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Beacon Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Beacon'

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.

  • Plant Type
  • Perennial
    • Shade Grade
    • B
    • Light Requirement
    • Part Shade
    • Part Sun
    • Location
    • Behind Garage
    • Front Garden
    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

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    Photo by douneika

    beacon fuchsia photo

    Photo by Eran Finkle

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    Beacon Fuchsia

    Shade Grade

    B

    Hardy fuchsias actually prefer more sun in the cool Northwest - plant this in a sunnier spot for more profuse blooms. I give it a B for looking like a rather ordinary fuchsia.

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    Hi! I'm Lorie and I wrangle plants in a muddy, feral shade garden in the Pacific Northwest. I built this site to serve as a gardening journal and quasi-accurate record of planting successes and failures. My goal is to help "future me" be a better gardener. I hope what I've learned along the way can be useful to you too. Thanks for visiting!

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