Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)
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Fuchsia procumbens
(Creeping Fuchsia)
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Prices:
Each | 20 or more | |
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2.5L Pot | $9.50 | $9.00 |
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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