Orkney’s Wild Fuchsia

Wherever you go in the Orkney Islands you are very likely to come across fuchsia growing alongside paths and on emankments.
Fuchsia Magellanica Riccartonii is a naturalised alien, thought to be  introduced from South America, where it’s native home is Chile.  It is one of the hardiest Fuchsias, forming patches of dense scrub along paths, tracks [...]