Fuchsia Microphylla Bonsai

Plant database entry for small leaf fuchsia fuchsia microphylla with 15 images one comment and 33 data details.
Fuchsia microphylla bonsai. 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. Most fuchsia species are hardy but need to be protected carefully during the winter. Consisting of over 8000 species fuchsia trees used for bonsai purposes are often of the microphylla or the magellanica kind. Fuchsia magellanica is a fast growing deciduous evergreen shrub that has 1 2 leaves producing abundant red and purple flowers throughout the growing season.
It is in flower from september to october. Fuchsia microphylla is a rather variable plant. It is hardy to zone uk 9 and is frost tender. Fuchsia microphylla is a deciduous shrub growing to 1 8 m 6ft at a medium rate.
The most hardy and reliable variety for bonsai are members of the fuchsia magellanica species. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects. Try to avoid variegated forms as they are weaker and have a tendency to revert in poor light.