Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Overgrown Hardy Fuschia

beasnlaSX9m9_Z5beasnlaSX9m9_Z5 Posts: 2
in Plants
Hello, we have recently moved into a new home and inherited a beautiful garden. The garden path is completely overwhelmed by some hardy fuschias and I have read that I can't cut them back until after the frosts have finished. Is there anything I can do or do I need to just be patient and wait until spring? 

Posts

  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    Main pruning is done in spring but that’s to give a bit of frost protection to emerging buds. I have hardy fuchsias which edge a path. The overhanging branches have already been cut back, we do that most years and haven’t had any reshooting problems. I suppose it depends on how low temperatures fall in your area. I’m NE England so it’s usually cold and damp with not too many hard frosts, fingers crossed. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It won't hurt to trim back what's overhanging the path now, and then prune them hard in spring (close to ground level if you like) and they'll regenerate and flower late summer-autumn.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • beasnlaSX9m9_Z5beasnlaSX9m9_Z5 Posts: 2
    Awesome, thank you both! They have been trimmed so we can actually use the path now (hurray!) and will get a good trimming back come spring time :)
Sign In or Register to comment.