Hardy fuchsia
Fuchsia magellanica Lam.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- 2.3 m
Onagraceae
Formerly Fuchsia araucana, Fuchsia chonotica, Fuchsia conica, Fuchsia discolor, and 12 more
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. Chile to S. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Asturian
- pendientes de la virxe
- Welsh
- ffiwsia
- Chinese
- 短筒倒挂金钟
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Fuchsia magellanica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.