Some hardy fuchsias can survive most winters throughout the UK, if properly planted in the ground. Check the hardiness rating via the Attributes tab to see how hardy each fuchsia is. There is a surprising choice of colour and form available nowadays, so finding a hardy fuchsia, or several, for your garden should not be too difficult. Colours range from Annabel (white), through Azure Sky & Star Wars (blue) to Leverkusen (dark red), to Lady Boothby (dark aubergine), with a range colours in between.
Glow
A reliable hardy fuchsia that flowers very freely, medium sized upright bush whose longer stems arch attractively.Tube: Red.Sepals: Red, held slightly down from horizontal when mature.Corolla: Burgundy-purple, scarlet towards base of petals, little or no flare.Parentage: Unamed seedling x Mrs W R..
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Gracilis
Slender, smallish flowers in profusion, strong wiry stems, a very vigorous and elegant fuchsia.Tube: Scarlet red, shortish.Sepals: Scarlet red, held ¾ down.Corolla: Purple, shading scarlet purple towards base of petals.Parentage: F. magellanica x unknown...
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Grumpy
This charming little hardy fuchsia, (one of the well known “Seven Dwarves”), often grows wider than tall, though that's not a drawback. Free flowering, usually with two buds per axil, so in the right place it looks superb. Ideal for rockeries, small borders etc.Always popular, and a true dwarf, with..
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Hanna
Neat bushy growth, free flowering and pretty. Ideal for containers and bedding.Temporary photo.Tube: Rich red, glossy, short, rounded and ribbed.Sepals: Rich red, concave, horizontal.Corolla: Milky white, rich red basal veins, 1/4 to 1/2 flared, incurved petals.Parentage: ?NKvF 1360..
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Happy Fellow
Striking colouring and bushy, upright growth (with some lax stems) make this a useful container, bedding or border fuchsia. Highly distinctive and very attractive.It is normal for one or more of the stamens to show outside the petals.Tube: Light orangeSepals: Light orange with apple green tips, he..
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Harvey's Reward
A super little fuchsia that flowers freely. Bright, attractive blooms held away from the foliage. Compact, self branching growth ideal for for patio containers, pots and bedding. Also suitable for training as a smaller standard. Hardy to 0°C.Tube: Bright white 155A with faint green stripes, short an..
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Hathersage
Noted for its hardiness, this magnificent double is inexplicably difficult to obtain in the UK.Tube: Pink, quite long.Sepals: Neyron rose, broad, horizontal or slightly down, concave, reflexed tip.Corolla: Pinkish mauve, red veins, rolled and ruffled petals, 1/2 to 1/2 flared.Parentage: Joan Pacey x..
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Herald
Freely produces medium sized boldly coloured blooms. Very easy fuchsia to grow and very rewarding, easily trained, we have seen some superb standards winning shows. A thoroughly dependable classic hardy fuchsia, lovely.Tube: Scarlet, plump.Sepals: Scarlet, held horizontally, tips recurved.Corolla: ..
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Horsforth Beauty
Naturally bushy growth, lots of flowers provide a fine display in containers or bedding. Hardy to 0°C.Tube: Dark rose 51A, slightly rounded.Sepals: Red 52A above, dark rose 51A below, held fully up and recurved.Corolla: Violet 86D, matures reddish purple N74B, unflared.Parentage: Anna Louise x F..
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Howlett's Hardy
A super little hardy, flowers larger than you would expect, good strong colours.Tube: Scarlet 46B/C, mefium length and thickness.Sepals: Scarlet 46B/46C, held fully up.Corolla: Bright violet-purple, scarlet veining, blending to reddish-purple and 1/4 flared. Beautiful bell shape Foliage: Mid green, ..
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Jack Acland
Stiff, vigorous, almost horizontal growth, lovely flowers similar to Jack Shahan. Will make an excellent large basket.Tube: Pink.Sepals: Pink, horizontal, slightly recurved.Corolla: Reddish pink, matures pink, 1/2 flared and bell shaped.Parentage: ?NKvF 1433..
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Janice Ann
Profuse blooming, stiff semi trailing growth, but flexible enough to be trained into a variety of shapes.Tube: Red 46C, short, slim, peg top.Sepals: Red above, dark rose 51A below, fully up, recurved.Corolla: Dark purple, 86A, pink 49A base, matures purple 72A, dark rose 51A veins, 1/4 flared.Parent..
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Jester
This is a jolly flower reminiscent of a jester's hat. Sturdy, vigorous, and apparently hardy. Fairly free flowering, spectacular blooms.If you can tell us any more about it, particularly about how hardy it might be we'd love to hear from you.Tube: Rose.Sepals: Bold pink, long, horizontal. Recurve..
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Jim Watts
Delicious unfading pale pink blooms. Compact, neat and densely bushy habit, with upright growth that is naturally short jointed and self branching.Small, quite dark leaves provide a perfect foil to the pale flowers, which tend to face outwards, enhancing the display. Although small, they have subst..
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Joan Cooper
Excellent and unusually coloured hardy, long and slender flowers. Very free flowering.Tube: White blushed with pale rose pink, ltubular.Sepals: Very pale rose, held horizontally.Corolla: Crimson raspberry, 1/2 flared.Parentage: ?NKvF 1676..
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