How to Make a Fuchsia Standard / Fuchsia Tree, How To Make A Standard Fuchsia, Gardening, Essex, UK
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Well technically it’s making a half standard Fuchsia as the clear stem height is 60-80cm.
Before carrying on to read how to make your own standard you can see this years finished plant by watching the link directly below.
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I chose to use a hardy variety of Fuchsia for a couple of reasons. Firstly, and most honestly I had one in the garden already. Secondly, I Figured what’s the point in putting in all the effort to grow another standard just to watch it die in the Winter, as I have nowhere really to keep it.
For clarity this is not the first Fuchsia standard I have made or grown as over the years I have, for work, created quite a lot.
Simply, I started back in February by taking a batch of cuttings from my garden plant and growing them on. I only kept one of the cuttings indoors, growing it straight up, without pinching out the tips, so as to grow a Fuchsia in a standard form.
For the purposes of this video I did a few more cuttings at the start of this month, April, just to show what the starting plant material would be.
Here are the steps to grow your own standard or half standard Fuchsia tree.
Stage 1:
Take cuttings or purchase a young plant from a garden centre.
Continue to gradually pot up the plant once you see the fibrous white roots have filled the pot.
Stage 2:
The Fuchsia will continue to grow upwards, due to apical dominance, until that process is stopped. This occurs either naturally or when the growing tip is removed. For the purposes of growing a standard Fuchsia, DO NOT PINCH OUT THE TOP OF THE PLANT.
As the Fuchsia grows upwards carefully remove any new side shoots of growth that appear, but DO NOT REMOVE ANY MAIN LEAVES. These main leaves are what keeps the plant growing.
Stage 3:
Place a cane in next to the plant so as to provide support to the growing stem. If the plant stem is growing bent then place the cane/stick to the side where the stem is leaning away from. By placing the cane to that side you will be able to straighten the plant stem when you tie it to the cane. As the Fuchsias height increases you may need to swap the cane for a longer on. Alternatively start with a long cane that will be a permanent fixture.
Stage 4:
Continue to remove any side shoots or flower buds until the plant has reached the desired clear stem height.
BE REALISTIC. If the variety you are growing only gets to 80cm in height then you won’t be able to grow a Fuchsia standard with a clear stem of 80cm with a head of flowers above that.
If the variety gets to 80cm in height then stop the plant (pinch out the top shoot) at about 60cm so as to allow the top to then form.
Stage 5:
Having pinched out the top of the plant you will see that essentially 2 or 3 shoots then sprout from the top. Allow those shoots to grow about 5cm before again pinching out the tops on those shoots.
You can repeat this ‘stopping’ process 5-7 times across all stems to allow you to create a decent sized head to the top of your Fuchsia standard or half-standard.
Stage 6:
Make sure to keep the plant consistently on the moist side and feed weekly with a balanced feed such as Tomorite.
If you are growing a hardy Fuchsia variety then you will be able to keep your plant growing for longer outside, and hopefully over a number of years, so as to produce a better plant.
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Thanks for the video :) A neighbour of mine thought me to use strips of cut up tights to tie plants to canes. It's very soft and elastic so doesn't restrict growth and perfect for things like sunflowers that grow thick stems rather fast. You also end up getting a stronger tie as you don't need to leave as much slack.
@@floptart9855
Hi. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message.
Yes tights work well. My grandmother used to use the same method. Maybe it is a generational thing.
Whatever works is always good though. Happy gardening 🪴🌼
I love fuschias though never knew you could grow a standard. Will try to get Beacon and have a go. Thanks very much 👍
Thanks for watching and for the message.
Fuchsia make wonderful standards with a bit of time and effort.
I also made a series that goes through step by step on how to make a standard, it makes that make it easier to follow.
Enjoy your growing. Message if you need help 🌼🌸
Wow so beautiful planting. Good share 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
Many thanks for taking the time to watch and to message me, very much appreciated ❤️🌸
Very great tutorial vid, very informative, I will try this great method. Thanks for sharing 👌🥭🍋🍈🍐
Many thanks for watching and your comments. Good luck with your plants. 👍
Thanks for the video. I am going to do this.
Thanks for watching. Any questions just ask.
Simply and well explained !
Hi Sudhir.
Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message me, much appreciated.
I’m not sure if you need more help but if you do then I actually made a mini series, on my channel, on making a Fuchsia standard. I starting the series from cutting or small plant stage and finishing with a completed plant.
