Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Fiúise Family: Onagraceae Flowering: June - October. Deciduous shrub. Garden escape. Introduced. Flowers have red sepals and violet petals, downward hanging on long stalks. Fruit is a non-edible black berry. The leaves are opposite, elliptical and toothed. Spreads vegetatively by suckers. Height: To 3m. Roadsides, hedges, walls, banksand river banks. Originally introduced from S. America, now naturalised. Very common along roadsides in SW Ireland Similar: White Fuchsia

Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Fiúise