One of the smallest hardy Fuchsias, Fuchsia 'Alice Hoffman' is an upright deciduous shrub with small semi-double flowers adorned with rose-red sepals and tube and a white corolla with rose veining. Emerging in spring, small, ovate, bronze tinted, dark green leaves line the gracefully arching branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of blossoms.

Hardy and reliable, Fuchsia 'Beacon' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a stiff, upright, deciduous shrub with small, dark green, serrated foliage and dainty flowers. Blooming from early summer until frost, the medium-sized, single flowers feature deep pink sepals surrounding a mauve-pink flared corolla.

One of the few double Fuchsias that is cold hardy, award-winner Fuchsia 'Dollar Princess' is a bushy, upright deciduous shrub with small, dark green, serrated foliage and showy flowers. Blooming from early summer until frost, the medium-sized, double flowers feature broad, recurving cerise-crimson sepals surrounding a purple ruffled corolla, splashed red.

Award-winning Fuchsia 'Garden News' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a vigorous, erect medium-sized deciduous bush with a profusion of medium to large, double flowers, with a salmon-pink tube and sepals and a full magenta corolla with ruffled petals. Blooming non-stop from early summer until frost, this flowering shrub is free flowering and reliable.

An excellent Fuchsia cultivar, award-winning Fuchsia 'Genii' (Hardy Fuchsia) is an erect medium-sized deciduous shrub with handsome, small, golden leaves. Blooming from early summer until the first frosts, the single, small to medium flowers feature narrow, elegantly up-curved cerise sepals, a slender cerise tube and reddish-purple petals.

Superb and vigorous, award-winning Fuchsia 'Hawkshead' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a bushy, upright, deciduous shrub which produces masses of elegant, slim, white flowers, with a hint of pink and green tips, from early summer to fall. Sparkling against the foliage of small, dark green leaves, the flowers remain pure white even in the full sun.

Award-winning Fuchsia 'Heidi Ann' is a bushy, upright deciduous bush with a profusion of medium-sized, fully double flowers, with carmine-red tube and sepals, and a lilac-mauve frilly skirt with numerous petals and petaloids. Blooming non-stop from early summer until frost, this flowering shrub features a self-branching growth with small dark green leaves adorned with a red central vein.

One of the first Fuchsias to bloom and one of the last to stop, award-winner Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub with small, dark green, serrated foliage and showy flowers. Blooming from early summer until frost, the medium-sized, single flowers feature scarlet sepals surrounding a violet-purple corolla adorned with cerise veining.

Extremely hardy and vigorous, Fuchsia 'Riccartonii' (Hardy Fuchsia) is an upright deciduous shrub noted for its lovely arching growth and pretty flowers. Emerging in spring, small, ovate, bronze tinted, dark green leaves line the branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of flowers with crimson sepals, almost held horizontally, surrounding deep purple corollas.

Vigorous, award-winning Fuchsia 'Whiteknights Pearl' (Hardy Fuchsia) is an upright bushy deciduous shrub, noted for its hardiness and dainty flowers. Emerging in spring, small, lance-shaped, dark green leaves line the gracefully arching, light green branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of slender, single flowers with a white tube, pale pink sepals and a pink corolla.

Floriferous, Fuchsia 'Wicked Queen' is a bushy, upright deciduous shrub with small, dark green, serrated foliage and showy flowers. Blooming from early summer until frost, the medium to large double flowers feature recurving red sepals surrounding a deep blue corolla, splashed with pink.

Incredibly pretty, Fuchsia magellanica 'Lady Bacon' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a twiggy, upright, deciduous shrub, noted for its hardiness and elegant flowers. Emerging in spring, small, ovate, dark green leaves line the gracefully arching the branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of long, pendant, single flowers, a rare combination of red, pink and purple.

Fuchsia magellanica 'Thompsonii' (Hardy Fuchsia) is a wonderfully elegant, relatively upright, semi-evergreen shrub, noted for its handsome arching growth and pretty flowers. Emerging in spring, small, ovate, gray-green leaves line the gracefully arching red branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of long, pendant, single red flowers, with purple sepals.

An excellent landscape choice, Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis (Hardy Fuchsia) is a vigorous deciduous shrub noted for its handsome arching growth and pretty flowers. Emerging in spring, small, ovate, mid- to dark green leaves line the gracefully arching branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with long pendant, crimson sepals surrounding deep purple corollas.

Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae (Hardy Fuchsia) is a wonderfully elegant, upright deciduous shrub, noted for its hardiness and dainty flowers. Emerging in spring, small, lance-shaped, dark green leaves line the gracefully arching branches. From early summer until frost, the shrub is decorated with a profusion of slender, single flowers with white sepals and exquisite pale lilac corollas.

There are thousands of cultivars and about 110 species found in the wild in Central and South America. Among them, the smaller hardy or half-hardy Fuchsias are great candidates for the rock garden. The best Fuchsias for such planting are the low-growing Fuchsias with outward facing flowers.

There are thousands of cultivars and about 110 species found in the wild in Central and South America. Among them, the trailing or cascading Fuchsia varieties, with weak stems that flop and branch freely, are great selections for hanging baskets. Here is a list of superb cascading or trailing Fuchsias. They are unmatched for their elegance and offer a great bonus, too: Hummingbirds love them.

Standard Fuchsias are incredibly eye-catching and a fabulous way to display the striking beauty of their flowers. They add instant height, color and charm in the garden and are particularly effective next to doorways or entrance gates, on terraces, patios or balconies where they bring a spectacular show of summer color.