Fuchsia 'Bella Rosella' (California Dreamers Series) (d)
fuchsia 'Bella Rosella'
A deciduous shrub with trailing stems to around 50cm long making it well suited to growing in a hanging basket. The large, double blooms produced in summer and autumn to 10cm in diameter are comprised of pale pink sepals with darker pink, ruffled and spreading petals
Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Pink | Green | ||
| Autumn | Pink | Green | ||
| Winter |
Position
- Full sun
- Partial shade
Aspect
West–facing or South–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H2Botanical details
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Trailing, Bushy
- Potentially harmful
- Although Fuchsia berries are edible, most are not particularly tasty and are sparsely produced on plants. Fuchsia plants are generally grown as an ornamental and not for fruit crops within the UK
- Genus
Fuchsia can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees, rarely perennials, with opposite or whorled leaves and usually pendent flowers with conspicuous tubular calyx, 4 spreading sepals and 4 erect petals
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in a cool or frost-free greenhouse in containers of peat-free multi-purpose compost in bright indirect light and keep just moist. Can be grown outside for summer containers in sun or part shade, water freely and use a general liquid fertiliser monthly. See tender fuchsia cultivation for further information
Propagation
Propagate by softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Coastal
- Cottage and informal garden
- Patio and container plants
- Bedding
- Conservatory and greenhouse
- Flower borders and beds
Pruning
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite, fuchsia flea beetle and vine weevil
Diseases
May be susceptible to fuchsia rust and grey moulds fuchsia rust and grey moulds
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