I have for the 1st time aquired some fuchias grown from very tiny plants purchased from Thompson/Morgan they are now a foot high and I have pinched them out at regular intervals what I need to know from some one experienced is do they like partial shade? I think I saw years ago an article on them was sure it said they don't like hot. They are in my Conservatory and I intend to plant them in large containers when it warms up just wondering where to put containers I have a very small south facing slabbed garden and in the summer it does get very hot.
I put Fuchsias in the tubs in front of my house each summer. They get the sun until about 1pm, and they have been happy there. Space them out in your conservatory so they don't touch - forgotten why, either some bug they spread to each other if they don't have enough air circulating or somesuch. Either that or they really DO like dry air!
I leave mine outside in pots where they get the full sun for half the day, and they are happy. However the fact that they like a lot of water and have big leaves, suggests that they might be quite happy with some shade. Plants adapted to strong sun tend to use little water and have small leaves to reduce water loss. Mind you strong sun in Yorkshire is not a lot different to full shade in warmer places, :D
Fuchsias are pretty versatile,I have them in sun and shade,so long as yuo love them they will grow anywhere for you.Make cuttings of the bits you pinch out and try them in different situations
glad i've found this cos although i've read up on them still am a little weary.I'm just about to pot up 18 plugs of the following; thing is 2 of these are Hardy and i think that means will grow yr after yr if so and i put them in the wrong place would i be able to dig them up and put them elsewhere? i know its a thick ? but i don't want to damage them if i cant.The 1st one is for my 1st attempted on hanging baskets never done them before,so i'll be prowling around the the hanging basket's thread next:hehe:
All your fuchsias will grow year-after-year, but only the Hardy ones will survive the winter outside - the others will need to be frost-free (they won't be doing any growing, so will probably survive in a garage, although some light would be better, obviously). I cut them down about half way in the Autumn, and then right down around February - just before they come into growth. (I don't cut the "standards" down to the ground, obviously!, just the branch-y stuff at the top). You can move the outdoor ones them in the Autumn, but for plug-plants you need to grow them on about a 3" pot to start with, then pot on when the rots can be seen at the bottom of the pot - increase by 1.5" each time - so 4.5" then 6". A 6" pot is pretty large for a fuchsia, so you probably won't need that - when frosts are over, first week of June say, then they can be planted in hanging baskets or tubs. (I plant my hanging baskets and tubs around 1st May and keep them in the greenhouse so they are well established when I put them outside on 1st June). Your hardy ones can be planted outside when you think they are sturdy enough. Put them outside for the day, and bring in at night, for a week or so before planting them out - otherwise it will be a bit of a shock if they've been having warmth and TLC to suddenly be planted outside! Pinching out is to encourage the plant to become bushy. Pinch out the top first, then side shoots will appear at each of the lower leaves. When these get to about 5 leaves pinch them back to 3 leaves - and the little bits you have left in your hand can be stuck in a pot of compost, or even probably a vase of water, and they will root and make more plants (take any flowers off them until they are established, otherwise they will waste energy making flowers instead of roots). Space out the pots so that the leaves of plants don't overlap - Fuchsias are bad for fungal diseases, and need lots of "air" around them. They'll be fine once potted up in your hanging baskets, its just whilst they are growing on that you are likely to have a problem.
Don't forget you can take a cutting of your Fucshias during the summer months, I normally do mine in August September time, and I leave my hardy/semi hardy Fuchsias outside. I have a replacement if they don't survive. Hope this Helps!
Delta's Sarah is the normally sold with white petals with blue centre - although I seem to remember plenty of people on the forums saying that it wasn't anything like as Blue as the pictures. Carmel Blue is the other one - but I don't think that is True-Blue ...
Delta's Sarah as Kristen says in her post.I'm lead to believe that it cos more darker than the pics so might look even better.Are they fragrant? or are they morefor show? if so not fair on the Bee's:lollol:who work hard enough already..... Click Click Click there's 3 links here for you to have a look at, the 2nd link Fushia looks a monster......s00k
right guys/gals.Its comming up to 2 wks since iput these in pots and this is what they look like don't know if you guy's can see them.My ? is should i do anything to them other than water them?not sure how to do all this pinching out and stuff and am more afraid of damaging them also are these pics to big?should i be putting smaller ones up unless asked,cos i know how important bandwidth is to sites.