Enjoy your growing and creating a Fuchsia standard 🌸🌼
Thx for that information. Very helpful 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Many thanks for watching and your message. Glad you found the video helpful.
I also made a series that shows stage by stage how to make a Fuchsia standard, if that is of use to you.
Happy growing 🪴🌸
Thank you for your very helpful and easy to understand video
Thank you for your message. I’m glad you found it of use.
What do I do over winter with this plant I got a standard brought it this year will it like a cool Consevsetory I don't want it to die I think the plants are beautiful interesting video
Hi Christine.
Many thanks for watching and for your message.
Probably the question to ask is if you know which variety of Fuchsia it is, or if it is labeled up as a hardy type.
If it is a hardy variety then you don’t need to provide as much winter protection as an annual type. That said, last winter I did loose all my Fuchsia standards due to the prolonged cold that we had of minus 8-12 degrees for ten days.
If it is a hardy Fuchsia type then moving it into a protected position such as unheated greenhouse or lean to will be sufficient.
If the Fuchsia is an annual type of Fuchsia then you will need to provide some form of heat to provide frost protection.
Hope this helps you so you can really get to enjoy the beauty of the plant next year, and maybe even take some cuttings to start another.
All the best 🌸
Hi dear it’s a beautiful plant and I was looking for the name of the plant. Iam ur new friend..stay connected dear friend
It’s Fuchsia ‘Beacon Rose’
Can you please explain the ending of the video about taking the head off
Hi Megan,
Many thanks for watching and the message.
Once the plant stem has got to the height you wish it to be, where the head is to form, then you pinch the top leaves out.
The removal of the top leaves will encourage the plant to produce additional shoots at the top to create the head shape.
This was one of my early videos and I subsequently made a series on how to create a Fuchsia standard, breaking down the separate parts. Those videos may be of interest too.
If you need any further help then please message me here or via my instagram account, under the same name.
Have fun creating your plant 🌼🌸
Please link part 2 I don't understand the final head etc please
Hi Megan.
Thanks for watching and your message.
I don’t know if it would help you but I made another series of videos that breaks down the stages in creating a standard fuchsia.
In simple terms, you need to allow a single stem to grow up until you get to the height that you wish to develop the head at. At that point you literally pinch off the top shoot.
Pinching the top will encourage side shoots to develop.
Remove any side shoots that grow from the trunk section and only allow growth to continue from the head section.
Repeat the pinching of shoot tips to encourage further development and growth of the top ‘head’ of the plant.
Hope that helps a bit.
Thanks for the video. Could you film all of the steps pls? Like repotting to a 2L pot, or the actual tree later on including one after pinching out the top? Thanks
Thanks for the message. I will have to re do a video for next year as mine is now potted. For potting up: place sufficient compost to base of the new pot so that the finishing plant height is lower than top of the new pot. Place your plant to the centre of the pot and fill around the rootball with fresh compost. Lightly forming to remove any air pockets.
@@diyhomeandgardening thank you for clarifying that and replying so quickly. I'm a brand new gardener and have brought a sort of fuchsia standard which hasn't really formed a clump/head but is currently more trailing, however it is at the correct height and I had wanted to find out more about pinching the tops but haven't found a video yet that shows clearly which types of branches should be pinched. It is currently in a large pot (40cm tall, 37 dia.) with smaller bedding plants around its base, although I've given them all plenty of space I think to fill out and grow. I only planted this a week or so ago. As it's currently flowering should I be pinching any of the branches? I would like it to eventually have a fuller, rounder head (don't mind if it trails after that but I don't want splayed out, leggy trailing) so wasn't sure about when to pinch, and also when to prune? I've got the fuchsia 'Paula Jane' variety and am not too sure if it's hardy? I live in Manchester and thought I wouldn't need to worry about bringing it in for the winter but now I'm worried? Sorry for so many questions! I would hate for a living thing to eventually die just because a stupid person wanting to make their patio look nice didn't know how to look after it! Thanks again
Let’s start with the easy bit. Paula Jane naturally has a lax habit and is classed as half hardy and normally sold as a bush type. Half hardy means that it needs winter protection indoors, in a conservatory or unheated glasshouse, somewhere frost free.
Pot size is fine. To create a more full head to the plant just pinch out the end tips of the shoots. If you pinch all tips that will give a more balanced and even growth.
