Fuchsia 'Genii'
(Hardy Fuchsia 'Genii')
Family - Onagraceae
Category - Shrub
Year of Introduction - 1951
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 75cm
Width - 90cm
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: Dwarf, Deciduous Shrub with an upright habit. Bright greenish-yellow to lime green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape and held on deep red stems. The pendent flowers have vivid reddish-pink tubes and reflexed sepals and purple, bell-shaped Corollas with long, red stamens. The flowers are produced over a long period from early summer through mid-autumn.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Pendent, tubular flowers have reflexed, reddish-pink sepals and tubes and purple, bell-shaped corollas with long, red stamens. Flowers are produced from June through October.
Flower colour: Red, purple
Flower shape: Tubular, bell-shaped flowers
Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Bright yellow-green to lime green foliage is ovate to Elliptic in shape with Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs up the red stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate, elliptic
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.