Top Ten Tips About Fuchsias

1. They are at their best outside in the shade during summer.

2. Feed once a week with Chem Pak fuchsia Food.

3. Always plant cuttings a little proud of the compost to avoid root rot.

4. Remove seed pods after flowering.

5. Pot on fuchsias little and often

6. Add a little loam when potting plants above 13cm / 5" pot.

7. Take cuttings on the second pair of leaves on shoot

8. Each time you pinch a fuchsia to make it bushy you delay flowering between 6-8 weeks.

9. Hardy varieties will flower in the garden until October and do not need lifting.

10. There is counselling for fuchsia nuts available.