Fuchsia 'Cape Horn'
Cape Horn Hardy Fuchsia
'Cape Horn' is a truly hardy fuchsia with single bloom flowers of magenta and purple colouring. The flowers appear mid summer through to the first frost. Hardy types tend to be the larger bush or hedging type, with simple single flowers, which as the name suggests will over winter well.
Contributed by @ambitiouswolf
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Cape Horn Hardy Fuchsia
Latin name
Fuchsia 'Cape Horn'
type
Deciduous trees or shrubs
family
Onagraceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.20 M
1.20 M
Fuchsia 'Cape Horn'
'Cape Horn' is a truly hardy fuchsia with single bloom flowers of magenta and purple colouring. The flowers appear mid summer through to the first frost. Hardy types tend to be the larger bush or hedging type, with simple single flowers, which as the name suggests will over winter well.
Planting outdoors in spring
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Plant last years cuttings and container grown plants as soon as risk of frost past in early summer.
Planting outdoors
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Plant soft wood cuttings that have taken into the final growing positions.
Propagation by hard wood cuttings
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Squares
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