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Identify this plant please

Sally246Sally246 Posts: 5
in The potting shed
I would like to know what this plant is as I don't know how to care for it. It is evergreen and has a profusion of small red bell shaped flowers all through the summer. This year it was still in flower right up to the snow storm of early March but is now sadly very brown and sorry looking. 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I can't see it clearly but looks like one of the less than hardy Fuchsias. worth cutting back when winter has finally gone. It may re-shoot


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Sally246Sally246 Posts: 5
    Thanks. I may well have to cut it back. I am interested to identify it though as I have another in the garden that is quite big and I'm not sure if I should be pruning it. 
  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    @Sally246 yes it's a fuschia it died down during the winter and it should grow from the bottom. Don't cut it back until it starts to grow again. Probably next month, things are slower this year.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I can't see it clearly either, any possibility of a close up? I'm not convinced it's a fuschia, though Nutcutlet is usually right. Leaves look a bit too small, round and shiny. I was wondering about Escallonia, which is evergreen, but I once had one which was tender in a cold winter so, sadly, it died.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    It looks more like an Escallonia to me!
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Looks like an escallonia to me too

    Billericay - Essex

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  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    Has escallonia have thorns on You can get small flowering fuschias.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    I've zoomed in as much as I can and am in the unsure camp.
    The glossy 'evergreen' leaves are making me think escallonia.
    The bulbulous bit at the base of the flower heads are making me think fuschia. 

    A close up photo with more detail is needed I think.

    I've never seen or heard of an evergreen fuschia, I thought they were all deciduous. Learning new things all the time on the forum 😃.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There are some black 'berries' seed pods ... can anyone zoom in on them and get a better look?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    I can see the seed pods Dove... still none the wiser.
    They seem to be spherical and a glossy very dark purple, almost black.

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