My Fuchsia Tree

I have a fushia tree that was doing well and I was watering every day during the hot summer periods in the uk.
I was also giving it some phostrogen plant feed to help it develop.
It seems.to have shed a lot of leaves and flowers in the heat and I have had to move it to the shade.
Is it a case of waiting for everything to drop, cut it back in the autumn and put it in my shed for the winter and see how it does in 2023.
I keep it in the shed during the winter and keep the soil damp during the cold months but keep it indoors.
thanks for your help
Mike
Birmingham

 

Hi and Welcome to the forum,

A lot of potted Fuchsias have suffered in the recent heatwaves, so moving them to somewhere shadier to recover is a good thing, though hard to say if the existing leaves will recover of not.

Still time for it to put out some new leaves and flowers so do not give up hope this year.

Do you know the name of the plant ? as then we will know how tender the plant really is, though your current overwintering method sounds about right.
Also knowing the general area, north/south, you are in can make quiet a difference.

 

If the leaves and flowers dropped in the hot weather it might have been in too hot a place. I have found Fuchsias to prefer cool damp weather and mine have revived recently after we had rain.
However yours seems to be drooping all its leaves so maybe the problem is vine weevil eating the roots. Have you noticed notches being cut out of the leaves and is the plant loose in the pot ?
It could also be a bad case of rust, in which case I've always found removing the leaves and keeping the soil moist seems to help the plant recover.

 

Hi Ricky

I'm in Birmingham in the West Midlands, a place called Great Barr.

I can't remember the name of the fushia as it was my late uncles.

If and when any buds open I can use a plant identification app.

I did know the name but I've forgotten sorry.

Thanks for getting in touch

 

Hi Michael


No notches in the leaves no.

It was very hot down the top end of the garden so I've moved down towards the house.

The tree isn't loose in the soil at all

Thanks for getting in touch

 

Sorry but it looks mostly dead to me, they dont do well in hot sunshine as has been already said.
But it shouldn't look that bad at this time of the year.

 

If you scratch a bit of the bark and it's green underneath then it's alive. If it's brown it's dead. Remember that some branches may be dead while others are still alive so do a few 'tests'.
If it's alive (or part of it is still alive) it should recover with watering.

 

So the main stem is still alive.

 

Yes Michael

That's a good sign.

I have changed some of the soil and given it some feed.

Put it in the shade

I might not see an improvement this year though.

It's the same with the Acers I have which are potted

Their leaves are scorched as.well.