Garden origin
This is the name given to the highly variable ornamental garden cultivars often grown in baskets and containers and sometimes trained as standards. The original garden cultivars were probably the result of crosses between F. magellanica and F. fulgens but numerous other species have been involved in breeding to produce contemporary garden cultivars, a factor that makes the circumscription of F. ×hybrida uncertain and therefore the name inappropriate for many cultivars. It is probably best to list garden cultivars under the generic name alone. Cultivar groups include singles and doubles, and basket types, while cultivars based on the parent F. triphylla are sometimes referred to as the Triphylla Hybrids and those with small flowers and leaves the Encliandra Group. There are now over 10 000 cultivars worldwide and in Australia over 1000 cultivars are currently listed.
Source: (2002). Fuchsia. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
