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Fuscia

Hi last year my fuscia blew over with strong winds and I propped it back up, this yeah  have growth on the small side but no growth where the main branch is, i know things are later this year due to lack of sun but usually it would be flowering by May. I have scraped it and it appears to be brown on the side where there is no growth. Should I wait a month or just chop the main branch? Many thanks 

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I would prune off everything that has no green growth on it, including that thick old branch. Last winter was hard on many things and some hardy fuchsias have died back further than they normally would. It'll grow away and be better than ever in a couple of months.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    You need to cut fuchsias right down in the Spring,  saw off those brown branches and it will come up from the base. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    You can cut fuchsias right down in the spring.  But the very hardy ones can be left to grow big.  My two magellanica albas reached 8 foot and very floriferous.  One I think died this winter, the other, like yours, is grwoing from the base.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have never known a fuchsia to grow out from dead wood. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Mine always lose their leaves in winter (they're deciduous, at least here) but they regrow from different heights each year depending on the amount of winter cold we've had. After a very mild winter they start growing where they left off the previous year. This year some died right back and are re-growing from ground level, some didn't die back as much as that.  I prune them back to where the new growth is appearing or further, sometimes much further, sometimes right down to the ground if I think the old woody branches are looking rough.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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