Fuchsia

[maggiebee]

Follow on from yesterday's post about plants. My large fuchsia looked totally dead back at the end of March so I cut it down to ground level. Spent some time in the garden yesterday and was going to dig out the fuchsia root and bless my soul. it is regrowing from the base. Will take a while to get back to its original size but I'm just happy its growing.

[Redhelen72]

Some fuchsias do that - I had one that would look totally dead so I would cut it down to the base and then it would spring to life again!
but glad you are getting life again - perhaps take a couple of cuttings when it is strong again

[jno]

fuchsias usually seem to be the last thing to revive in spring, but my two have been exceptionally tardy. One now has leaves up to about three feet high but everything higher or wider than that is plainly dead and I've spent the afternoon hacking it back The other is much younger but has only a handful of leaves round the base; I'm wondering it's worth keeping at all. Both were ablaze this time lat year, so given their different ages I don't know what's ailing them.

Unforeseeable fuchsias, as they say.

[maggiebee]

jno, I would keep the young one another year unless you need the space. Think it might just surprise you as mine did me

[jno]

I might wave a trowel at it as a warning.

[maggiebee]

Yes jno - and give it a good talking to!