An introductory page to our selection of horticultural and botanical stock pictures of fuchsias. The photos are divided into two categories: the wild fuchsia species, including their cultivars, and the fancy-flowered garden hybrids. The genus Fuchsia is made up of around 100 species of shrubs and small trees. The vast majority are native to Central and South America, where they often occur in cloud forests. A few species are found in Tahiti and New Zealand. In addition to the species there are countless garden hybrids in a bewildering array of flower colours and forms, ranging from minute single flowers to huge fully double blooms.
Fuchsia flowers are very distinctive, usually pendulous, and made up of a tube with prominent array of sepals that has a showy corolla of petals within. Most garden fuchsias fall into two flower forms, the long-tubed tender triphylla types and the more common and hardier short-tubed types with larger, more rounded flowers. Most form rounded bushes but some are trailing and best suited to hanging basket cultivation, while others are very upright and may be trained as standards or espaliers. Fuchsias vary in hardiness and are unusual plants in that they are evergreen in mild areas but deciduous if exposed to frost.
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The genus Fuchsia is made up of around 100 species of shrubs and small trees, mainly native to Central and South America, with a few species are in Tahiti and New Zealand. Fuchsia flowers are very distinctive, usually pendulous, and made up of a tube with prominent sepals that has a showy corolla of petals within. Fuchsia species are quite variable, ranging from tiny trailing shrubs through to small trees. Although the flowers are all of similar form they vary considerably in size. Fleshy berries follow the flowers. Most of the larger species have papery peeling bark.
There are countless fuchsia hybrids in a bewildering array of flower colours and forms. Most garden fuchsias fall into two flower forms, the long-tubed tender triphylla types and the more common and hardier short-tubed types with larger, more rounded flowers. Most form rounded bushes but some are trailing and best suited to hanging basket cultivation, while others are very upright and may be trained as standards or espaliers. Fuchsias vary in hardiness and are unusual plants in that they are evergreen in mild areas but deciduous if exposed to frost.
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