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Cape Fuchsia in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Phygelius

 

Cape Fuchsia

Phygelius are evergreen, or semi-evergreen shrubs, usually grown as herbaceous perennials in cooler areas. They have simple leaves and large clusters of tubular fuchsia-like flowers in Summer and Autumn. They are hardy to -10 deg.C.

 
plant Features
  • Cape Fuchsia likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Cape Fuchsia likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Cape Fuchsia is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Cape Fuchsia likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Cape Fuchsia

Latin name

Phygelius

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Scrophulariaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Cape Fuchsia likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Cape Fuchsia is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Cape Fuchsia likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Cape Fuchsia likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Cape Fuchsia is 1.00meters x 1.00meters 1.00 M 1.00 M

Phygelius

Phygelius are evergreen, or semi-evergreen shrubs, usually grown as herbaceous perennials in cooler areas. They have simple leaves and large clusters of tubular fuchsia-like flowers in Summer and Autumn. They are hardy to -10 deg.C.


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Early Autumn

Cape fuchsias bear fuchsia-like, tubular flowers from early / mid Summer to early Autumn

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in moist but free-draining, fertile soil in a sunny position,

 

Propagate by cuttings

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 

Propagate by suckers

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Suckers that have rooted can be carefully dug out and put into pots for a year before planting out into the garden.

 
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