I've got a fuchsia that became enormous last year and I'd like to cut it back a little. Googling suggests that I wait until spring to do so but I've woken up with the urge to tidy up the garden. Is it spring enough yet to cut it back?
I prune the hardy fuchsias when I can see where the new growth is coming from, anything from right back to the ground to just trimming off the dead tips of the branches depending on how much space I want it to fill. I did most of them last weekend.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
A new thread on global warming has just been posted . I think hardy fuchsia pruning is a good example of a garden job that is done earlier now than it use to be. March pruning years ago risked damaging newly emerging shoots.
I have never grown hardy fuchsia but I have cut back for others so there is always a necessity to be cautious. We are facing a situation where we need to garden by instinct rather than what a book suggests. A gardening forum is a good place to see what others are doing right now and then make a decision.
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already done here.
Did mine about 3 weeks ago (Staffordshire)
When you have pruned it give it some feed.
I think hardy fuchsia pruning is a good example of a garden job that is done earlier now than it use to be. March pruning years ago risked damaging newly emerging shoots.
I have never grown hardy fuchsia but I have cut back for others so there is always a necessity to be cautious. We are facing a situation where we need to garden by instinct rather than what a book suggests. A gardening forum is a good place to see what others are doing right now and then make a decision.