Dead fuchsia magellanica...again - why?
teuth
4 years ago
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Comments (1)I grow a lot of fushias, and overwinter some of them. To overwinter, you prune most of the living green stuff off, (save them for new plants), then keep the fushia plant in a place with not a lot of light, and just enough moisture to keep it from dying. The little green sprouts will be a fushia. First, take it out of the pot, shake all old soil off, prune any dead wood out. Any dead roots, cut out. Then repot, and fertilize once a week, or use something like Oscomote. The saved fushias bloom about a mo. later than a new one from the store. That is why you make your own cuttings in late fall, so you will have a good start on plants. I do my cuttings in soil, keep damp. The cuttings are about 4-5 in. long. I am sure you will find directions online on how to do. Darlene...See MoreHardy fuchsia DEAD!
Comments (8)Magellanica is likely the hardiest of the species but still marginal in any zone below 7. Best to give it winter protection in lower zones as you would Hydrangea macrophylla. In colder zones, it can be root hardy but experience complete dieback of any above ground portions, so I'm not surprised you see no sighs of life on the stems. Even in my very mild climate, some hardy fuchsias are very late to bud out, so it is too early to write it off completely. I'd wait for a few more weeks - if alive, you should see new growth emerging at the base of the plant....See MoreFuchsia tree survived NW winter, how to care for it
Comments (3)When you say tree, do you mean a single trunk of some length with branches at the top or did your fuchsia look more like a shrub with several branches coming out of the ground? There are quite a few varieties of fuchsia that are winter hardy in zone 8 if the rootball is planted deep enough. Although the top of the plant dies back in winter fresh growth comes up from the rootball in the spring. If your plant was a 'tree' fuchsia it would have to have been given winter protection, somewhere it wouldn't freeze, given just enough water to keep the roots from drying out. With fuchsias that are left in the ground over winter don't cut the dead looking branches off in the spring until you can see where new growth is coming from, then cut just above where you see new growth or to shape. Whichever type you had it looks like the root survived the winter, the new growth appearing now will grow and flower....See MoreEastside Fuchsia Show
Comments (29)zzepherdogg, thank you for the compliment of attributing to me far greater knowledge of hardy fuchsias than I possess :-) Unfortunately, my experience with these great plants is limited to the ones I grow personally and to those I bring in to sell at the nursery and they tend to be the relatively more common forms and those that exhibit reliable hardiness in our climate. It is interesting to see the hardiness values attributed to these plants by various fuchsia sites. I think we in the PNW enjoy a pretty benign climate rather well suited to growing a lot of hardy fuchsias but not all will make it with the same degree of vigor. Interestingly, both Double Otto and Lord Byron are listed by most sources as half hardy (whatever that means) but I know folks that have grown DO with ease. My feeling is that if you admire the plant regardless of listed hardiness, grow it, but until you are sure of its establishment and reliablity, it may be prudent to provide winter protection. The loss will not break the bank and you could very well be rewarded with a tough, great performing addition to your garden....See Moreteuth
4 years ago
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