Fuchsia magellanica 'Riccartonii'

This popular long-flowering variety bears single, scarlet and purple, drooping flowers all throughout the summer and well into the autumn. The flowers are borne on red stems above attractive, mid-green foliage. A robust and hardy variety that can also be used as an informal flowering hedge. May need some protection from cold, drying winds, but should survive all but the coldest winters. Sun or part shade, most soils. Height to 2.5 metres. Priced for a 3 litre pot

Use: Popular in South America and with the Maori in New Zealand, all parts of the plant, but particularly the flowers and berries are edible