Fuchsia care
I bought a big, wonderful Fuchsia to hang on my porch which gets shade all day. It was doing fine till the last couple days when the weather got to the 80’s. It is going to get hotter, what can I do , the plant is never in the sun?
Fuchsias like cool days and cool nights. They are more suited to weather in the Pacific Northwest or highlands of Hawaii. They prefer morning sun and afternoon shade and cannot tolerate hot weather which causes them to wilt and drop their flowers. Continue to keep it in the shade and out of the drying wind until the weather cools down a bit. Water it enough to keep the soil evenly moist but not too wet. A misting will also be appreciated when the leaves get droopy. If it stops blooming, cut the plant back to a node and it should give off new growth within a month and rebloom from the new growth. When in bloom, feed it every two weeks with a 1/2 dose of a balanced fertilizer.
Eventhough fuchsia flowers are not fragrant their sweet nectar attracts hummingbirds.
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I have a # 10 HB Fuchsia and it is dying on me . i water every night or every other night. The leaves are dry and falling of. What can i do to save this plant. Thank You Shelia
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Winterover Fuchsia
Jay Bessley
I live in Portland, OR and have a fuchsia hanging basket (called First Love, semi-double trailing corolla) that I’ve just brought inside since it’s in the mid 30’s outside most of the time. The leaves have turned mostly yellow and dropped off. I’ve placed it near a window and watered it once
a week. Should I prune the branches now or later in the spring? The temp. inside the room is about 62 degrees or so. Or could I bring it in the garage where there is less light and the temp. about 40 degrees?
Thank you for any advice you can give me.
How do you keep a fuchsia during the winter?
See the above comment.
can i eat the fuchsia flower or bloom in a salad. i am growing an organic garden and i would like to know. thanks babette
hi I was just woundering what the fuchsia fruit looks like. I had one grow to be about the size of a large pea. could you send me a picture of what one looks like please. Thanks again babette.
Edible fruit
hi again the seed pod you talked about was fine thanks. but the new thing that has grow on the vine is the shape of a purple marble. is that a fruit that i can eat thanks again babette steel
thanks so very much on all of the advice.and answers to all of my questions it really did help me.plus the only plant that grew the purple berry fruit was the one i planted in the ground that was why i emailed you so many times. thanks again Babette from commerce Texas
hi its Babette again i forgot to tell you that i broke of one of the branches when i first got the fuchsia plant and i tried a new way of starting a new plant i cut the tip off then i spit on the cut end then i put powered root starter on it and it started a new plant. once it started to grow new leaves and even a new flower or two, i then knew it was good to go. i did not know you could start a new plant from that kind of cutting. that was new to me. Babette
my fuchsias are big in the ground and very old (20yrs). the leaves have little black dots shiny silver spots & holes that look like they have been eaten, they even seem to be wilting a bit , it’s been very hot latey. they are planted in the shade.they are watered regulary. any help. thanks