Fushia - Cultivars

Cultivars

Sixty cultivated varieties of fuchsia have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The following is a selection of the more popular cultivars in the United Kingdom. Fuchsias, of course, are cultivated in gardens in many other countries around the world so lists of their most popular cultivars will be different.

• 'Alice Hoffman' (pink sepals, white petals - hardy)

• 'Dollar Princess' (cerise sepas, purple petals - hardy)

• 'Garden news' (light pink sepals, magenta petals, double - hardy)

• 'Genii' (cerise sepals, purple petals - hardy)

• 'Hawkshead' (white self)

• 'Lady Thumb' (compact, pink sepals, white petals)

• 'Mrs Popple' (vigorous, red sepals, purple petals - hardy)

• 'Riccartonii' (crimson sepals, purple petals)

• 'Swingtime' (double, scarlet sepals, white petals)

• 'Thalia' (tryphilla group, orange)

• 'Tom Thumb' (compact, pink sepals, mauve petals)