Gardeners must lift all trailing and half-hardy fuchsias from the flowerbed in the fall before temperatures start to fall below 41F. Overwinter your Fuchsia in a place in the garden that is free of frost. Tender fuchsiaare available from late winter onwards in garden centres and nurseries. Usually in the undercover bedding plant section, often with all the other plants for summer containers. When the flowers appear they come in flushes, not all at once. As soon as a flower starts to look past its best pinch it off including the seed head behind it. If the seed heads are left on the plant they will sap energy from the plant and also convince the plant that producing more flowers is not needed. Some fuchsias have been bred to drop their flowers and seed heads of their own accord.

Once the plants poke through the surface, remove the plastic bag for two to three hours a day until the plants are about three inches tall. The Māori name kōtukutuku is derived from tukutuku meaning "to let go" referring to its flaky bark. [1] Stace, Clive A. (2010). " Fuchsia L.– fuchsias". New Flora of the British Isles (3rded.). Cambridge University Press. p.365. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5. The spent flowers often fall off of their own accord or can form a deep-purple berry, which is edible if rather tasteless. Overwintering Alternatively,propagate newsmaller fuchsias by cuttings in late summerto make it easier to store your fuchsias where space is limitedStandard Fuchsia – Bush or upright fuchsias trained as standards, making them the ideal choice for balcony containers or pots. Many people think of fuchsias as exemplary summer bedding plants or half hardy perennials which are not necessarily hardy enough to survive the winters outdoors especially in colder parts of the county and which should therefore be propagated each year from fresh cuttings overwintered in the greenhouse. There are some 8,000 different registered fuchsia cultivars and over 100 species. Fuchsia excorticata is common in lowland and lower mountainous forest areas, especially on the forest margins, in clearings, and by streams. [7] Even if a forest is close to being destroyed, or is destroyed, tree fuchsias are more than often not still standing because they are close to indestructible. [8] This species is also abundant in cold mountain areas in the South Island. [8] Life cycle/phenology [ edit ] When pronounced as scientific Latin name, the pronunciation would be "fookh-see-a", if one applies the rule that the root word in honorific Latin names should follow as much as possible the original pronunciation of the name of the person the plant is named for, plus the standard pronunciation of the Latin suffix. In practice, however, English-speaking botanists often pronounce it the same as the common name, "fyu-sha".

Make a horizontal cut at the basejust below a pair of leaves, then trim the top with a sloping cut so water can run off and you can tell which is the top In containers they will need watering regularly, especially in summer, to keep the compost evenly moist but not waterlogged. Do not allow the plants to sit in water.The gardener can then pinch out the new tips of the shoots after they develop two to four sets of leaves.

The standard Fuchsia requires overwintering in a frost-free place, due to the main stem being prone to damage from exposure to cold temperatures. This damage holds occurs even if the standard is a hardy variety.Berry P. E.; etal. (1988). "Fuchsia pachyrrhiza (Onagraceae), a tuberous new species and section of Fuchsia from western Peru". Systematic Botany . 13 (4): 483–92. doi: 10.2307/2419193. JSTOR 2419193. S2CID 86892674.