Beacon Fuchsia
Fuchsia 'Beacon'
- Plant Type
- Perennial
Nursery Tag
Single-flowered upright grower that has fuchsia pink sepals over mauve-pink corollas. Attractive when planted with gold-leafed grasses and other woodland perennials. 24"H x 24"W. Tolerates moist soild
Gardener's Log
07/2018: Planted next to bottom post on the lower deck stairs by garage.
07/2019: Moved to front garden, next to driveway with Spanish Fir
I have a Golden Hardy Fuchsia that I love (and have even divided), but I tend to find most other fuchsias a little too… mundane? Maybe it’s because the garden centers and hardware stores are covered up in the same dark green/eighties pink flowered fuchsia baskets every spring.
Well when I happened upon this little gem, it wooed me with its interesting, compact growth habit and small, profuse blossoms. And Beacon Fuchsia is a hardy fuchsia (perennial) which handily wins out over those annual basket varieties. It’s doing quite well since I planted it a couple weeks ago – despite my attempt to kill it by leaving it to repeatedly dry out on the deck in its nursery pot. I suspect this one will live up to its hardy namesake!
UPDATE: The behind-the-garage spot proved to be too shady so I moved it. It’s happily lapping up the sun now in the front garden.