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Intermediate
skill rating |
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0.5m
max. spread |
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0.5m
max. height |
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2-5 years
to maturity |
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2 hours care
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Botanical name: Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
Other names: Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
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Genus: Fuchsia
Variety or cultivar: 'Tom Thumb' _ 'Tom Thumb' is a dwarf deciduous shrub with small, single flowers with short red sepals and tube, and mauve-purple petals.
Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' is: Deciduous
Flower: Purple, Red in Summer; Red, Purple in Autumn
Foliage: Dark-green in Summer
Fruit: Dark-purple in Autumn
Habit: Bushy, Weeping
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Agapanthus 'Bressingham Blue' (African lily 'Bressingham Blue'), Agapanthus 'Bressingham White' (African lily 'Bressingham White'), Agapanthus 'Loch Hope' (African lily 'Loch Hope'), Agapanthus 'Purple Cloud' (African lily 'Purple Cloud'), Agapanthus 'Peter Pan Blue' (Dwarf blue lily of the Nile 'Peter Pan Blue'), Aster ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry' (Heath aster 'Snow Flurry'), Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Prostrate heath aster)
Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' (Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb') will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Containers, Greenhouse, Indoor
Cultivation: Plant outdoors in moist, fertile soil. Plant the base of the stem 5cm below the soil surface and provide a deep winter mulch and shelter from cold drying winds.
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Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types) |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Shade |
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| Aspect: |
South, East, West |
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Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Tender in frost (H3) |
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Question from
Doug Rhea
Hello, I have a big project for my school program which I am studying Horticulture. I am working on estimation cost for Fuchsisa Tom Thumb so I am wonder where can I get information about specicfity how to grow from seed, what kind soil? how often to fertilization? what size of container to start seed? Thanks smiles!
Doug
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- Replies: 2
- Posted: Sun. 21st March 2010 22:43
- Last reply: Tue. 23rd March 2010 16:46
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