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Fuchsia de Magellan
Fuchsia magellanica
Un arbuste gracieux et à longue floraison, cultivé pour ses fleurs pendantes en forme de lampion — un tube et des sépales d'un rouge vif autour d'une jupe violet pourpre intense de pétales internes — qui se balancent au bout de tiges fines comme des fils du début de l'été jusqu'aux gelées. Originaire des forêts tempérées fraîches et humides et des bords de route du sud de l'Amérique du Sud (les Andes du Chili et de l'Argentine jusqu'à la Terre de Feu au sud, et jusqu'au Pérou au nord), Fuchsia magellanica est le plus rustique des fuchsias courants. Dans sa zone la plus douce, il forme un arbuste ligneux arqué et arrondi de 5 à 10 pieds de haut et de large ; dans les jardins aux hivers froids, il meurt jusqu'au sol chaque année et repousse en un sous-arbrisseau plus petit. Les fleurs pendantes sont faites pour les colibris, et de petites baies bleu-noir leur succèdent. C'est le fuchsia vers lequel se tourner là où les fuchsias de suspension ordinaires ne survivraient jamais à l'hiver.
Review: Source-backed
Climate fit: moderate (52/100)
Focal point
Pollinator
Border
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
60-120" tall · 45" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-10b
very cold to mild winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Les fleurs tubulaires pendantes sont parfaites (bisexuées) et autofertiles, évoluées pour la pollinisation par les oiseaux : dans leur aire d'origine, les colibris sud-américains les visitent pour le nectar, et les plants de jardin nouent les petites baies tout seuls.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 45 ecoregions — 44 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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California coastal sage and chaparral
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Fuchsia de Magellan (Fuchsia magellanica). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/fuchsia-magellanica
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