Fuchsia 'Devonshire Dumpling' (d)
fuchsia 'Devonshire Dumpling'
A deciduous, strong-stemmed, trailing shrub about 45cm tall, with dark green leaves, and pendent, large, double flowers, with short thick white tubes, green-tipped, pale pink sepals and a white corolla with pink flushed outer petals, flowering from summer to autumn
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Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
1–2 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Well–drained, Moist but well–drainedpH
Neutral, Alkaline, AcidColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Red | Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Red | White Pink | Green | |
| Autumn | Red | White Pink | Green | |
| Winter |
Position
- Partial shade
Aspect
West–facing or South–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H2Botanical details
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Foliage
- Semi evergreen
- Habit
- Bushy, Trailing
- Potentially harmful
- Although Fuchsia berries are edible, most are not particularly tasty and are sparsley 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 cuttings in any season.
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Coastal
- hanging basket
- Patio and container plants
- Bedding
- Conservatory and greenhouse
- Flower borders and beds
Pruning
Pruning Group 6. Prune back hard to ground level in early spring if an infestation of fuchsia gall mite is present or if top growth dies during winter, burn cuttings.
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, fuchsia gall mite, fuchsia flea beetle, glasshouse red spider mite and vine weevil
Diseases
May be susceptible to fuchsia rust, grey moulds and honey fungus (rarely)
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