Classification: FLowering Pot plant
House Plant Group: Bush, trailers or tree plant (depending on variety)
Character: Bell-shaped flowers hanging from the stems in a wide range of colours, shapes and sizes
Safe for pets? Yes
Varieties:
- Trailing
- Fuchsia golden marinka
- Fuchsia marinka
- Fuchsia pink galore
- Fuchsia red ribbons
- Single hybrids
- Fuchsia aintree
- Fuchsia bon accord
- Fuchsia brutus
- Fuchsia checkerboard
- Fuchsia Winston Churchill
- Semi-double hybrids
- Fuchsia satellite
- Fuchsia snowcap
- Fuchsia Tennessee Waltz
- Fuchsia Texas Longhorn
- Fuchsia whirlaway
- Double hybrids
- Fuchsia Alice Hoffman
- Fuchsia brigadoon
- Fuchsia fascination
- Fuchsia midge
- Fuchsia swingtime
- Clustered hybrids
- Fuchsia Gartenmeister Bonstedt
- Fuchsia leverkusen
- Fuchsia swanley yellow
- Fuchsia thalia
- Fuchsia traudchen bonstedt
Plant Care:
- Temperature: Cool or average warmth
- Light: Bright light. Avoid direct sunlight
- Water: Keep planting medium moist at all times
- Repotting: Repot every every year with either Serbajadi Organic Peat Moss or Serbajadi Multi-Purpose Compost
- Fertilizer: Serbajadi Plant Food Organic Plus 41 Flowering Fertilisers (750gm)
Plant issues:
- Loss of leaves: Underwatering or/and not enough light
- Flower buds drop: Poor watering (overwatering or underwatering), not enough light or/and too much heat
- Poor flowering : Not enough fertilizer, underwatering or/and not enough light
- Brown spot with yellow margins on leaves: Overwatering
Pests:
- Spider mites: Wipe off with a damp cloth/cotton bud and spray with Serbajadi Neem Spray Extra Strength. Attack water-stressed plants, so regularly watering (but not over-watering) will prevent attacks.
- White fly: Spray with Serbajadi Neem Spray Extra Strength.
