Standard Fuschia

I have a standard fuschia that I have had for 4 years and this year the top looks a bit leggy.
It is in full flower and I wonder if it would be best if I should give it a trim so that it would fill
out. what would be the best thing to do?
Does anyone have any advice for me.?

Thanks.

 

Hi Flowerfairy,

A couple of questions first.....

Can you tell us the cultivar name please, if not then is it a single or double flower ?

Did you prune it back in late winter /early spring ?

Is the legginess due to low light levels ?

What do you mean by "full flower" ( it's rather early for this, a Fuchsia should just be starting to flower during this month, unless it's been forced early full flower should be from end of July onwards).

 

Hi Anthony
The name is Pattie Sue and it is a double flower.
In late Autumn I removed all the remaining leaves and trimmed the plant down by over half.
It was kept in the conservatory and so has had good light. A couple of times recently we have put it outside and I think the wind didn't help.
Thanks.
Jill
Here are a couple of photos.

 

Hi Flowerfairy,

I think if it was me all I'd do is cut the two branches on the right back to about the same length as the others.
Besides this I wouldn't do too much pruning as you're going to delay the flowering.

I think where you went wrong is by not spring pruning.

It's important when the plant is waking up in spring to prune it right back to either 1 or 2 sideshoots from the main stem on each branch

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Hope I've helped, but it's a little late to do anything too drastic, sorry.

 

Thank you Anthony.
Will do what you suggest.
Hopefully next year it will look better.