Irish wildflowers BSBI map

White Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica var molinae
Photographs: Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork

White Fuchsia
Fuchsia magellanica 'Molinae' (Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae)
Family: Onagraceae

Flowering: June - October. Deciduous shrub. Garden escape.

A cultivated variety of Red Fuchsia
The graceful, very pale-pink or whitish flowers are pendent and long-stalked. Sepals are whitish-pink with the petals sometimes slightly darker. Deciduous leaves on arching stems but the young growth is frost-tender. Spreads by suckers or is occasionally self-sown. Height to 2.75m.

An occasional garden escape, discard or relic of cultivation.

White Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica var molinae

White Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica var molinae
White Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica 'Molinae' (Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae)

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