Mary Fuchsia

Description:

A sweet fuchsia variety featuring clusters of crimson nodding flowers that contrast the mass of dark green foliage; very attractive to hummingbirds; a dense self supporting erect shrub

Ornamental Features:

Mary Fuchsia features showy nodding crimson trumpet-shaped flowers along the stems from early summer to mid fall. It's attractive pointy leaves remain dark green in colour with distinctive red veins throughout the year. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Mary Fuchsia is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen annual bedding plant with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance annual bedding plant, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Insects

Mary Fuchsia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Accent
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Mary Fuchsia will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.