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Hardy Fuchsia shrubs

Fuchsia magellanica

Hardy Fuchsia shrubs have slender, arching branches that are decorated with profuse flowers from summer through to autumn. Fuchsia magellanica makes a fantastic ornamental hedge with single, long stalked flowers that have pink and purple petals that attract bees and other insects to the garden. The colourful flowers of this Hardy Fuchsia contrast beautifully with the dark green, ovate foliage from spring through to autumn.

  • Best Features: Pink and purple flowers, purple fruits, wildlife value, RHS hedging
  • Ideal For Hedges: Up to 2m high
  • Growth Rate: Average | 20-40cm a year
  • Position: Any normal, moist soil, sun or partial shade, sheltered, inland and coastal (very good at the coast)
  • Also Consider: Red Escallonia (Escallonia rubra) for a flowering coastal hedge.

Fuchsia magellanica hedge (Hardy Fuchsia) description

This Hardy Fuchsia Hedge is well suited to coastal sites and although it can grow to 3m it also takes well to hard pruning and can be easily maintained at 1.5-2m. Providing a colourful display, Fuchsia magellanica is a wonderful hedging plant that is best suited to a sheltered site in full sun to partial shade and a moist but well-drained soil. On the whole, we supply Fuchsia magellanica but we do sometimes stock other varieties of Hardy Fuchsia. Please let us know when ordering if you need a particular variety.

Best uses for Fuchsia magellanica hedges

Fuchsia magellanica makes a delightful garden border and you can also use Fuchsia as a standalone ornamental hedge.

Combine Hardy Fuchsia with

Allow Fuchsia magellanica to grow alone as a stunning ornamental hedge.

Growth rate of Hardy Fuchsia hedging

Fuchsia Magellanica has an average growth rate of 20-40cm per year. Fuchsia can grow to up to 3m but is easily maintained between 1.5-2m.

Care advice for Fuchsia magellanica

Planted well most hedging needs little attention - view our hedge planting advice here. Prune Fuchsia magellanica in early-mid spring to encourage profuse flowering. We discourage pruning fuchsia in winter as this may cause frost damage to new shoots. You may also wish to feed your Fuchsia hedge after planting - view our care advice section for more information.

Recommended planting density for Fuchsia magellanica hedging

For information on planting density specific to Hardy Fuchsia, please see the product table. In the 'No. Per Metre' column you will find our recommended plant density for each individual plant species and root type.

We offer Fuchsia magellanica as pot grown hedging plants, available year round.

Overall, our Hardy Fuchsia hedging plants are grown in the UK by industry experts, however we do occasionally source Fuchsia magellanica hedges from professional growers abroad where we are certain the quality cannot be matched. At best4hedging we make every effort to bring you the freshest, finest quality Fuchsia magellanica plants whilst keeping our prices competitive, so you can buy Fuchsia hedge Pplants online with confidence from our nursery in Lancashire.

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