Thumb | |
Single (Gubler 1978)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals cerise, corolla lilac. |
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| Star Wars | |
Single
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals white, corolla lavender blue. |
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| Tennessee Waltz | |
Semi-double (Walker & Jones 1950)
Growth 2-3 ft. Tube and sepals rose madder, corolla lilac lavender. |
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| Tom Thumb | |
Single (Baudinat 1850)
Growth 1-1½ ft. Tube and sepals carmine, corolla mauve. |
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| Tom West | |
Single (Miellez 1853)
Growth 1½-2 ft. Tube and sepals rich carmine, corolla purple. Foliage variegated cream and green with cerise tints. |
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| Tricolorii | |
Single
Growth up to 5 ft. Tube and sepals crimson, corolla purple with cerise at base, foliage muted green, white and pink. |
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| Trish's Triumph | |
Single
Growth 2-2½ ft. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla white, foliage variegated cream and green. |
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| White Pixie | |
Single (Merrist Wood 1968)
Growth up to 2 ft. Tube and sepals reddish carmine, corolla white veined pink. |
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| Whiteknights Pearl | |
Single (Wright 1980)
Growth 3-4 ft. Tube white with pink flushed sepals tipped green, corolla clear pink. |
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