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Fuchsias Fuchsia care is often determined by where you live and your climate, but in most circumstances they can be treated in the same way you'd treat any other shade loving perennial.
The optimum growing temperature for Fuchsias is 75 F. during the day and 60 F. at night so in the hot, dry areas, your Fuchsia should be grown in full shade only, and provided with lots of water. It is helpful to provide additional water, and mist the plants daily during extremely hot periods.
In the cooler parts of the country, Fuchsias will tolerate almost full sun, but the optimum condition would be sun in the morning and light shade in the afternoon.
The soil should always be kept moist (never soggy!)... Water daily if the weather is hot, every other day when its cooler.
You should remove spent flowers regularly to promote continued blooming. (Leave one or two to fruit on the plant if you'd like to collect the seeds) Pinching will create a much bushier plant.
Fuchsias may be upright growing shrubs or they may be trailing (hanging) plants. Unfortunately, most Fuchsias are only hardy to USDA zones 9-10, but many of the "uprights" are hardy to zone 7. Hardy varieties should be pruned back hard in late winter.
Fuchsias can be grown from seeds, which will germinate in 3-4 weeks if they are kept at 70-75 F. Do not cover the seeds, because they require light for germination.
Fuchsias can also be propagated by softwood cuttings. Use tip cuttings with four or five pairs of leaves. Strip the bottom two pair of leaves and put them in a 50/50 mix of sand and peat moss. Keep the rooting medium moist and the cuttings lightly shaded. The cuttings should be well rooted and ready for transplant to small pots in about 6-8 weeks.
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I personally think Fuchias are one of the best looking flowers! My parents used to have a double trailing Indian maiden which was a real deep pink.....absolutely beautiful.
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Fuschias are my favorite plant to get in the summer to put on the porch. I haven't gotten one in awhile though. Actually, I haven't seen any around here the last few years. (but I did not go to the greenhouse we went to before) They are about the most beautiful plants I have ever seen. I LOVE THEM!
BUT I have never seen a purple one like the picture you have shown. I bet in real life it is breathtaking.
When I had them on the porch that summer, they did much better when it started getting colder at night, or whenever we would have a "cold spell" in the spring. They didn't much like the hot weather.
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I used to deal with these a lot at work It was really weird, cuz if you accidently touched the flowers, they'd leave a sticky layer of stuff on ur skin o.O So ya, after 8 hours of carrying pots of those around, the entire underside of my arms, neck, chest and shirt was covered in sticky
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