{"id":8506,"date":"2016-09-08T00:04:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T23:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2016-09-03T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T07:42:41","slug":"overwintering-fuchsias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/overwintering-fuchsias\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwintering Fuchsias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Fuchsia splendens by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4535767618\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4068\/4535767618_dc7de6ac53.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia splendens\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overwintering as the name suggests is the treatment of a fuchsia to protect it during winter so that it will survive to perform again next year. All Fuchsias can be overwintered as cuttings and I recommend that as a belt and braces approach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overwintering Hardy Fuchias.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardy cultivars are bred and grown to survive British winters and do well particularly in the south. Fuchsia magellanica &#8216;Gracilis&#8217;, Happy, Lady Thumb, C J Howlett, Graf Witte, Lena, Margaret and Thompsonii are hardy varieties with an AGM.<\/li>\n<li>The micro climate for a Fuchsia can help it survive. If grown in full sun the wood will ripen to a firm brown twig that resists freezing. Well drained soil prevents water logging.<\/li>\n<li>Plant deeply, at least 4&#8243;, so that buds below the soil are protected.<\/li>\n<li>I cut back the soft growth in October and cover the root and shoot area with bracken or peat substitute.<\/li>\n<li>In spring I prune down to just one or two buds at the base to encourage new growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overwintering Decorative Fuchsias<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unless your fuchsia is known to be hardy it is safer to assume it is not and treat it accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Take semi-ripe hardwood cuttings before frost in October and keep in a frost free room to root over winter.<\/li>\n<li>The whole plant can be overwintered for several years by making it dormant from October. Stop watering, harden the wood outdoors in the sunshine where possible.<\/li>\n<li>Put the plant in a cool, dry frost free place. If it starts shooting it is too warm.<\/li>\n<li>Water thoroughly with tepid water only when the root ball becomes totally dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Restarting Overwintered Fuchsias<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardy Outdoor varieties will start themselves. Pull off the bracken leaves after the danger of frost has passed.<\/li>\n<li>In spring bring out the pot plants and prune back to one or two buds per shoot. Cut out crossing branches and make the plant open.<\/li>\n<li>Repot in fresh compost.<\/li>\n<li>Place in the light and warmth and syringe the branches. Do not over-water, wait until shoots are growing strongly before any feeding.<\/li>\n<li>Stop the plants to get bigger flower heads. Beware overwintered plants can start to loose the size of flower after several seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also Fuchsia Pink Fantasia on <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/fuchsia-pink-fantasia\/\">Gardeners tips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overwintering as the name suggests is the treatment of a fuchsia to protect it during winter so that it will survive to perform again next year. All Fuchsias can be overwintered as cuttings and I recommend that as a belt and braces approach. Overwintering Hardy Fuchias. Hardy cultivars are bred and grown to survive British winters and do well particularly in the south. Fuchsia magellanica &#8216;Gracilis&#8217;, Happy, Lady Thumb, C J Howlett, Graf Witte, Lena, Margaret and Thompsonii are hardy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/overwintering-fuchsias\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}