1A shrub with pendulous tubular flowers that are typically of two contrasting colours. They are native to America and New Zealand and are commonly grown as ornamentals.

Genus Fuchsia, family Onagraceae: many cultivars

‘Situate the chains or other hanging device so your fuchsias can grow around them.’

More example sentences ‘Hardy fuchsias are useful shrubs that grow in most positions and soils although deep shade will affect flowering.’

‘Try what excites you: blue sceavola, various ivies, lantana, coleus, verbena, fuchsia, daisies, impatiens, and roses.’

‘Geraniums, dianthus, cosmos, sweet peas and even fuchsias are also popular.’

‘That predecessor, F. magellanica, is also the hardiest garden fuchsia that's widely grown today.’

‘Add some hardy fuchsias for their pink, red and white tubular flowers that appeal to the hummingbirds.’

‘We have perennial wallflower, fuchsias, lobelia, dahlia and sedum still blooming - the sedum looking particularly good with deep reddish brown flowers and yellowing foliage.’

‘On the cool north coast, fuchsias and geraniums gleam against the fog-washed green of redwoods and rhododendrons.’

‘Items stolen have included potentilla bushes, arabis and fuchsias.’

‘The greenhouses are now stuffed full with geranimus, surfinia petunias, fuchsias and gazanias.’

‘He has also made a border featuring fuchsias, marigolds and nasturtiums.’

‘Most varieties of fuchsias will tolerate temperatures down to about 25 to 28 degrees before serious damage is done.’

‘Books on fuchsias have ‘blossomed’ in the past twenty years, and there is now a wide range to choose from.’

‘You may let plants dry a little in their dormancy during mid-winter - but do not allow your fuchsias to grow in conditions that become dry or are exposed to strong winds.’

‘Do I need to protect my hardy fuchsias through the winter?’

‘Hardy fuchsias are useful shrubs that grow in most positions and soils although deep shade will affect flowering.’

‘Trailing fuchsias are the most fussy about temperature, much like many humans.’

‘True to their name, trailing fuchsias are the most desirable for planting in suspended containers.’

‘Dan's parents gave us three old chimney pots which I plated with trailing fuchsia today.’

‘Since the trailing fuchsias we're planting will be suspended, containers should be lightweight but sturdy.’