Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
Half hardy 'Dark Eyes' will produce an avalanche of vivid and frilly purple/cerise-red blooms. A high performer with fantastic results. Height 80-100cm.
Contributed by @peter-w
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
Latin name
Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
type
Deciduous trees or shrubs
family
Onagraceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
Half hardy 'Dark Eyes' will produce an avalanche of vivid and frilly purple/cerise-red blooms. A high performer with fantastic results. Height 80-100cm.
Propagation by soft wood cuttings
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Planting outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Plant out container grown plants and established plants taken from cuttings the previous year from mid-spring to early summer.
Flowering season
From Late Spring TO Late Autumn
Fuchsia flower from early summer to late autumn or the first frosts, when frost tender and half hardy varieties should be moved into green houses or light airy sheds.