Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
hardy fuchsia
- 9cm pot
- £6.99
- available to order from autumn
- 2 litre pot
- £19.99
- In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
- 3 × 2 litre pots
- £49.99 £59.97
- In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
- 6 × 2 litre pots
- £79.99 £59.97
- In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Delivery options
- Standard £5.95
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil (or loam-based potting compost)
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to October
- Hardiness: frost hardy (borderline)
Masses of small, pendent, red and mauve flowers from June to October and deep green leaves. This single-flowered, dwarf fuchsia makes an ideal container plant for a partially shady site, protected from cold, drying winds. An extremely free-flowering variety, in frost-prone areas it's best over-wintered in a cool greenhouse. - Garden care: To encourage growth, pinch out the growing tips of young plants after the sixth or seventh pair of leaves. During the growing season water regularly, applying a balanced liquid fertiliser each month. Cut back to the permanent framework in early spring.
- Humans/Pets: Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten