PlantFiles: Fuchsia
Fuchsia triphylla 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'

I bought this mainly to add to our hummingbird garden. The hummers love it :) It is growing in a pot ~ we bring it indoors to over winter with no problems. It does not die down and go dormant. We keep it with our other houseplants and just put it back out on the porch in the spring!

Wouldn't be without it every summer! Hummers love this plant, so I have 3 or 4 pots of it on the front porch where it gets the morning sun. So exciting to be sitting on the couch in the evening and seeing the Hummers come up the the pots of flowers!

Great plant. This upright Fuchsia has Brick-red blooms. Does good in containers.

Keep it in dappled shade between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Daylight Savings Time. Feed with a 12-55-6 Bloom Booster every two weeks. To overwinter, keep it inside.

I have successfully grown and over-wintered one of these plants for over 10 years. I keep it in an unheated shed during the winter and most years it keeps most of it's leaves and just rests rather than go dormant.
It's a reliable bloomer and the hummers love it.
After flowering it leaves behind a 'fruit'. If you squeeze the fruit, they have a very dark red juice in them. I don't know if they are edible or not? It'd be interesting to find out.

This plant is not hardy here in western NY so this year I overwintered 2 inside since they are not easy to find locally and when they are the price goes up significantly from year to year for a small 3 inch pot. It is a must have for hummingbird gardeners. I kept them in front of west facing glass doors in my kitchen which stays a little cooler than the rest of the house. I kept the plants just barely moist over the winter. In late February I had to trim them back a bit as they were getting overgrown and decided to try rooting the cuttings. I have 12 rooted cuttings transplanted to their own pots in less than 2 weeks. I rooted the cuttings in loose potting soil and just kept the soil evenly moist. I am also trying a couple of leaf cutting now but so far they haven't rooted. I do know of gardeners that have rooted cuttings successfully in plain water also.

These wonderful plants are very difficult to find in nurseries in Massachusetts,(Zone 6) but I usually luck out and purchase one or two plants. I put them on my deck railing under the table umbrella, sit back and enjoy the hummingbirds that flock to them. Between the Monarda in my garden and these I have an enjoyable experience. I usually toss them at end of season (bloom spring til frost), but this year I'll try taking them indoors.

This is the best plant I love. The bright coral tubular flowers open at the ends into a little star. They have tons of blooms at the very tip end of the stems. They bloom from spring to frost. Since they are woody, I expect they live year-round in hotter climates.
They are blooming little fools. What I want to know is how to propagate them? Can someone advise?