As flowers finish make sure to remove them and the developing seed pod behind the flower. This will encourage more flowering. Feed weekly and water daily. Hope this helps you.
All the best. Ian
@@diyhomeandgardening nice, thank you!!! I didn't realise any of those things, so thank you very much for that advice! I definitely didn't know to feed it weekly! I had mixed in food to the soil and thought I would feed it with a liquid feed after the first week or 2....will definitely feed it now. Once again, thanks for the advice and quick responses, I really appreciate it!!
Not a problem. Good luck with your growing. We all make mistakes and keep learning. I’ve been in the industry for over 20 years and get asked the same things many times over by customers. It’s a great hobby to have so hopefully this is just the start for you. All the best. Ian
Nice vid!
Much appreciated, thanks for watching
Thank you for this great tutorial video. Very helpful and I love your calming voice without any music etc in the background. 👍😊
Would just like to tell you that the volume of your video is very very quiet...sometimes barely audible. I had to put my captions on and my iPad was on it’s loudest setting. And no..I’m not deaf 😅😂😂😂
Just thought if you were made aware you might be able to adjust something for the next video. By comparison I don’t have that issue with other videos.
If nothing can be done captions are my solution 😅😜
Thank for watching and for the feedback. I do all the videos on my phone, which doesn’t have the best mic for outside purposes.
I do now try to edit volume too.
I need to spend more time on subtitles also, to make them make more sense.
Thank you. 👌
Glad you liked it. Fuchsias are an easy plant to start with if you are new to gardening and taking your own cuttings.
How do you stop shoots from coming out at the base of a Hardy Fuchsia. I am making a fuchsia standard. Thank you in advance for your response.
Hi Anita. Thanks for watching and your message.
As you create your standard you need to remove the side shoots and you will have to continue to remove them as the plant is developed. Over time the stem becomes harder to the point where less growth naturally appears.
Keep removing basal shoots and the scar tissue will gradually prevent further growth.
Just patience required.
Glad you are having a go at creating a standard, very rewarding so have fun.
I have been removing the side shoots as the appear. However, the problem that I am having with my Hardy Fuchsia is that I am constantly getting new growth coming up at the bottom from underneath the soil. The Hardy Fuchsia wants to grow width wise as well. I keep removing these new shoots growing from under ground.
@@anitahill563. Pull the shoots off that grow below ground as that works better than cutting. Hopefully at some point the plant will get the message. I have the same issue with one of my Pink Fizz. Don’t know why only 1 plant does it though.
Thanks for a very helpful video! I bought a beautiful fuchsia small tree last year, but this year it's become leggy and largely bald, with just a small number of flowers. Part of the reason must be that my balcony is very windy, and there's no shade. I've transferred it to a bigger pot and given it new soil. Hope that it will gain its health! Should I add fertiliser in soon?
I would say that the plant has run out of feed and so you re-potting the plant is the best thing for it.
Also make sure to remove any flowers that have finished as well as old seed pods.
The fresh compost will have some feed but a liquid feed would be beneficial.
Pinch the tips of the shoots to encourage fresh infill growth.
I have my fuchsia with the cane and growing very tall. My question is what is the next step after this?
Hi. Thanks for messaging.
The next stage is to simply pinch out the top shoot of the stem at the height that you want to create the head.
Do you know which variety of Fuchsia you are growing as that will determine the height that can be achieved. You won’t be able to get a short variety to grow into a tall standard so you would need to pinch to the stem at a lower height in order that the head can then develop up to total height, if that makes sense.
I’m not sure if you have been on my channel but if you go onto it and look up Fuchsia then you will also find a step by step series on how to create a Fuchsia standard. That may help you.
If you have any other questions then please just ask. Enjoy your growing 🌸🌼
What do you do next please?
@@lesleybriggs1302 Hi Lesley.
Many thanks for watching the video and for messaging.
I don’t know how developed your Fuchsia standard is so it’s a bit hard to answer as to what your next stage should be.
If you have already developed the head on your plant then it really is just a case of keep pinching out the odd shoot tip to further develop the shape of the plant. Also remove any flowers that have finished, before they try to form seed pods.
If you need help at a stage by stage level then I have also made a series of How To videos to show each stage and element of creating a Fuchsia standard. A search on my channel will show the videos.
Alternatively, if you are on instagram then feel free to look my channel up and send pictures of the plant in question to help clarify what you may need to do next.
