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Windcliff Flurry Hardy Fuchsia

Windcliff Flurry Hardy Fuchsia

Fuchsia magellanica 'Windcliff Flurry'

Item #4987 USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 - 9

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Plant Description

Selected by Dan Hinkley for its exceptional display of brilliant red and purple flowers and improved winter hardiness. Blooming for several months, it is irresistible to hummingbirds and a great addition to a background border.

  • Overview
    Light Needs:
    Partial to full sun
    Watering Needs:
    Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
    Average Landscape Size:
    Forms an arching shrub to 6 ft. tall and wide.
    Key Feature:
    Showy Flowers
    Blooms:
    Summer
    Landscape Uses:
    Coastal Exposure, Container, Hedge, Mass Planting, Specimen
  • Detail
    Botanical Pronunciation:FEW-she-uh ma-jell-AN-ee-kuh
    Plant type:Shrub
    Deciduous/evergreen:Deciduous
    Growth habit:Rounded
    Growth rate:Fast
    Average landscape size:Forms an arching shrub to 6 ft. tall and wide.
    Special features:Attracts Hummingbirds, Fast Growing, Gift Plant, Pet Friendly
    Foliage color:Green
    Blooms:Summer
    Flower color:Red
    Flower attributesLong Bloom Season, Showy Flowers
    Garden styleContemporary, Tropical
  • Care
    Care Information
    In the landscape, follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. In containers, check often to maintain moist conditions. Feed with a slow-release general purpose fertilizer in spring.Pruning time: early spring.
    Light Needs:
    <strong>Partial Sun / Partial Shade</strong>: These two terms are often used interchangeably to mean 3-6 (or 4-6) hours of sunlight each day. However, there is a difference. <strong>Partial shade</strong> typically means the plants will appreciate a more gentle exposure such as the weaker morning or early afternoon sun, with the emphasis on providing the minimum needed shade and sheltering from intense late afternoon sun. <strong>Partial sun</strong> typically means the plants <u>need</u> some direct sun, so the emphasis is on meeting the required minimum hours of sunlight, with filtered sunlight or shade the balance of the day. Both are best with shelter from the harshest late afternoon sun. This shade could be provided by a structure, a wall, larger plants or tree(s).
    Partial to full sun
    Watering Needs:
    Water needs: Moderate
    Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
  • History & Lore
    History:
    Fuchsia magellanica occurs in temperate climate southern regions of Argentina and Chile, from latitude 32°50' S. to the Straits of Magellan. Windliff Flurry is a F. magellanica seedling selection chosen by plant explorer Dan Hinkley. It was selected it Windcliff, his private garden in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, chosen over other seedling selections for its more compact, dense form and exceptionally floriferous habit.

Videos

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Windcliff Flurry Hardy Fuchsia (2:43)
Join Monrovia’s Nicholas Staddon as he visits the Pacific Northwest garden of plant explorer Daniel J. Hinkley. In this episode,...
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