Fuchsia Celia Smedley

Quick growing and vigorous, award-winning Fuchsia ‘Celia Smedley’ is an excellent upright Fuchsia cultivar with medium to large single flowers adorned with spreading, pale pink sepals and a bright strawberry-red corolla. Blooming non-stop from early summer to fall, the vibrant flowers hang heavily from the branches and contrast well with the large mid-green leaves.

Quick growing and vigorous, award-winning Fuchsia 'Celia Smedley' is an excellent upright Fuchsia cultivar with medium to large single flowers adorned with spreading, pale pink sepals and a bright strawberry-red corolla. Blooming non-stop from early summer to fall, the vibrant flowers hang heavily from the branches and contrast well with the large mid-green leaves. Attractive to bees and hummingbirds, this flowering shrub makes a terrific full or half standard or a great container plant.

  • Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.
  • Grows up to 36 in. tall (90 cm) and 24 in. wide (60 cm).
  • A full sun to part shade lover, this plant is best grown in moist, fertile, well-drained soils. Provide a deep winter mulch and shelter from cold drying winds. Protect from the afternoon sun in hot climates.
  • Perfect for containers.
  • In early to mid-spring cut back the previous year's flowering stems to within one or two buds of the older woody framework. Also remove any thin, weak or dead growth.
  • Stem cuttings are by far the easiest way of propagating fuchsias.
  • Watch for rust, capsid bug and caterpillars.
  • Standard types: Mini Standard – 6 to 10 inches (15-25 cm); Quarter Standard – 10 to 18 inches (25-45 cm); Half Standard – 18 to 30 inches (45-75 cm) and Full Standard – 30 to 42 inches (75- 105 cm). These measurements are taken from the compost level to where the bottom branch leaves the stem.

Requirements

Hardiness 8
– 10

Heat Zones 9
– 12

Climate Zones 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, H1
Plant Type Shrubs
Plant Family Fuchsia
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)Summer (Early,Mid,Late)Fall
Height 2'
– 3'
(60cm
– 90cm)
Spread 1'
– 2'
(30cm
– 60cm)
Spacing 24″ (60cm)
Water Needs Average
Maintenance Low
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Plant of Merit, Showy
Attracts Bees, Hummingbirds
Garden Uses Patio and Containers
Garden Styles Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden