Fuchsia Walz Jubelteen

Fuchsia 'Walz Jubelteen' is a graceful plant, with a bushy and upright habit, offering vividly coloured flowers, but of great delicacy. Their lightness is accompanied by a lovely shade, in two tones of pink: the bright and fresh pink that blushes their outer corolla contrasts well with a fine underskirt of very pale pink. They are also adorned with long pink stamens. This non-hardy variety is perfect for flowering on the terrace for months, planted in a pot. It is also a very charming garden plant.

Hybrid Fuchsias are countless, and mostly derived from Fuchsia magellanica and Fuchsia fulgens, sometimes with the contribution of Fuchsia triphylla, which brings length to the flowers, which are then characterized by thin tubes and violet-reversed leaves. All these herbaceous to woody plants, more or less hardy and more or less upright or trailing, belong to the Onagraceae family.

The Fuchsia 'Walz Jubelteen' has been awarded the Award of Garden Merit in England, given by the RHS to plants that stand out for their ornamental qualities and their performance in cultivation. It forms a small upright bush, supported by vertical and branched stems, 50cm (19.7in) tall when in bloom and 40cm wide. Its flowering period extends from June-July to September-October. It is distinguished by slender and long pendulous flowers. They consist of a long pale pink tube extended by 4 long and tapered sepals, and a corolla of wider and shorter petals, single, of a bright pink, nestled in the outer corolla. Long soft pink stamens complete the harmony of colours. The stems become woody over the season. They bear elegant and light deciduous leaves, grouped in 3 or 5, entire, 3 to 5cm (2in) long, lanceolate. Their colour is a rather dark green.

Usually grown as an annual, this Fuchsia 'Walz Jubelteen' is in fact a perennial that can be grown indoors, but also in the ground where frost does not occur, or in a large pot that will be brought indoors in winter to protect it from frost. Its hardiness does not exceed -3°C even when care is taken to shelter the plant in winter. It is well suited to maritime climates. Fuchsias go well with the foliage of ferns, Rodgersias or hostas. In a flower pot, they can be accompanied, for example, by ivy, lobelias or Bacopas with very delicate flowers.

Discovered in Santo Domingo in the 17th century and acclimatized in Europe, it was named Fuchsia (not Fuschia) in honour of a German botanist named Fuchs. Native to South America, botanical Fuchsias have gradually been multiplied. Today, there are estimated to be tens of thousands of hybrids!

Green plants from 4 to 8cm in cases of 5 small plugs 2.8cm (0.8in) in diameter and 4cm (1.6in) in height. Our plants are at least eight weeks old and strong enough to be planted in the ground. 

Note: Please be aware that our young plants in mini plugs are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, repot and store them under protection (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14°C for a few weeks before planting them outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.