Standard fuchsias ..

[theonlyone]

[theonlyone]

meant to ask ..how is the best way to over winter
them ..they are about 1.5 metre high , and grown from
cuttings ..thanks .

[carlton23]

When the leaves have died, cut back to 4" and if left in the ground give a 3" covering of mulch.

[carlton23]

Sorry, I meant bush fuchsias. With Standard types if left outside in the UK you must keep the tip frost free or what I have done quite successfully in the past is to shake of all the soil and clean up the plant, dust with yellow sulphur, roll it up in corrugated or newspaper and keep in a dark frost-free shed until the spring where it may appear to have died, but potted up in a good compost and kept slightly damp you should see new shoots appear in due coarse. Best of luck.

[theonlyone]

Carlton ..thanks for the info will give it a try as i have a Winston Churchill standard
and would love it to flower next year . Have you tried intertwining 2 cuttings to grow a standard ?
I've seen them in the garden centre , so i might have a go next spring . Fingers crossed !!

[carlton23]

No, I haven`t tried that but, sounds interesting, I`ll give it a go next year, if I`m spared.

[katerich48]

Sorry to go against everyones advice but mine are left out every year and basically that's it..and every following year they flower again..I do nothing except water them.. I live in Central London whether this makes a difference I don't know..