Common fuchsia, Hybrid fuchsia
Fuchsia hybrida
Summary 4
Pollen: Low
Nectar: Low
Flowering time 1-12, 11-1 Central and South America. Popular ornamentals with bi colored flowers: lighter sepals and darker petals. Long-flowering. Pollen whitish or bluish. The x hybrida parents are Fuchsia fulgens and Fuchsia magellanica, the latter being a beeplant on its own. Although Fuchsia arborescens is a large shrub, it has been included here. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)
Sources and Credits
- (c) Kai Yan, Joseph Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/33623636@N08/4284134595/
- (c) Zhangzhugang, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuchsia_hybrida_-_South_China_Botanical_Garden_2013.11.02_14-21-02.jpg
- Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Fuchsia_%27Queen_Victoria%27_-_Paxton.jpg
- (c) Megan W., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
