For extra cold tolerance, plant your hardy Fuchsia 4 inches deeper than it comes out of the pot. Avoid a baking hot spot, but they need sufficient sunshine to bloom well. All Fuchsias are big eaters.

Ciscoe Morris, Seattle Times garden writer, says it is time to plant fuchsias so they have time to take root before winter; flowering plants and perennials need feeding in mid-August ...

However, some types, such as Fuchsia magellanica or hardy fuchsia and its hybrids, will survive in zones 6 and warmer, though ...

Unsurprisingly, hardy varieties can easily tolerate wind, rain and snow, and so are popular plants in cooler US hardiness zones across the Northern Hemisphere. Growing advice for fuchsias in pots ...

Kiss your big blooming fuchsia flowers and baskets goodbye. Our first fall frost will wipe them out. But they'll come back every year if you plant tougher varieties called hardy fuchsias. In this ...

SEATTLE — Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris' plant of the month for August is hardy fuchsia. "I love the tweedle out of these things!" Ciscoe said. "This will keep blooming full speed, it's just ...

For the plants in pots, prune branches back to the edge of the pot or no longer than 6 inches and eliminate any spindly growth. Cut just above a node where a leaf bud has been or above a branch.

Zone: When looking at the tags on a hardy fuchsia, check and see which zone the plant is hardy to. This will tell you if the plant will survive in our climate. We garden in a zone 8.

Q: A recent article discussed the wintering over of upright fuchsia plants (Plant Life, Nov. 21, Pacific Northwest magazine). I really would appreciate your assistance on this ...

The plant gets a little taller, reaching 36 inches by 36 inches. ... Surprisingly, I don’t have one hardy fuchsia in my garden right now, but I think that is about to change.

Q: I love the hardy fuchsias and grow several varieties in my shaded garden. Some have turned into large shrubs in just a few years. That leads me to my problem. Can I prune back my hardy Fuchsia ...