Fuchsia, Bolivian Fuchsia, Lady's Eardrops 'Alba'

I too am having a great experience with this new addition to my garden this year. It is a vigorous upright grower. There are a few cult...Read Moreivars I bought at the same time in 2" pots which have grown faster than it, but still, I am impressed. FindThatFuchsia lists it as being hybridized by Nelson in 1955. My only concern is that although it is listed as heat tolerant, it is not listed as a winter hardy. But from what I have read here, I can hope it will do fine. The first blossoms just opened this morning and I am looking forward to the hummingbirds finding out!

I planted it a couple of years ago in my backyard in a foggy neighborhood of San Francisco. It gets early and late morning sun, and the s...Read Moreoil is very sandy.

It gets "regular" water and an occasional side dressings of compost or an amended you can get here in SF called Organic Bay Area Forest Mulch Plus. Love the stuff.

It has tripled in size, now about 4' tall, blooms profusely, and even though it was somewhat damaged by last winter's unusual frost, it survived and is covered in blooms.

I have this plant growing outdoors in pots and in the ground. It has survived quite a bit of frost and some snow, comes back each spring...Read More. It is hardier than thought, if you are in zone 9, give it a try!! A great plant.

Occurs naturally from northern Argentina to Peru, and naturalized in Colombia, Venezuela and other Central America countries, and is repo...Read Morertedly hardy in zones 10 & 11.

An erect shrub or small tree that can reach a height of 12 ft. (3.5 m.).

The leaves are dark green and grow in whorls of three. They are narrowly oval to nearly egg shaped, have a pointed tip and glandular, toothed edges. They are hairless or only softly hairy above the grayish felty veins, and sometimes marked red on the underside of the leaf.

The terminal flower panicles are pendent and up to 2 inches long. The flower tubes and sepals are white with light red marks at the bases.