Fuchsia - Pinto De Blue, Dollar Princesses, Orange King, etc.

The second name for fuchsia is ballerina, and this is no coincidence. Bright lush flowers have colorful voluminous "skirts", for which they are loved by both experienced flower growers and beginners. Plants perfectly complement any interior, their varieties can be in the form of standard trees, erect bushes, and also have an ampelous shape. Fuchsia is a lush and long flowering plant.

Fuchsia - varieties with descriptions

Indoor fuchsias are most often plants of the hybrid group. This group includes more than two thousand varieties, they all deserve attention and admiration. These are unpretentious, easy-to-grow plants. The division into bush, ampel, semi-ampel forms is ambiguous. How exactly the flower will look depends largely on the wishes of the owner, as well as the conditions of care.

Variety of varieties

Fuchsia Deep Purple

Fuchsia Deep Purple is a semi-ampelous variety with stems reaching 30-35 cm in length, but not too much branching. The main characteristics are as follows:

• Abundant, lush, long-lasting flowering. This period lasts from mid-May to mid-October.
• The buds are elongated, the flowers are double, large.
• Sepals are white. The skirt is blue-violet with small blue splashes at the base.
• Shoots quickly lignify, due to this, it is easy to give the shape of a standard tree.
• Slow rooting of cuttings.
• Unpretentiousness.
• The variety is perennial, it tolerates the winter period remarkably.

Deep Purple variety

Fuchsia Pinto De Blue

Fuchsia Pinto de Blue is a domestic hybrid bred in the United States back in 1996. Its main characteristics are as follows:

• ampel or semi-ampel forms of growth;
• oblong white buds;
• white sepals. There is a gradation in the color of the skirt - a transition from dark blue to lighter, amethyst;
• double flowers, large, with wide-open petals;
• flowering period - from May to October;
• profuse flowering.

This variety is semi-ampelous, but it is easy to get an ampelous version from it, 2-3x pinching will be enough for this.

Pinto de Blue variety

Fuchsia Adalbert Bogner

One of the most unpretentious varieties is Adalbert Bogner fuchsia, beautiful, bright, lush. The description is as follows:

• rounded buds with slightly pointed tips;
• bright, large flowers;
• dark red sepals, terry skirt of dark purple or dark blue shades with bright red blotches. Gradually, towards the end of flowering, it becomes a rich cherry color;
• easy reproduction;
• the ability to grow even with constant exposure to direct sunlight;
• a long period of abundant flowering, in which there are short breaks;
• calm attitude to any haircut;
• immunity to most diseases.

Fuchsia Autumnale

Fuchsia Autumnale is one of the oldest varieties, bred back in 1880 in France. The main value is the leaves of an unusual color. Depending on the conditions of detention, their color changes from light green to copper-burgundy.

During the period when the leaves have a golden, autumn hue, the decorativeness of the plant is impressive. But this period does not last long. Autumnale is a rather whimsical variety of fuchsia.Flowering is not abundant, short-lived. The flowers are small with crimson sepals and a purple skirt. The stems tend to quickly lignify and become fragile.

Autumnale variety

Fuchsia Annabel

Fuchsia Annabel has an unusual white porcelain color. Possesses the following characteristics:

• bush medium-sized plant form (height 30-50 cm);
• the stems lignify rather quickly, therefore it is suitable for growing a standard tree;
• large double flowers;
• sepals and skirt are white;
• early, profuse flowering;
• leaves of medium green color, may brighten and darken depending on growing conditions;
• fast rooting of cuttings, easy reproduction;
• easily tolerates wintering.

Annabel variety

Fuchsia Seventh Heaven

Many people choose Seventh Heaven fuchsia for its unpretentiousness, brightness, splendor and almost year-round flowering period. Double flowers, large. Sepals are pinkish, the skirt is reddish-orange, dark purple at the beginning of flowering.

