EVEREADY BUNNISOO

EVEREADY BUNNISOO – Hunter 2025

This girl just keeps on goin’ and goin’. Know anybody like that? I dedicate this one to my dear friend, Sue Hill. When there is work to be done or someone needs help, no matter how tired or hurting she is, she just won’t sit down.

Eveready Bunnisoo sent up rebloom scapes in her first bloom season, having been in the ground only 1 year. Her excellent plant habit was commented on by my hybridizing mentor, Ginny Pearce, when she visited my garden that year. I’ve seen rebloom every year since then, despite winters without snow and summers without rain. The 2-year-old clump was quite impressive, with no help from me in the form of fertilizer or water or chemicals. The only leg-up that I take credit for was planting her in good native soil, in full sun.

The bloom is Fuchsia with a pale pink watermarked eye. There is a fine,  lightly ruffled cream edge on both petals and sepals, and a green heart that blends into a citron throat. Bunnisoo often has pinched petals, but not consistently enough to be registered as an unusual form. She will occasionally have spots in the morning when it is very humid, but if she is spotless in the morning, her substance will keep her looking good till dark. Her vigor is demonstrated in the line-out photo, where she sent up rebloom scapes even after being divided into double fans . Bunisoo is easily fertile both ways and passes on rebloom with good branching and pretty faces!