1. BOTANICAL NAME
FUCHSIA X HYBRIDA

2. PRONUNCIATION
FEW - shuh

3. COMMON NAME
Fuchsia

4. FAMILY
Onagraceae

5. Life Cycle
Indoors perennial
Outdoors annual

6. Growth Habit
Spreading or upright depending on cultivar

7. ARRANGEMENT
Opposite

8. LEAF
Ovate
Length 1 1/2” - 2 1/2”
Width 1/2” - 1”

9. MARGIN
Crenate

10. VEINS
Pinnate

11. COMPOSITION
Simple

13. FLOWER
Many colors with vivid mix of color between calyx and petals

15. FRUIT
Insignificant

16. EXPOSURE
Part shade

17. GROWTH
Rapid

18. USE
Specimen

19. DESCRIPTION
Old stem becomes very woody
New growth herbaceous

20. DESCRIPTION
Upright and hanging forms

21. CULTURAL PRACTICES
Propagate by stem cuttings

22. PROBLEMS
Mealy bugs
Aphids

23. NATIVE OF:
Central and South America