Fuchsia Blue Angel ='Blauer Engel' (d)

Description: Fuchsia 'Blue Angel' is a tender trailing variety prized for its cascading habit and distinctive two-tone flowers featuring deep blue-purple sepals contrasting beautifully with pure white corollas. This half-hardy annual performs exceptionally well in South England's shaded and semi-shaded garden positions, making it an ideal choice for hanging baskets, window boxes, and container displays where many plants struggle. The plant develops graceful pendulous stems adorned with mid-green oval foliage and produces abundant flowers from late spring through to the first frost, providing season-long colour with minimal fuss. 'Blue Angel' thrives in consistently moist but well-drained compost and benefits from weekly feeding with high-potash fertiliser once flowering begins. Regular deadheading of spent blooms encourages continuous flowering and maintains a tidy appearance. In South England, treat as summer bedding and refresh annually, or carefully overwinter under frost-free cover in a cool greenhouse or conservatory. The cascading growth habit makes it particularly valuable for creating dramatic vertical interest in shaded corners and north-facing positions where sunlight is limited.

Other benefits: deciduous, hanging-baskets, containers, borders, summer-bedding

Position: full sun to partial shade