Fuschias - Tom Thumb & Lady Thumb

Does anyone have experience of growing the dwarf fuschias Tom Thumb and Lady Thumb?
We bought one of each last summer from a local garden centre and both were sold as hardy. Almost twelve months on there is no sign of life from either and I would have expected signs of growth by now!
Even though we live at 800 ft above sea level it has been quite mild, not many frosts at all, but very wet in the latter months of winter.
I'd be interested to hear of other experiences.

 

Grown them in various gardens over the years. H3 hardiness which means that they can be cut to the ground by hard frost, but usually re-grow from the roots. Survived here and in fact are flowering now, very early. Check that they roots were not eaten by vine weevils who adore Fuchsias.