Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Fuchsia procumbens , 1 by clpgirl

clpgirl wrote:
Found this little plant at Annie's Annuals in the Bay Area and had to bring one back to Ohio. Hope I can post these pics, one of the flower, and another of the plant........... Here's the info:

Fuchsia procumbens

Low growing, prostrate shrub from New Zealand.
Very curious little plant which doesn't look much like the Fuschias we are familiar with.
Has rounded, light-mid green leaves on slender stems. Bears upright, greenish yellow or orange tubes with green and purple sepals, the stamens bear a bright blue pollen. After the flowers come a large for the plant (1/2 inch), red plum coloured berry.

The real feature, and the reason why Fuchsia procumbens is grown by enthusiasts world-wide, is the berries that follow the flower. All fuchsias bear berries, but none can match the fruit of Fuchsia procumbens. While the bright red berries of wild plants are scarcely larger than redcurrants, cultivated plants may have fruit the size of small plums. The fruit has a grape-or plum-like bloom and is particularly showy because it is carried on top the foliage, not hanging below it. Fuchsia procumbens is a plant that likes to show off its wares.


PC and HG, looks like this is the one for fuchsia-berry pie.....not to mention BLUE pollen!