Fuchsia 'dollar princess'

That's really good, I must remember that tip about cutting across the top, it's a great shape now! I have some lovely fuchsias but the shapes are not at all good.

lovely

I agree, that's a good idea for turning an upright into a more hanging type plant.

Thanks for the comments. Well noted, Frybo, this isn't a technique for every fuchsia. Winter prune is the best shaping time I think for most. That's what this will get here on out.

Your fuchsia is wonderful GT

I just learned something about fuchsias from the flowers fair expositor.
She said to prune the tips of the branches as soon as the flower shrinks.

Hubby said, ok you can have a fuchsia, wondering if you will sleep holding it, because there is no spot last to another plant... hhehe

I'm thinking about a small one to hang on the cherry tree, so it will have some shadow during the worst part of the day.

Thank you. I hope you get one, I love them. They do like cool, blooming best once our temps go down, more a winter plant for you. It could go all the way through with pruning like that. Keep better shape too. I let them grow because i have to cut back for winter anyway. That is when I reshape and trim all the excess.

humm interesting, so when the flowers are gone I should prune it all around to keep the shape?

I bought a huge one :S it is pulling forward the cherry (found out the name is Sakura in japanese)tree

Lovely plant, GT! I had four or five plants of this variety last year but, even though its classified as being hardy, none of them survived the winter. In fact other Fuchsias also classified as being hardy never made it through our last winter either! ;-((

Aleyna, since it doesn't freeze there, I would suggest just growing on until it is larger than you like, then cut back about half the plant, it will grow in again and begin blooming. Regular cut back like this will keep it full and small. You can let it get incrementally bigger each year never cutting into the older growth.

Thank you Balcony. Its such a bloomer! Sorry you lost some. Mine come inside for winter, not a chance out there. Sadly that also means I don't even see those lovely small flowering hardy ones you can plant out.

I think they prefer dormancy and I force it when they look weak in December, pruning back hard and placing away somewhere cool. They take it very well and give lots of shoots in late march when I'll prune back again for summer. This one will do well I think.