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Old 04-25-2012, 10:33 PM
 
Location: rain city
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I bought a flat of fancy little fuchsias today at Home Depot () for 50¢ apiece. Whoo hoo.

They are the tropical variety and not the hardy shrubby types. But fuchsias love Seattle. I am putting them in large commercial pots in a sheltered outdoor setting of a residential apartment building.

I know they thrive here, I know they are not technically winter hardy, but I have seen them survive Seattle winters. Will they make it through the winter left in their pots? (It does snow here sometimes) Or must I dig them in the fall to winter them over?

I'm kind of hoping to leave them for the winter. Yes or no, west coasties?

They look like this:


Dark Eyes Fuchsias



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Old 04-26-2012, 06:04 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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We have managed to keep them alive over winter by cutting them back to 6" and keeping them in the garage, watering just enough to keep them alive. At the prices they go for in spring it's really not worth the trouble. You can grow them outside now and just bring in the pots if we get a late freeze, and they usually get nice and big by summer. Leaving them outside definitely means death. Even the Hardy Fuchsias (little tiny blooms) in the ground die back every year and come back from the ground in spring, although this winter, for the first time in 20, ours are still green and healthy after the unusually mild winter we had.
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Old 04-26-2012, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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I've never managed to keep the non-shrub type alive. I bring them in and then completely forget about watering them out there in the garage. Which means they're dried up sticks in the spring. Plus for the $.50 I'd rather not have the clutter and then I don't have to re-pot them either.
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Old 04-28-2012, 10:36 PM
 
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Ciscoe Morris has such an array of advice... honestly it doesn't sound like they're that hardy, most gets repotted and put indoors.

Home & Garden | It's time to wake up the geraniums and fuchsias that have been wintering in unheated spaces | Seattle Times Newspaper
(Second paragraph: ) Home & Garden | Tips on keeping moss out of lawns | Seattle Times Newspaper
Fall Chores : Gardening by the Yard : Home & Garden Television
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