Fuchsia Tom Thumb

Fuchsia Tom Thumb

£13.99

2 in stock

SKU: fuchsia-tom-thumb Category:
Common Name: Hardy Fuchsia
Size: 2-3 Litre
Hardiness: H4
Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees ˚C) are shown in brackets

  • H1a: under glass all year (>15˚C)
  • H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15 ˚C)
  • H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10 ˚C)
  • H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5 ˚C)
  • H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1 ˚C)
  • H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5 ˚C)
  • H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10 ˚C)
  • H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15 ˚C)
  • H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20 ˚C)
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This plant has won a RHS award

2-3 Litre Pot

  • RHS: Award of Garden Merit
  • Position: Full / Partial Sun
  • Soil: Fertile Well Drained
  • Growth Rate: Average
  • Flowering Period: June to October
  • Hardiness: H4
  • Eventual Height: 0.5m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.5m

Fuchsia Tom Thumb or ‘Hardy Fuchsia’, a recipient of the much coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit is a free flowering, compact, upright bushy deciduous shrub, the small mid-green leaves provide a wonderful backdrop to the pendant like carmine red and purple single flowers, which appear in abundance from June through to October or the first frosts. Superbly colourful border plant or may be grown as a low informal hedge, attracting bees and butterflies to the garden.

Looking After Your Fuchsia Tom Thumb

An easy to grow, compact deciduous garden shrub in a sunny or partially shaded area of the garden, preferring a moist but well drained fertile soil. Prune hard back in the Spring after the last frosts and provide a general purpose fertiliser to help encourage plenty of healthy fresh growth during the coming season. During the Autumn provide a good mulch around the base to help protect from frosts during the colder Winter weather, also providing some shelter from cold or drying winds.

 

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