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Moana Nursery High Desert Plant Finder & Guide

Group/Class:  Windchimes Series

Brand:  GreenFuse Botanicals Inc.

Description:

A beautiful mounding and trailing selection, ideal for hanging baskets and combination planters; violet-purple double flowers with scarlet sepals dangle from bushy green foliage; adaptable as a houseplant; low maintenance-no deadheading required

Ornamental Features

Windchimes® Basket Double Dark Eyes Fuchsia features showy nodding double purple frilly flowers with violet overtones and scarlet calyces at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall, which emerge from distinctive salmon flower buds. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Windchimes® Basket Double Dark Eyes Fuchsia is a multi-stemmed annual with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Insects

Windchimes® Basket Double Dark Eyes Fuchsia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Container Planting
• Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Windchimes® Basket Double Dark Eyes Fuchsia will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in a location that gets morning sunlight but is shaded from the hot afternoon sun, although it will also grow in partial shade. Keep it away from hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Windchimes® Basket Double Dark Eyes Fuchsia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.