Fuchsia Beacon rosa

The Fuchsia Beacon Rosa is a delicate and charming variety. It is a hardy bush fuchsia, with single bell-shaped flowers, all dressed in a soft old pink, slightly more pronounced and darker on the calyx. A classic, like an essential in the garden where it can be planted in the ground in most regions. This small upright shrub tolerates non-burning sun exposure. In a pot, it will be just as lovely, but slightly less hardy!

Hybrid Fuchsias are numerous, and most of them come from Fuchsia magellanica and Fuchsia fulgens, with sometimes the contribution of Fuchsia triphylla, which adds length to the flowers. All these herbaceous to woody plants, reasonably hardy and upright yet pendulous, belong to the Onagraceae family. They originate from South America, the Caribbean, and Australia. The Fuchsia Beacon Rosa quickly forms a dense bush with upright and branching stems, reaching a height of 60 cm (24 in). The stems, initially herbaceous, become woody as the season progresses. They bear abundant foliage, of a fairly dark green, composed of leaves grouped in 3 or 5, entire, lanceolate, rather narrow. These deciduous leaves fall in autumn and reappear in spring. Flowering occurs from June to September-October, sometimes until November if the weather remains mild. Its flowers are of medium size. Each one has a calyx, a kind of long tube extended by 4 long and recurved sepals, surrounding a double to semi-double corolla composed of wide and short petals. The calyx is a tender pink to dark pink, while the corolla is a tender pink with a slight veining of darker pink. Long pink to red stamens perfect the harmony of colors.

This Fuchsia Beacon Rosa is a perennial shrub that can be grown in the ground in most regions. Its hardiness is around -15°C (5 °F) for an established plant when care is taken to protect the stump in winter. Fuchsias go well with hydrangeas and the foliage of ferns, rodgersias, orange heucheras, or hostas. In a flower pot, they can be accompanied, for example, by ivy, lobelias, or begonias.

Discovered in Santo Domingo in the 17th century and acclimatized in Europe, it was named Fuchsia (not Fuschia) in honor of a German botanist named Fuchs. Originally from South America, botanical Fuchsias have gradually been multiplied. There are now believed to be tens of thousands of hybrids!