Description
Hardy Fuchsia ‘Baby Blue Eyes’, is a compact, free-flowering shrub, celebrated for its resilience and long flowering season. Bred in 1952 by Joe Plummer (USA), it remains a popular choice for gardeners.
Key Features:
Propagation method: Vegetative soft-wood cuttings.
Substrate: Jiffy peat-free propagation Mix.
Plug Size: 3.5cm.
Production system: Grown without artificial light or heating for hardened plants.
Flowers: Red tubes and sepals, strongly reflexed, with a violet-blue corolla shaded light red at the base.
Foliage: Oval shaped Dark green leaves.
Flowering period: June through to autumn frosts.
Height: Up-to 80cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 100cm at maturity.
Hardiness: Hardy in UK conditions, though may benefit from winter protection in colder regions.
Pollinator value: Highly attractive to bees and beneficial insects.
Ecological impact: Grown in peat-free substrate with no artificial inputs, pollinator and wildlife-friendly.
Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM) for reliability and performance.
Planting & Care:
Performs well in full sun or partial shade.
Plant in moist, fertile, well-drained soil.
Deadhead spent flowers to encourage prolonged blooming.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Mulch in autumn to protect roots in colder climates.
Ideal for containers, mixed borders, Cottage Gardens and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
Fuchsia ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ are supplied as strong, well-rooted, hardy plug plants ready for potting into pots up-to 2lt formats.
Ideal for nursery, and wholesale formats and performs well in peat-free and organic programs.
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