Fuchsia / Fuchsia

Refers to the family of the descent Fatherland - South and Central America.

General description : Fuchsia - bushy or ampel plant with drooping bell-shaped flowers on long pedicels. Fruits are black berries.

A variety of varieties with double, non-marble and semi-double colors of pink, violet or red color are shown. Fuchsia blossoms abundantly, although individual flowers are short-lived. Later, flowering fuchsia starts to dump leaves. Needs periodic pruning and prischipke. Leaves 2,5-5 cm long have serrate margins. The stems and leaves of fuchsia have a reddish hue.

Recommendations for caring for the plant Fuchsia:

Illumination : Needs bright, but diffused light.

Irrigation regime : Abundant during growth, moderate in winter.

Humidity : Needs regular spraying.

The humidity of the air is similarly supported by placing pots on a pallet with pebbles or claydite, which is continuously moistened.

Temperature regime : 18-20 ° C in summer, in winter the period of inactivity is 8-10 ° C,

Minimum 6 ° С.

Soil : Drainage is useful. You can add small gravel or expanded clay.

Recommended soil mishmash: 3 elements of clayey-sod and 2 elements of peat land with addition of 1 elements of sand.

During the growth period, it needs fertilizing once every two weeks with fertilizer for flowering plants.

Breeding : In the spring in the soil heating and using phytohormones, rooting cuttings.

Transplant : Transplanted in the spring, annually.

Pests : Affected by a spider mite (in a dry atmosphere, leaves and stems are cobwebby), whiteflies (whitish or yellowish spots appear on the underside of the leaves).

The plant is allowed to help finish with a soap solution, warm washing and spraying with an actinic (1-2 ml per liter of water).

Fuchsia graceful - Fuchsia gracilis

Fuchsia graceful - fuchsia gracilis

Fuchsia - fuchsia