I prune my hardy fuschias in late spring after the risk of frost damage has passed, usually around the end of March early April. I cut stems back to a pair of healthy buds when it starts to show new growth.
I have found cuttings root very easily in a glass of water from early summer onwards. Choose non flowering shoots for your cuttings and pot them into compost when they have good roots showing.
Lyn will have lots of good advice, she has helped me learn how to do it 😊🌱
Hosta and I don’t agree on much in our gardens, that doesn’t mean that we don’t swap plants whenever we see each other, ( there’s 2 gorgeous Black n Blue Salvias here with your name on my sweet )
right, back to fuchsias, the time to cut them down is when they start shooting next year, that will be March ish. Then cut then down to about 3 inches from the ground just above a leaf bud.
I find they don’t root so easily in the hot weather, so either take you cuttings about September or next spring, I prefer September.
Try to get non flowering shoots but sometimes that’s impossible, so just pinch the flowers off, then put them in glass of water. You need to be very careful when you pot them up, put a little compost in the bottom of the pot, then place the plant and trickle the rest of the compost over the top, burying the stem a bit. Don’t press down to hard, they like loose soil.
I used to do about 200 cuttings per year of different fuchsias, now I only do them for myself and few friends. Trying to cut the work load down🙂
Edited to add....thank you Kitty🙂
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Why would you do that Hostafan? I've only got one,but it looks very pretty at the moment.
To each his own. I'm not a fan of fuschias but I'm happy for others to love them I believe there are some very strange folk who don't like Hostas. Odd, but so be it.
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If it were me, I'd dig them up, cut them into little bits and stick them in the compost bin.
I have found cuttings root very easily in a glass of water from early summer onwards. Choose non flowering shoots for your cuttings and pot them into compost when they have good roots showing.
Lyn will have lots of good advice, she has helped me learn how to do it 😊🌱
right, back to fuchsias, the time to cut them down is when they start shooting next year, that will be March ish. Then cut then down to about 3 inches from the ground just above a leaf bud.
I find they don’t root so easily in the hot weather, so either take you cuttings about September or next spring, I prefer September.
Try to get non flowering shoots but sometimes that’s impossible, so just pinch the flowers off, then put them in glass of water. You need to be very careful when you pot them up, put a little compost in the bottom of the pot, then place the plant and trickle the rest of the compost over the top, burying the stem a bit. Don’t press down to hard, they like loose soil.
I used to do about 200 cuttings per year of different fuchsias, now I only do them for myself and few friends. Trying to cut the work load down🙂
Edited to add....thank you Kitty🙂
I believe there are some very strange folk who don't like Hostas. Odd, but so be it.
Hostafan, you should see my beautiful patio😀😱😀
I trust you're not offended by my anti fuchsia sentiments?