My Fuschia???

[sunflowerlmj]

I live in Colorado.. We have cold winters.. What should I do with my Fuschia over winter?? Can it stay outside??

Comments

[raynedanser]

I'm in Maine and we have four across the front of our house. I usually cover/wrap them and they're fine over winters. So far. ;-)

[bailey36]

really? I just replace mine every year. hmmmmm....

[raynedanser]

I've never had to do that.

ETA:
Ack. wait. I'm sick, we'll blame it on that. It's not fuschia I have out front. *facepalm* Time to ease off the cold meds, me thinks. ;-)

[bailey36]

good to know

[briar_witch]

I'm in zone 4. I don't know anything about fuschia, but, what I've done with somewhat tender plants is cover them up with lots and lots of leaves until the entire plant is completely buried. Then I waited until it had warmed up enough in the spring before I uncovered them. You can't uncover them too soon though, because you can lose the plant to cold nights and frost if you do. I've been lucky enough to winter over some plants that might otherwise have died off, but it really depends on whether or not you're willing to risk losing the plant entirely when you try it. We've also had some unusually warm (for us) winters lately, which probably helped.

[trika]

There are hardy varieties and 'florist' varieties. The hardy varieties are planted in the ground and depending on your particular zone, may survive with protection.

I've only grown the 'florist' varieties in hanging pots and they will die with the slightest frost.

Florest Variety

[sunflowerlmj]

Mine is in a hanging pot. What should I do with it for over winter?

[ioanna_ioannina]

I live in a place where we have cold winters, too. The temperature uses to drop to -15°C, sometimes more. I don´t own a fuschia, but people around me treat their fuschias exactly as a pelargonium - they put them inside for the winter.

[armygeezer]

I'm in zone 7. I usually don't do anything to mine and they come back each year. I think if I lived somewhere colder, I'd put a bunch of mulch overthem to protect the crowns and hope for the best (and be prepared to replace in spring).