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Fushia dying ?

annamaria_annamaria_ Posts: 15
in Problem solving
I recently planted a fushia paula jane and some mini fuhsias into my garden which has clay soil. Before planting them I worked the soil and added compost in the hope that they wouldn't get waterlogged. Is there anything I can do to save them, they all have withering leaves and buds that are falling off, yet I dont feel that I've over watered them at all.  I have some mini fushias still potted that look very happy in comparison.  any help appreciated. 




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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited May 2021
    It's been too cold for them. Not all fuchsias are hardy and I think yours are tender kinds, added to which they must have been grown in warmth in a glasshouse to get them into flower this early in the year, so putting them out in the cold has given them a shock.  The brown flowers and dry leaves will drop off in time (they won't revive) but the plants might grow new shoots when the weather is warm enough for them. The only way to find out is wait and see.
    Keep your potted ones somewhere sheltered and bring them inside if frost is forecast.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Unfortunately for you Paula Jane is only half hardy. It could be planted outside in summer,  but cannot cope with the low temperatures we have been getting this spring.
    It will have been raised in a glasshouse and induced to flower early and sold to trick unwary shoppers at Easter or Whitsun. Irresponsible marketing but lots of garden centres do it.
    Lift them, pot them up, put them inside where they will be warm and get light, but not in full sun. Keep them moist but not soggy,  cross your fingers and wait. If you are lucky you may get some new shoots and they may recover enough to be hardened off and planted out later. You may need to cut back some dead stems, but they might still shoot from the base. Even one or two shoots would give you chance to take a cutting and grow a new plant.
    Good luck and lesson learned :)
  • annamaria_annamaria_ Posts: 15
    Oh I see, its the sudden change of temperature for them. Thank you both for your help. I've taken the Paula out of the garden and potted it in the hope it might survive.  Definately lesson learned.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    My half hardy fuchsias have only come out of the polytunnel this morning.   We've had the doors open by day for over a month but have closed them at night as it's been getting so cold.

    Yours looks like it has been kept under glass all thru to have flowers that far advanced and they won't have liked the sudden change.  You have to harden them off gradually by putting them out by day and in for the night for a couple of weeks and only leave them out when all danger of frosts or even less than about 5C is over.

    Potting up again will only help if you can keep it warm while it recovers.   @Buttercupdays' advice is spot on.  Worth trying tho as it's very pretty.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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