Why wont my Hardy Fuschias Flower?

Water? Are they growing in a dry spot? The reason they're usually planted in part shade is because they don't like to dry out - if they do, that will definitely affect the flowering.
Just realised you live in Wales, which I always think of as very wet! Are they in pots and could lack of water be possible?

Hi Plockton welcome to our friendly web site. do know the variety of your fuschias? I was thinking maybe they are too wet.

Welcome Plockton

Aha - intriguing - are they too wet or too dry? My fucshias didnt't flower well this year either.We neglected our pots (due to weekends away in our caravan) and they dried out too much..

Thanks for your answers. There are a few different varieties - all planted in the garden in different areas - and none of them have flowered well for the past few years. One is a Riccartoni? - another has pale pink flowers and a couple of others I can't remember. A couple are in shadier areas and one in sun - nothing seems to make any difference.

Yes, but do you water when the weather is dry? And the other question I'd ask is, do you cut them down in the Spring? Do you ever turn over the soil and add some Growmore or similar a couple of times during the growing season?

We've had constant rain this summer and so, no, I haven't watered at all. I do cut them down - but at the end of summer/autumn - not in spring. Is that what I've done wrong? As yet, I haven't fertilised - I can't keep up with growth in my garden - it all seems to grow so much - but at the expense of flowering. Even gladioli - which have grown, haven't really flowered either.

the reason you're not supposed to cut fuchsia before winter is that it might not survive if you do, but clearly that's not an issue here. Try leaving the topgrowth on till next spring, when growth starts, and only cutting back by half the ones that are still bushy and growing well, unless space is an issue.Then fork around the plants, work in some Growmore and a bit of sulphate of potash (garden centre, its a powder) . Best done in March or early April. And bear in mind that, even if its been raining, its easy to not realise that plants are dry at the roots once we get into summer - I recommend you go out occasionally during the summer months and just stick a hand fork in the soil near the plants and turn it up, to see if its dry or not.

Thanks for that Bamboo - I've put a reminder 'to do' just that next Spring. Maybe more success next year then. Hopefully!