Thread: What to do with a very old and overgrown Fuchsia?
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Old 28-06-2010, 09:46 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What to do with a very old and overgrown Fuchsia?
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:11:46 +0100, Michael Bell wrote:

I have a Fuchsia in my garden 5 ft high and diameter, obviously very
old, untended for many years before I moved some branches are dead. It
must have been magnificent in its prime, but now...

So what to do? Uproot it and replace it? Cut it back hard? How hard?

Michael Bell

Take some cuttings first and when you are sure they have 'taken', you can
hack it back when and how you like.
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