Fuchsias are unfortunately often not hardy in our latitudes. We have compiled a list for you here of varieties that also survive our winters without any problems.
Fuchsias (Fuchsia) are native to warm Central and South America and New Zealand. The winters here often become a struggle that the flowering plants simply cannot cope with. But even among these exotic species there are wild species and cultivars that are hardy and, with appropriate winter protection, are happy to withstand -15 °C. We introduce you to fuchsia varieties that you can easily plant in the bed and whose flowers you can look forward to year after year.
Whether standing varieties for planting in beds and for pots or semi-hanging varieties for balcony boxes and hanging baskets: fuchsias also offer the right hardy variety for every purpose. You have the advantage that, with appropriate protection, you can look forward to your colorful fuchsias every winter gardening season. We introduce you to the most beautiful hardy varieties.
Hardy fuchsia varieties with upright growth
Fuchsias with an upright habit can be trained into a pretty bush or even into a standard. They make an excellent bed plant or as a solitary plant in a pot. We recommend the following hardy varieties:
- Ballerina: Red sepals with white petals, upright habit to 45 cm with medium sized flowers.
- Copycat: Red sepals with purple petals, upright habit to 140 cm with small flowers.
- Beacon Pink: Pink sepals and petals, upright habit to 70 cm with medium sized flowers.
- Blue Sarah: White-pink sepals with blue petals fading to purple, upright habit to 90cm.
- Voltaire: Red sepals with purple-red petals, upright habit to 100 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Brockenfeuer: Red sepals with dark purple petals, the habit is upright up to 80 cm with small flowers
- Chillerton Beauty: White-pink sepals with violet petals, upright habit to 90 cm with small flowers.
- Flash: Light red sepals with red petals, upright habit to 120 cm with small flowers.
- Cupido: Light red sepals with purple petals, upright habit to 50 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Delicate Blue: White sepals with dark purple petals, habit is upright to 30cm with medium sized flowers.
- Display: Light red sepals with dark pink petals, habit is upright to 60 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Bleakwood: Dark red sepals with black-purple petals, the habit is upright up to 90 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Exoniensis: Dark red petals and sepals with medium sized flowers growing up to 60 cm tall.
- Forget-me-not: Pale pink sepals with lavender petals, upright habit to 90 cm with small flowers.
- Hawkshead: White calyx and petals, upright habit to 100 cm with small flowers.
- Mimi: White sepals with pink petals, upright habit to 50 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Susan Travis: Pink sepals with light pink petals, upright habit to 70 cm with small flowers.
- Thamar: White sepals with lavender petals, habit is upright to 40 cm with medium sized flowers.
- Waldis Polaris: Light red sepals with purple-red petals, upright habit to 80 cm with medium-sized flowers.
- Whiteknights Amethyst: Dark pink sepals with aubergine petals, upright habit to 100 cm with small flowers.
- Whiteknights Pearl: White-pink sepals with light pink petals, upright habit to 130 cm with small flowers.
- Cardinal Farges: Red sepals with white petals, upright habit to 60 cm with semi-double small flowers.
- Deltas Sara: White sepals with lavender petals, the habit is upright to 90 cm withsemi-double medium flowers.
- La Rochelle Atlantique: Red sepals with violet petals, upright habit to 70 cm with semi-double central flowers.
- Phyllis: Light red sepals with purple-red petals, upright habit to 60 cm with semi-double central flowers.
- Schoene Helena: White-pink sepals with lavender-colored petals, the habit is upright up to 50 cm with semi-double medium-sized flowers.
- Blue Grown: Red sepals with violet petals, upright habit to 90 cm with medium sized double flowers.
- Constance: Light pink sepals with violet petals, upright habit to 60 cm with medium sized double flowers.
- Dollar Princess: Red sepals with dark purple petals, upright habit to 70 cm with medium-sized double flowers.
- Garden News: Pink white sepals with dark pink petals, upright habit to 70 cm with medium sized double flowers.
Very special eye-catchers are varieties with colorful foliage such as 'Genii', 'Schauinsland' and 'Schwabacher Gold'.
Hardly semi-trailing fuchsia varieties
These motley varieties are perfect for planting on your balcony, because the semi-trailing habit looks great in balcony boxes, but also in hanging baskets.
- Annie M G Schmidt: Dark red sepals with white-pink petals, habit is pendulous to 60 cm with medium, single flowers.
- Delicate Purple: Deep pink sepals with aubergine petals, habit is pendulous to 40cm with medium single flowers.
- Tom West: Variegated foliage with red sepals and purple-red petals, stooping habit to 30 cm with small, single flowers.
- Eva Boerg: White-pink sepals with lilac petals, the habit is pendulous to 60 cm with semi-double central flowers.
- Lena: White-pink sepals with violet petals, the habit is pendulous to 60 cm with semi-double central flowers.
- Papoose: Red sepals with dark purple petals, habit is pendulous to 35 cm withsemi-double small flowers.
- Mood Indigo: White-pink sepals with dark red petals, the habit is pendulous to 80 cm with medium-sized double flowers.
Hardy Wild Fuchsia
For hobby gardeners who are completely addicted to the graceful flowers of fuchsias, not only the cultivars of the arthybrids are interesting. Beautiful, hardy specimens can also be found among the wild species, such as:
- Fuchsia procumbens: The species grows as a groundcover with green sepals and small flowers.
- Fuchsia magellanica var.arauca : The scarlet fuchsia has white sepals with purple petals, the habit is upright to 90 cm with small flowers.
- Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis: Red sepals with violet petals, the habit is upright up to 120 cm with small flowers.
- Fuchsia microphylla: These fuchsias reach heights of up to 80 cm. They form small black fruits and pink flowers all year round. Both the flowers and the leaves are exceptionally small. Both fruits and flowers are edible.
- Fuchsia regia ssp.regia or reitzii: Red sepals with violet petals, the habit is upright up to 150 cm with small flowers.
- Fuchsia thymifolia: One of the hardiest fuchsias, leaves look like those of thyme, flowers are tiny and bright red, growth height up to 150 cm, flowers and fruits are edible.
You can find tips and tricks for successfully overwintering fuchsias here in our special article.
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