Now they're selling about 350 varieties of hardy fuchsias and 150 tender varieties - more than 50,000 a year - at their retail center, online, to growers and garden centers and three Winco stores ...

Kiss your big blooming fuchsia flowers and baskets goodbye. Our first fall frost will wipe them out. But they'll come back every year if you plant tougher varieties called hardy fuchsias. In this ...

The hardy Fuchsias with the small flowers are referred to as ladies eardrops because the narrow (1-½ inch long) bi-colored flowers resemble little jeweled ear rings.

Most hardy fuchsias come from South America, although there are species from New Zealand and Tahiti, as well. The hardiest fuchsias are hybrids of Fuchsia magellanica , native to Chile and Argentina.

Hardy fuchsias are spectacular plants that offer endless flowers. These beauties can vary in height from a short groundcover to a seven foot tall shrub. Their blooms come in an array of colors.

Hardy fuchsias don’t like wet feet, especially in winter. Margelony recommends planting fuchsias 6 to 8 inches deeper than the plant was growing in its container.

Fuchsias are classic cottage garden plants that have remained popular for centuries. Love them or hate them, these colorful, blooms can always be relied upon to put on a show in the garden. With ...

When overwintering hardy fuchsias, Tony recommends leaving hardy fuchsias in the ground, but adding a thick layer of mulch, compost, or straw around the base to insulate the roots.

Fuchsias in boxes and baskets require different care than hardy fuchsias planted in the yard, said Madeleine “Frankie” Dennison of Kenmore. She is a master fuchsia grower who tends 140 ...

Native to South and Central America, where they are found growing in wooded foothills, fuchsias were discovered in 1703 by Father Charles Plumier.