Care and Tips of Fuchsias Flower Plants

Delicate fuchsias come in thousands of varieties and colors, with multi-colored blossoms that hang and droop beautifully from baskets, planters, and pots. Often trellised in the garden, fuchsia plant can be bushy or vining and trailing. Wild fuchsias, Region Central and South America, grow profusely in the Andes where temperatures are cool, and the air is moist. Fuchsia named after a 16th century German botanist – Leonard Fuchs. They do not require constant maintenance, but do plan on paying attention to them. Read on for more fuchsia growing tips.

Beautiful Fuchsia Growing Tips

Good fuchsia plant care entails planting them in soil with a pH value of 6 to 7. However, they’re fairly adaptable in many typea of soil, so long as it drains well and quickly. Fuchsia roots don’t like to sit in water. Fuchsias love lots of filtered lights but are particularly intolerant of heat. Making sure your fuchsias baskets or planters have plenty of dappled shade and daytime temperatures well below 80 degrees F. (27 C.) will encourage a healthy bloom. Fuchsias also prefers cooler night temperatures. If you’re expecting a period of hot summer weather, it’s good to have a backup plans for sheltering your fuchsia plants to support their blooming activity through the summer. If you’re growing fuchsia plant indoors, a window with bright light, indirect sunlight works best. However, they do like humidity and will languish if the air is too dry, whether indoors or out. Fuchsia plant blossoms are a wonderful treat for pollinators, so expect plenty of bees and hummers if you’re growing them outside. 

Care of Fuchsias

Fuchsia flower will thrive and blossom more abundantly if they’re pinched back as new growth appears. When these branches has been finished blooming, clip it back with clean garden shears.

You can fertilize fuchsia plant every couple of weeks in spring and summer, but begin to taper off feeding as fall approaches. Fish emulsion works beautifully. fuchsia may behave as a perennial, but in colder zones you may need to replant in spring or move your plants indoors for the winter. Take out any dead leaves and stems and keep your plant in a cool dark environment, watering only every third or fourth week throughout the dormant period. It doesn't look great, but in early spring with some fresh sunlight, water, and food, it should spring back to life. Fuchsia plants can be subject to various fungal infections and viral diseases. Be sure to keep the area around your fuchsias free from dead leaves, stems, and other materials and debris. Look after more problems for problems that might develop at the junctures of stem and leaf, and treat the plants with neem oil when it is necessary. You may want to add some beneficial insects to keep the bad ones away. Fuchsias are worth the time it takes to maintain a proper environment for them. Care of fuchsias is not necessarily low maintenance, but with a little special attention their beauty is worth a bit of extra effort.