Fuchsia 'Sir Matt Busby' (d)

Description: Fuchsia 'Sir Matt Busby' is a tender perennial trailing variety prized for its distinctive two-tone blooms featuring rich red sepals contrasting with pristine white double corollas. This classic cultivar produces a continuous cascade of elegant, pendulous flowers from early summer through to the first frosts, making it an outstanding choice for hanging baskets, window boxes, and patio containers. The plant develops freely branching trailing stems that typically extend 30–45cm, creating a full, lush display with minimal effort. In South England, it thrives in partial shade to full sun, though protection from harsh midday summer heat is beneficial to prevent flower drop and leaf scorch. The variety is renowned for its reliability and prolific flowering habit, attracting bees and other pollinating insects throughout the season. As a tender perennial, it cannot survive outdoor frost and must be brought indoors or overwintered in a frost-free greenhouse to preserve plants year to year. Regular deadheading of spent flowers and berries extends the flowering display and maintains plant vigour.

Other benefits: deciduous, hanging baskets, containers, window boxes, trailing displays

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.3m x 0.5m

Position: full sun to partial shade