Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)
Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)
Details:
| Foliage Colour: | Green |
| Growth Rate: | Fast |
| Mature Height: | 0.2 m |
| Mature Width: | 1 m |
| Site Condition: | Coastal, Exposed, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Salty, Windy |
| Sun: | Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade |
| Drainage: | Dry, Moist |
| Category: | Creeper |
| Features: | Native. Suitable for bordering or edging and ground cover. Attractive to birds, insects and lizards. Flower colour: Violet-Purple. Fruit colour: Red. |
Fuchsia procumbens, or Creeping Fuchsia, is a rather exotic Fuchsia, unlike most common types, unique for its creeping habit. This species grows much like a groundcover, often not exceeding more than a few inches in height. Bears pretty rainbow flowers followed by firm-fleshed, edible berries.
It is now a rare species in the wild because of the destruction of its natural habitat and is listed as an endangered plant species.
Habitat: Fuchsia procumbens is a prostrate shrub that is endemic to coastal areas of the North Island of New Zealand. A strictly coastal species. F. procumbens has been collected from cobble/gravel beaches, coastal cliff faces, coastal scrub and grassland, dune slacks and swales, and from the margins of saltmarshes (in places where it would be inundated during spring tides).
Flowering: Spring - Summer [September - May]
Fruiting: Summer - Autumn [November - July]
Tags: RarePlant
Prices
| Each | 20 or more | |
|---|---|---|
| 2l Pot | $8.50 | $8.00 |
