Indoor plants
Fuchsia
Fuchsia
Family Onagraceae. Native to Central and South America and New Zealand. These are evergreen shrubs, of which about 100 species occur in nature.
Slender fuchsia - Fuchsia gracilis - a shrub with reddish stems. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate in shape, 4-5 cm long, pointed at the tip and slightly toothed at the margin. Flowers pendulous on long pedicels. Fruits are black berries. Flowering begins in spring; the flowers of fuchsia are short-lived, but quite numerous and flowering can be abundant under favorable conditions.
There are and continue to appear many different cultivars of fuchsia in cultivation, which are difficult to describe exhaustively. Fuchsias differ in the form and structure of the flowers — single, double, semi-double — and in their color range — white, pink, red, crimson, purple, violet, etc. Unfortunately, fuchsia is a rather short-lived plant, since it is very demanding in terms of temperature and begins to drop its leaves after flowering.
Temperature: Moderate or cool throughout the year; at temperatures above 18-20°C, fuchsia drops its flowers and leaves, even to the point of plant death. In winter not below 6°C; fuchsias prefer a cool overwintering at 8-10°C.
Light: Fuchsia is very light-loving, but the light should be diffused; direct sunlight can cause burns. Fuchsia will grow well on east-facing windows.
Watering: Abundant in summer; the soil should remain slightly moist at all times. In winter water moderately or restrictively, depending on the temperature. With insufficient watering fuchsia drops buds and flowers.
Fertilizer: From March to September fuchsia is fed with a mineral fertilizer for flowering houseplants.
Humidity: In summer fuchsia is periodically misted. On hot summer days the plant can be placed on a tray with wet pebbles.
Slender fuchsia - Fuchsia gracilis - a shrub with reddish stems. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate in shape, 4-5 cm long, pointed at the tip and slightly toothed at the margin. Flowers pendulous on long pedicels. Fruits are black berries. Flowering begins in spring; the flowers of fuchsia are short-lived, but quite numerous and flowering can be abundant under favorable conditions.
There are and continue to appear many different cultivars of fuchsia in cultivation, which are difficult to describe exhaustively. Fuchsias differ in the form and structure of the flowers — single, double, semi-double — and in their color range — white, pink, red, crimson, purple, violet, etc. Unfortunately, fuchsia is a rather short-lived plant, since it is very demanding in terms of temperature and begins to drop its leaves after flowering.
Temperature: Moderate or cool throughout the year; at temperatures above 18-20°C, fuchsia drops its flowers and leaves, even to the point of plant death. In winter not below 6°C; fuchsias prefer a cool overwintering at 8-10°C.
Light: Fuchsia is very light-loving, but the light should be diffused; direct sunlight can cause burns. Fuchsia will grow well on east-facing windows.
Watering: Abundant in summer; the soil should remain slightly moist at all times. In winter water moderately or restrictively, depending on the temperature. With insufficient watering fuchsia drops buds and flowers.
Fertilizer: From March to September fuchsia is fed with a mineral fertilizer for flowering houseplants.
Humidity: In summer fuchsia is periodically misted. On hot summer days the plant can be placed on a tray with wet pebbles.
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