Fuchsia Microphylla Bonsai
It is hardy to zone uk 9 and is frost tender.
Fuchsia microphylla bonsai. Fuchsia wood is very susceptible to softening and can rot very quickly. Most fuchsia species are hardy but need to be protected carefully during the winter. The tree grows fast and has pink purple flowers in the summer. Fuchsia microphylla is a rather variable plant.
Consisting of over 8000 species fuchsia trees used for bonsai purposes are often of the microphylla or the magellanica kind. The subject of this article is a fuchsia microphylla bonsai that i was asked to restyle as well as curing the base of the trunk which was rapidly rotting away. Try to avoid variegated forms as they are weaker and have a tendency to revert in poor light. Usually an erect deciduous shrub growing 100 250cm tall in a shady woodland it can adopt a more climbing habit with stems up to 500cm long whilst in more exposed situations it can be low and prostrate or nearly so 200 the new rhs dictionary of gardening.
Plant database entry for small leaf fuchsia fuchsia microphylla with 15 images one comment and 33 data details. The most hardy and reliable variety for bonsai are members of the fuchsia magellanica species. Fuchsia microphylla is a deciduous shrub growing to 1 8 m 6ft at a medium rate.