{"product_id":"phygelius-funfare-cream","title":"Phygelius 'Funfare Cream' (Cape Fuchsia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePhygelius 'Funfare Cream'\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the prettiest of the \u003cstrong\u003eCape Fuchsias\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a bushy semi-evergreen perennial that sends up airy spires of hanging, tubular cream flowers all summer and well into autumn. Cool, soft and endlessly cheerful, it brings a graceful exotic note to a sunny border or a patio pot, and the bees adore it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBred from the South African Phygelius, this is a sun-loving, long-flowering plant that earns its place many times over. Rated around RHS H4, it is hardy in most of the UK, but coming through the year hinges on one thing: a damp, freezing winter is what catches it out, while dry roots let it shrug the cold off. Give it a sheltered spot with sharp drainage and it will sail through, and even if a hard frost cuts it back it reshoots freely from the base each spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun for the most flowers, tolerating a little light shade, in a warm spot sheltered from cold drying winds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e any fertile, free-draining soil across the full pH range, with sharp drainage the priority, never waterlogged in winter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e a compact, bushy habit to roughly 40 to 90cm tall and around 50cm wide, reaching full size in two to five years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e around RHS H4, semi-evergreen, cut back by hard frost and reshooting from the base in spring, helped by a dry winter mulch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater regularly through the first summer to establish, then enjoy a plant that is fairly drought-tolerant and simply keeps on flowering. Deadhead through the season and it will carry its cream spires from June right through to October. It is a natural in a mixed \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, thrives in a container as one of our favourite \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots and containers\u003c\/a\u003e, and its nectar-rich flowers make it one of the best \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pollinators\"\u003eplants for pollinators\u003c\/a\u003e you can grow. In milder coastal gardens it also earns a place among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/coastal-plants\"\u003ecoastal and exposed planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePair it with bolder foliage from the wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e range for a lush, layered look, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003ehardy exotics: what to expect\u003c\/a\u003e guide for how these plants behave through the seasons. Every plant we supply is nursery-grown, carefully selected for a healthy root system, and packed with care to arrive in superb condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":57976157110655,"sku":"PHYGFUNFCREA17","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/capefushcia.jpg?v=1784323957","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/phygelius-funfare-cream","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}