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Fuchsia - 'Margaret'A popular fuchsia variety in cultivation since the 1930s, 'Margaret' is a strong-growing upright bush variety which branches well without any special attention and is extremely free flowering. It can be grown as a fuchsia hedge and will easily reach four to five feet high in many places; indeed, it has been claimed that in mild areas it can grow to as much as twenty feet. The semi-double flower has a corolla of deep violet, veined with cerise, while the sepals are carmine-red. In most climate zones Margaret is reliably hardy. After particularly cold winters it may be advisable to trim back the tops of the stems but there is often no need to cut it back drastically. 'Margaret' has one of the longer flowering seasons among hardy fuchsia varieties. In the east midlands of England Margaret has been one of my most successful hardy varieties in the first three years of my new garden. For fuchsia plants by post in the United Kingdom
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