standard fushia

[honkytonk]

have grown two of these from a young whipp any ideas of over wintering it, every gardening book i have read says they are very hard to get going again.

[andyjevs]

If the fuchsia is being over wintered either outdoors or in an unheated greenhouse, chances are the top will die off but the plant will regrow from the base next spring. The only sure way to keep them going from year to year is to keep them growing in warm greenhouse all winter just like a house plant would.

[honkytonk]

thanks andy

[WendyS]

I am 50% lucky with overwintering such fuschias by cutting them down to the roots before the first frost comes, piling up a little mound of earth over the base of the plant and putting a large upturned flowerpot on top to protect them, with a brick or heavy stone on top to prevent the pot being blown away by the wind.  Alternatively, put a square of black plastic bin-bag over the earth mound and anchor it with stones. In the spring the green shoots will sprout up again from the base of the plant.

[hazelj]

i have also grown a standard fuchsia from a cutting Its about 7 years old and I have always put into garage(brick built)over winter and it has been fine