The shape of the plant is a bush from which a tree can be formed. Fuchsia Seven Haven is one of the most unpretentious flowers, firmly enduring even the hottest sunny weather and easily multiplying.

Seventh Heaven Variety

Fuchsia Orange King

Fuchsia Orange King is an ampelous variety. It is characterized by:

• lush bloom and large flowers;
• long flowering duration - from February to November;
• flowers with white-pink sepals that do not open to the end, the tips of which are directed downward or to the side;
• a marble-colored skirt - reddish and purple stains on an orange background. Does not open completely, maximum disclosure is 3/4;
• orange King does not tolerate direct sunlight and too high temperatures, prefers partial shade;
• easily tolerates pruning and pinching, but the bush can form on its own;
• during the period of active growth and flowering, it needs abundant watering and feeding. In winter, feeding is stopped, and watering is reduced to 1 time per week.

Orange King grade

Fuchsia Veenlust

Fuchsia Veenlust - semi-ample. You can easily form a tree from it by tying the stems to a support, and an ampelous flower by pinching the plant several times. The flowers have bright white sepals and a scarlet skirt with a whitish base. They are large, profuse and long flowering. Bushy well, unpretentious. Can be grown in full sun.

Veenlust variety

Fuchsia Quasar

Fuchsia variety Quasar was first bred in the USA in 1974. It has become widespread throughout the world due to its elegance and unpretentiousness. To distinguish this variety from others, you need to pay attention to its features:

• ampelous, medium-sized (no more than 40 cm in height) grade;
• double, very large flowers;
• long flowering period;
• snow-white sepals with greenish tips, a rich lilac skirt with white splashes;
• cuttings root quickly and are easy to grow;
• Early beginning of flowering (March).

Quasar variety

Fuchsia Maori Made

Fuchsia Maori Made can be classified as an exclusive variety. This is an ampelous species, the stems of which grow extremely quickly, but, despite the large flowers, do not break.

Among all the representatives of the Maori species, Maid stands out for its incredibly strong powerful stems. During the season, they can stretch up to 60 cm. The flowers are large, double with red sepals and a purple skirt.Flowering begins in early April and ends in September-October. Prefers hanging pots with a diameter of at least 25 cm.

Maori Made variety

Fuchsia Dark Ice

The hybrid variety of fuchsia Dark Ice is especially elegant and bright. Its main characteristics:

• ampel and semi-ampel forms;
• compactness (from 15 to 25 cm in height);
• double flowers;
• bright red sepals and a blue-violet skirt that gradually brightens and takes on a lilac hue;
• flowering period from April to November;
• during the flowering period prefers regular (once every 10 days) feeding;
• moderate watering, spraying is recommended;
• does not tolerate direct sunlight, preferring a calm, diffused light.

Dark Ice variety

Fuchsia FlyingScotsman

The Flying Scotsman is a plant with large and unusual double flowers. The colors are original, not like the others. Main characteristics:

• elongated buds;
• white-pink sepals, crimson, with white streaks, skirt;
• ampelous form;
• strong independent branching and the ability to form a bush;
• fast growth.

Flying Scotsman variety

Fuchsia Dollar Princesses

It is not for nothing that this beautiful, neat plant has received such a name. He can be called a princess for restraint (average length, about 30 cm, and medium-sized flowers) and excellent appearance. The semi-ampel form is most often grown in the form of a bush with shoots hanging down.

Flowers are small, double. The sepals are light red, the skirt is deep purple. Early flowering, long lasting (April-October).

Variety Dollar Princess

There are many other varieties, for example, fuchsia Marinka, fuchsia Pichi, fuchsia General, etc. Plants can be perennial (most often) and annual, bright and nude shades. The fuchsia flower is such that it is impossible to tell everything about the flower. Everyone will be able to choose a plant that suits him. Due to the variety of sizes and colors of flowers, it is impossible to tell and summarize everything about this species. But they are all uniquely beautiful, bright and unusual.