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Please Tell me everything I need to know about my fuchsia

Posted by auroradream21 Pennsylvania (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 20, 07 at 0:28

I have a, I think it's called a Pat's Dream Fuchsia. It's in a hanging basket on my front porch. Mostly shade as there's a big tree right next door. The basket is one of those ones that have the iron pattern and the coconut shell bowl like thing in it. I water my fuchsia anytime the dirt doesn't feel damp anymore. That's about the most I do with it. As I'm an inexperianced gardner and this is my most complex plant (I have a fern and a vine as well but neither of them are picky and both do very well) any advice would be greatly appreciated. It always has a lot of blooms on it and they tend to last a while but if there is more I can do to it to make it more beautiful I'd like to do it. It's not the fullest on plants (guess that's what I can expect for getting it at wal mart). What can I do to make it fuller and have more volume to it. Also, is it possible to bring it in for the winter and keep it alive and also have new blooms next year or is it better to just start fresh in the spring. Any advice is appreciated!! Thanks you!


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RE: Please Tell me everything I need to know about my fuchsia

Pat's Dream is deemed a hardy fuchsia on the west coast of the pacific northwest. To make your plant fuller it should have been pinched back a couple of times. If you do it now it won't bloom again for another 6-8 weeks as to keeping it over the winter, it will have to be either in a greenhouse or let go dormant, giving it just enough water to stop the root ball from drying out and kept in a frost free place over the winter. Below is a link to the American Fuchsia Society this may be of interest to you.

Here is a link that might be useful: American Fuchsia Society


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RE: Please Tell me everything I need to know about my fuchsia

Hi

Have a look at my Beginners Guide site ... it might help

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Here is a link that might be useful: Beginners Guide


 
 

 

 


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