Fuchsias

I've just cut back and cleaned up 2 Paula Jane fuchsias ready to be stored away, couldn't bring myself to chop old Winston Churchill up just yet :D, that's still looking fantastic, lots of viable cutting material on it so I think one or two cuttings may be taken this week :thumb:

Just have to protect my 3 'hardy' ones then that are in large pots awaiting to be planted in the ground, being in pots their roots are likely to be vunerable to cold I would have thought, so they will be given some protection too :thumb:

 

A pic would be nice

A pic would be nice
My Magellanica is permanently outside in the border, it provides nice cover of the fence then about Feb not knowing any different I just cut it down to 3' and it grows back to 12' over the summer, covered in flowers
The past couple of years I have cut it to soil level and still it comes back

This Sept I bought two posh named fancy ones, I do not really know what to do with them, so whilst still in flower I have taken cuttings FROM just green stems
(Never done cuttings before. new to all this stuff since April)
These are in the now cold greenhouse with bubble wrap around the pots and up to the top of the cuttings

Then when the flowers have dropped off the originals I think I just stick them in the coldhouse too ? No idea really have I

Jack McH

 

Hi Jack I think as long as you manage to keep them frost free over winter and don't water them too much; keep them 'almost' dry you should be fine. When they've gone past looking their best too just cut them back a little to tidy them up and remove dead flowers, dead leaves and seed pods

 

Thanks scotkat. Yes had about 4 heidi ann's I overwintered for the first time from cuttings. I lost one in spring, but manage to get two more plants from cuttings I took in spring. They've put on a great show, and I found last year they even tolerated a little frost before they packed in (in the shade of the doorstep). This year I've taken just one cutting of that, and also Thamar, Kit Oxtoby, Lady Boothby (the climbing one) and Hawkshead and some other I have no idea of the name as it was tagged as 'pink and white,' but very unusual flowers.


I would do more if I had the room :wallbang:

 

after looking at all your lovely photos i had to buy myself some

orange crush..upright?
wendys beauty..trailing giant
rose quartet..trailer
blue mirage..semi trailer
and
cecile(2 of as i really liked them ) ..trailing giant

 

Recognise the Blue Mirage and Orange Crush. Had blue mirage last year and orange crush this year - a lovely one too mine did seem to trail though as you can see.....



Rose quartz looks like a nice one too

 

cecile looks really nice,i got them all off ebay andrewl6189 | eBay

 

Cecile looks really nice too, if it's the one on that tag, looks like a fuller version of Heidi Ann. Gorgeous

 

My friend has a Fuschia 'bleeding heart' that I would like a cutting to put in my garden. He is on about digging up some of the root for me so I can plant straight into the garden. Will this damage the plant or should I take some cuttings myself?

 

thats defo bigger than the one i mentioned ive got in a previously post jack but i do keep chopping it and i believe its been in this garden for more than 20yr :D
no idea what kind it is x

 

Joolz, a good selection and I guess you know they are not hardy and will need to go in the greenhouse for the winter.

 

thanks strongy there are a lot i like ive seen but i darnt buy more yet
i have put them in the greenhouse,we bubble wrapped yest but i dont have a heater so i was going to put them on the bedroom window ledge til spring before the frost kicks in,also maybe some of the extra small bottlebrush seedlings thanks x
whats is the differance between upright and trailing on the fucshias?? im not up on the lingo yet

 

Hi joolz, upright fuchsias quite simply grow up with several stems (unless one is trained as a standard), how bushy they become will depend on how much pruning ('nipping' back the shoots) is done.

Trailing fuchsias are often grown in hanging baskets and taller pots as the more they grow their stems droop down and in a basket or a tall pot will start to hang down over the sides.

Hope this makes some sort of sense :D :thumb:

 

thanks bilbo..whats a standard fucshia then
upright are taller in height n sterdier im thinking then
and trailer defo needs taller positioned pots(2ft) for it to cascade downward for its flower show
i so hope i make them survive the winter xxx...... mee babies

 

Hi again Joolz, a standard is grown much like a standard rose for example, one strong shoot is picked and trained up a cane until a desired height is reached. It is then stopped and the plant starts to bush out, leaves and shoots are carefully removed from the lower stem to create a clear stem..

Perhaps this link will show what I mean lol :D

[FUCHSIA STANDARDS