scrambling fuchsia

Fuchsia perscandens | scrambling fuchsia

 

A shrub with a sprawling, often prostrate habit, though it will readily scramble or climb through surrounding vegetation. Its slender stems carry sparse, pale green leaves, giving it a light, informal appearance well suited to woodland and native plantings. From spring through to autumn it produces pendulous green flowers with distinctive purple stamens, followed by red-purple berries that are an important food source for birds. It prefers cool, moist, well-drained soils and sheltered positions, making it a valuable and ecologically rich addition to shaded garden settings.

forest margins

coastal scrub

shrubland

river terraces

swamp forest

open rocky places

wet

moist

full sun

partial shade

height | 1.5m

width | 2m

flowering | July- December

While it is commonly known as the scrambling fuchsia or climbing fuchsia due to its tendency to scramble up other plants, if it doesn't have a support structure to climb, it will grow as a low, mounding shrub. This flexibility in growth habit is an adaptation to different conditions within its native habitats, ranging from exposed coastal scrub to the margins of dense forests.