{"product_id":"col-3l-fuc-tom-thux1","title":"1 Fuchsia Tom Thumb Hardy Perennial Flowering Plant, Outdoor Garden Ready, 3 Litre Root-Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFuchsia Tom Thumb – Hardy Perennial Flowering Plant | 3 Litre Root-Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuchsia 'Tom Thumb' is a charming, compact and free-flowering hardy fuchsia, perfect for adding vibrant colour to borders, rockeries, patio containers and garden edging. One of the most popular dwarf fuchsia varieties, 'Tom Thumb' produces an abundance of dainty, semi-double blooms featuring cerise-red sepals and rich violet-purple corollas from midsummer through to autumn. 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