Hope this helps 🌼🌸
I just remembered another couple of questions. First is about pinching the fuchsia...doesn’t that kinda stop them from flowering? I mean if you pinch them (poor plant 🙈) every time it blooms you kind of take the potential for new blooms? 🤔🙈🙈🙈😅
The other question is fertilising. I just read here in one of your comments that we need to fertilise weekly 😬
Is there a particular fertiliser you recommend but which is not too pricey? Is there anything else I can do to keep them happy? Such as working vegetable scraps or banana peels or coffee grounds or crushed egg shells into the ground?
What is it’s main enemy when it comes to pests and how do I recognise a problem?
Also...is there a companion plant they really love? Preferably small ones like ground covers or herbs as my space is limited where they grow. They are around my pond in partial shade and seem to absolutely love that position.
When it comes to cutting them back because they have turned leggy...how low can I go to encourage fresh new growth? Is autum the best time to do so? Well, I just have cut them back to about a third of it’s size before I found your video...not much I can do about it now 😅😂😂😂
I am Victoria/Australia and we are in autumn now. However, our autumn and winters are very mild and we usually don’t have many days under zero degrees in winter. And if we do it’s never colder than -2 to -5 degrees (Celsius)
Ok...there were way more than “a couple” of questions 😅🙈🙈🙈
Looking forward to your reply 😊 Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺😜
Starting from the top😂
Pinching back a plant will encourage the plant to bush out rather than continue straight up. Depending on the type of plant the pinching out only delays flowering time by 2 or 3 weeks but you will produce a better plant.
Not sure which feed brands are available with you but for flowering you need one that is higher potassium, foliage growth higher in nitrogen, root growth is phosphorus. A Fuchsia is happy with a balanced feed either granular or soluble. A soluble will need to be applied more frequently as it is faster acting and faster to deplete.
Fuchsia are happy planted alongside most plants but as they have shallow tuberous roots they don’t want to have too much surface disruption ie bulbs and creeping ground cover.
Still prune back hard in your more dormant period but obviously don’t cut the head off the Fuchsia as it won’t grow back to look as good, and the plant will end up being shorter.
Any other questions please feel free to send.
Have you got any more videos? Also, one of my fuchsia seems to naturally be very thin with thin dainty flowers and willowy kind of branches, while the other one is very strong with thick healthy stems and branches and huge fat flowers. I didn’t plant them. They were in the garden when I moved into my house so I know very little about them...i.e. age of the plants or the kind of fuchsias they are.
Could the thin willowy fuchsia be just a thin variety? Or ist it more likely that it is very old and doesn’t have much life left? Both plants are mature and very established.
I will definitely create a standard fuchsia following your Tipps and I will of of course use a very strong plant with fat blooms 😅👌😜👍
Thanks for the messages.
I do have more videos on my channel but only 1 other on Fuchsias, at the moment. The video I have on my page is on propagation, which you could try so as to grow some newer plants of the ones you have inherited in the garden.
Some varieties are just naturally weaker and more lax in habit. In the U.K. we have definite groups, Hardy, non hardy upright and basket (trailing) types.
Try to cut back the odd stem on the weaker plant to see if it makes any difference. If no change then you know it is just how the plant grows and can make the decision on whether to keep the plant or not.
Good to hear you are having a go in the garden, and learning what you have acquired.
is it possible to graft fuchsia onto a different rootstock of another genus, and if so what plants are best to use as rootstocks?
Thanks for your message. Good question and short answer is no.
You can graft one fuchsia variety onto another but not from genus to genus.
I’ve been experimenting on similar but as yet not successfully.
Hello! I got my first fucsia and I will be getting more soon! I am new to gardening. My question is:
1. I just planted a fucsia and is very small, should I cut all the baby buds plus the flowers that are about to bloom now or should I wait? It is the beginning of spring here and as I mentioned I just planted it 4 days ago.
2. I have NPK fertilizer. I read the 20 20 20 one is ideal for fucsias? But I also have an NPK that has double more Phosphorus than Nitrate. Anyway, with any of these fertilizers, is it safe to do it once a week, isn't it too strong?
Thanks in advance for your answer and your video.
Thanks for your message. Slightly jealous that you have spring and summer to look forward to as we come into autumn/winter.
I would definitely remove the flowers and buds as that will encourage better root formation.
If you are growing the plant as a standard then you should remove side shoots too. If growing the plant as a bush then pinch the tops out of the shoots to develop a bushier plant.
