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Small single scarlet and dark purple flowers hang from arching stems from June to October among bronze tinted dark green leaves. In frost-free areas this upright hardy fuchsia makes a lovely long-flowering informal hedge. It performs best in fertile moist well-drained soil in partial shade with protection from cold drying winds.

• Garden care: To encourage bushy growth pinch out the growing tips of young plants after the sixth or seventh pair of leaves. During the growing season water regularly applying a balanced liquid fertiliser each month. Cut back to the permanent framework in early spring.
  
  
• Goes well with: Geranium 'Multibloom Pink', Geranium 'Multibloom Mixed', Nicotiana x sanderae 'Fragrant Cloud', Trachelospermum jasminoides, Cerinthe major 'Purpurescens', Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd'.