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**Help*** Fuschia/Bleeding Heart basket!

19 years ago

Hi,

I bought two fuschia hanging baskets about 2 weeks ago. I have them hanging in shaded western exposure on our covered porch. I water daily and they were thriving. The past three days they are looking limp and limper. Today I have them in the sun and instead of perking up they look even worse. What am I doing wrong? I bought them as hanging baskets- they are rather large and were potted in those "recycled" cardboard type planters and the soil looked rich, I didn't see any need to repot. NOW- The leaves are SOFT and pliable, the stems are heavy and limp. Can my fuschia be saved?

also- what's the difference between fuschia and bleeding heart, if any? I thought they loved shade?

Comments (8)

  • 19 years ago

    I think that you might have ovewatered them.Put where they get a little bit of morning sun and shade the rest of the day.If you continue to keep them in full sun your plant will just burn.I wouldn;t water for about a week.

  • 19 years ago

    Fushias generally hate TX. A couple people on here have managed it, but not without a struggle. Ie... it's not your fault. PJ

  • 19 years ago

    This comes up every year. You will have people reply to this saying they grow glorious fuchsias in Texas. It's possible in an air-conditioned, humidified area with screened sunlight. We need to let the people along the Pacific coast enjoy their fuchsias, and concentrate on plants that tolerate the harsh conditions in Texas.
    If I'm not mistaken, bleeding heart is dicentra, which, unfortunately for you, is also happiest in cooler, damper climates. Whoever sold you that basket..............

  • 19 years ago

    Or your "bleeding heart" could be a clerodendrum, which do actually like us.
    I treat fuchsias as an annual. They look good through April and part of May and then one day just croak.
    Tally HO!

  • 19 years ago

    I agree with BeachPlant, must treat fuschias like annual for Texas weather. If you love its beauty, than enjoy it for the season and accept its death gracefully. Keep the good memories with lots of photos while it lasts.

    I've read another thread about fuschias not too long ago and there were some postwar that went on with that thread. I stopped reading it halfway.

    What surprised me was that many gardeners don't mind spending money on annuals but make such a big fuss about others spending money on Fuschias. Weird, huh?!?

  • 19 years ago

    ntt hou, I'm not sure what your point is. Some annuals suited to Texas' climate give the gardener pleasure from late spring to the first frost. Fuchsias are doomed to die early on when the heat sets in.
    RE spending money on plants, it interests me that people who think nothing of spending $40 on a meal for two will drive all over town to save 10 or 15c on a plant. Fuchsias are lovely plants, and if someone wants to buy a hanging basket or a pot of them for $10 or $12 or whatever and enjoy them for a few weeks, realizing that their life will be short in our climate, it is money well spent. Flowers fill an aesthetic need that most people instinctively have. When someone makes a gift of cut flowers, the life expectancy of those is very limited. But people do it all the time.
    I think what the previous posters have tried to convey is that it is unrealistic to expect fuchsias to last all summer and into the fall as many annuals do. They are not trying to talk anybody out of buying the plant; just offering advice as to what to expect.
    Don

  • 5 years ago

    I have fusias at my home in the mountains of NC. I have them in the morning sun then in mostly filtered. My husband puts the all purpose miracle grow on them and they are beautiful. i take them back to SC in the winter and put them in my garage and bring them out on warm days.. They love it!!!


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