This group of plants not only offer the wonderful flowers of the fuchsia
but also have the bonus of beautiful foliage. The variegated cultivars
are grown to show off their leaf colour and require less watering, more
heat and light and should be fed with a high nitrogen fertilizer to
enhance their variegation.
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ABIGAIL REINE - (Hunton 1998) Single.
Deep pink sepals with mauve corolla. Blooms held erect. Very pretty
green and cream variegated foliage. Short-jointed, free flowering
bush. Will make beautiful specimen plant.
COLNE FANTASIA - Single. Pink sepals with purple corolla.
Very pretty variegated foliage. Free flowering, self-branching bush
suitable for any type of work.
DAFFODIL DOLLY - (Johnson/Laburnum 1987) Double. Dark pink
sepals with a corolla of light violet, light pink and pale purple.
Bright yellow foliage. Best leaf and bloom colour when grown in shade.
Self-branching trailer.
DAWN FANTASIA - Single. Pale pink sepals with deeper pink
corolla. Cream and green variegated foliage. Very pretty colour
combinations. Free flowering, self-branching bush.
GOLDEN MARINKA - (Weber 1955) Royal Horticultural Society’s
Award of Garden Merit) Single. Red sepals with darker red corolla.
Cultivar best known for its variegated foliage of cream, green and
gold. Excellent basket. Best grown in sheltered spot. Will make
beautiful standard with patience. Needs care with watering, especially
early in the season and requires careful hardening off.
HUMBOLDT’S HOLIDAY - (Hassett 1980) Sepals pale pink with
violet corolla splashed pink. Large blooms with golden green foliage.
Good basket variety.
IGLOO MAID - (Holmes 1972) Double. White sepals and white
corolla. Beautiful golden foliage and stunning when grown in partial
shade. Upright bushy growth.
JANICE PERRY - (Perry 1999) Single. Creamy white sepals with lavender/pink corolla. Lovely bloom colour and gold and green foliage. I have had this cultivar before and found it quite difficult but because it is so nice I am trying it again. Watch this space.
KERSPEL GOOR - (Beuving 1991) Single. Sepals Lavender, corolla rose. Cream and green variegated foliage. Upright growth.
ROSEMARIE HIGHAM - Single. Tube and sepals cream with pink
flush. Corolla bright magenta orange. Beautiful green foliage
with cream edges and pink flush. Will make a very good basket.
SUNRAY - (Rudd 1872) Single. Sepals are cerise and corolla
rosy purple. Grown mainly for the beautiful foliage which is pale
green, edged with creamy-white, suffused cerise. Care needed with
watering and potting-on. Excellent specimen pot plant.
TOM WEST - (Miellez 1853) Single. Carmine red sepals with
purple corolla. Variegated foliage of green, cream and cerise. Rather
lax in growth and will trail.
The following varieties under the hardy and species section also
have attractive foliage:
Genii, F. Magellanica var. Aurea, F.
Magellanica var. Gracilis tricolour, F. Magellanica Versicolour, and
Heinrich Heinkel, Dominyana, Fulgens variegata, Greeta, Insulinde,
Lottie Hobby variegated, Pipers Vale, Procumbens variegated ‘Wirral’,
Thalia, Walz Fanclub.
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