Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)

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Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)

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Details:

Type: Creeper
Growth Rate: Fast
Mature Height: 0.2 m
Mature Width: 1 m
Site Condition: Coastal, Exposed, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Waterways
Sun: Part Shade, Full Shade
Drainage: Dry, Moist
Features: Suitable for bordering or edging and ground cover. Attractive to birds, insects and lizards. Flower colour: Violet-Purple. Foliage colour: Green. Fruit colour: Red. Native.

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]

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