If you have planted in fresh compost then the compost should have sufficient nutrients in it for at least 4 weeks so only add additional feed after that point.
A balanced feed is better for fuchsia, initially at fortnightly intervals and then weekly once into summer period.
I would continue to remove flowers for about the first 4-6 weeks unless growing the plant to be a standard.
Hope that helps. Enjoy your plant and glad you now have the bug for wanting more plants 🌸
@@diyhomeandgardening thank you so so much! I got another fucsia today! (the one that's purple with, well... Fucsia lol) I am obsessed apparently. I will do as you say even though it will break my heart to cut those flowers haha. Have a nice day!
@@EngelsLawliet. The results will be better by sacrificing a few flowers at early stage.
Thanks, I was under the impression ‘all’ side shoots were removed :) can I not start off in a larger pot.
Yes you can start in a larger pot but you need to take more care with watering until the roots have established. You don’t want to end up with stagnant compost causing root problems.
When is the best time to take a cutting and can you demonstrate how to do that.?
Hi. I don’t know if you have had a look through my channel but I have done a video previously that will help you out on how to take cuttings of Fuchsia. You could still take cuttings now but if you are going to then I would suggest bringing the cuttings indoors to aid rooting.
What are the temperature ranges for this plant and what are the light conditions?
Hi. In the U.K. it’s hardy and will cope with -5 to -10oC ish and as hot as we get which is up to 40oC. Fuchsia can easily cope with higher upper temperatures but not colder.
They are happy in full sun but do do better in a partial shade position that is still bright but without the real force of the sun. In a part shade position the flowers have better colour intensity and leaves also stay a darker green. Keep the plants on the moist side and well fed.
Mine has forked out into 2 shoots. Can I leave one central leader and cut the other off?
Hi. Thanks for the message.
I have 2 answers for you, or ways around what I think you are saying.
My assumption is that the plant looks like a Y shape. If so then option 1 is cut off 1 shoot to leave just 1 growing stem which can then be canned to try to get it to grow straight.
Option 2 is same as option 1 but after removal of 1 of the shoots re-pot the main plant so that the Y section is below the top of compost. By lowering the plant you can then get the remaining shoot to be positioned into an upright position.
For option 2, Place a cane in, prior to filling around the plant with compost so that you know where the stem and roots sit to avoid damaging with the cane.
In both options use the cut off shoot as cutting material to grow another, straight, Fuchsia that will have a single stem to it.
@@diyhomeandgardening thanks for the quick reply. I have 5 that are all Y shaped. It's definitely something I will be experimenting. Yes the stem in opt. 1 will be a little crooked so I might go for option two
If you bought the plants as plants or plugs then generally they have been stopped/pinched to encourage them to bush out, hence the Y shape to the base. If you root your own cuttings just don’t pinch the top out until you get the height you want.
@@diyhomeandgardening that makes sense thanks again
Enjoy growing your Fuchsias 👍
Hello. Do you have any advice for pruning standard fushias? Mine looks dead and I'm worried it won't come back to life. Thanks!
Hi. My Fuchsia literally had no growth at all and I thought the cold we had had killed it.
First off is your Fuchsia a hardy type or a bedding type? If a bedding type then it’s almost certainly dead.
For hardy varieties do the following.
Check to see if it is alive by using your thumb nail to gently scrape the top layer of stem. Start with the top stem. If the beneath is green then that stem is alive. If it looks brown beneath the surface then work your way down the plant, or to different stems, until you find a green section.
I brought my plant indoors for a couple of weeks until it started to shoot. Once some shoots were visible I cut back the obvious dead sections.
Hope this helps you.
@@diyhomeandgardening Thanks for your fast reply. To be honest I'm not too sure on the difference. It is called a Standard Fushsia Display, and it says it should grow up to 1.2M. We bought it at the end of last summer and it was in full bloom, but after we took it home it wilted almost instantly. Unfortunately, this coincided with the huge heatwave we had last year. All of the stems looked brown so I've cut it right back so that it is now just a long stalk. It looks green in the middle so fingers crossed, perhaps it has a chance yet? The label says it can be kept in a greenhouse over winter but we only have a small garden so it stayed outside.
@@kellynicholas1862. Display is the variety so it is Fuchsia ‘Display’ which is a hardy type, so should come back no problem.
Pppps....lol.... I wish we could show you pics of our standards if we were successful 😏
Yes it would be nice to see how others get on with gardening projects etc. You will be successful 😊