Overwinter fuschias?

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Can anyone give me advice on how to overwinter a couple of fuschias? They've been in quite a shady spot outside and have flowered wonderfully - in fact, they're still flowering (mid October).

The last time i tried to overwinter fuschias, I cut them back and put them into our garage. Unfortunately, they all died !

I'd like to keep hold of the two I've now got - how do I make sure they get through the winter ahead?

Thanks

savemoney

I put mine in a cold frame. I put brick on cold frame so it does not blow away and put some bubble wrap on floor and lay pots on top. I do have some fushia that I keep outside all year and they fine but there always close to a wall

blossomhill_2

Hi, with standard ones you can in fact bury them in the ground to overwinter, not sure if you can with others but I don't see why not

They are quite late in the year getting new growth so give them a chance in spring before writing them off; don't forget they will need some water to wake them up and trigger growth

Have you considered putting in the garage again but wrapped in horticultural fleece?

Whereabouts in the country are you?

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blossomhill wrote: »

Hi, with standard ones you can in fact bury them in the ground to overwinter, not sure if you can with others but I don't see why not

They are quite late in the year getting new growth so give them a chance in spring before writing them off; don't forget they will need some water to wake them up and trigger growth

Have you considered putting in the garage again but wrapped in horticultural fleece?

Whereabouts in the country are you?

North yorkshire. Yes, we do have a garage, so maybe wrapping them up in there would be a good idea? I didn't wrap them last time - maybe it just got too cold in there? They're still flowering (don't they know it's October ???) so I'm assuming I need to wait until they start dropping their leaves?

savemoney

I'm in NY too. Using fleece is a good idea. I also cut mine back in cold frame. They do take while to spring into life. In fact one of mine has only just flowered a few weeks back it grown but no flowers. I still have several in pots outside.

blossomhill_2

You need to move them in before the frost hits, which will be soon. They can probably cope with a few week in the garage standing on bubble wrap while they drop their leaves then wrap them in fleece checking for stray catapillars first - Lidl sometimes do cheapish rolls at this time of year

N Yorkshire will get COLD (you don't need me to tell you!) - I live near RHS Wisley (SEast) and can't believe the lengths they go to to protect their plants over winter - serious heaps of straw, fleece, metal mesh fencing pinned over it to keep it in place - I have always been a bit half-hearted about winter protection but not now I have seen that ...

blossomhill_2

PS Corona - are you sure yours are tender varieties - some are winter hardy

A._Badger

It's worth taking cuttings as a precaution.

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blossomhill wrote: »

PS Corona - are you sure yours are tender varieties - some are winter hardy

I don't know - I only got the pair of them this summer. They've bloomed beautifully in a fairly shady spot all summer - and are still flowering.

How do I tell ?

blossomhill_2

Corona wrote: »

I don't know - I only got the pair of them this summer. They've bloomed beautifully in a fairly shady spot all summer - and are still flowering.

How do I tell ?

I only know mine are hardy because I choose hardy ones when buying (much less choice) so unless you have a label or a name you can look up online you will need to assume they are tender

demystified

Corona wrote: »

I don't know - I only got the pair of them this summer. They've bloomed beautifully in a fairly shady spot all summer - and are still flowering.

How do I tell ?

the more fancy the flower the less hardy as a rule, the hardiest are the magellenicas and they're very simple indeed.