Plant varieties
The increased interest in fuchsia is an incentive for breeders, so now you can find different colors of this crop. There are also species that bloom at different times of the year.
Three-leafed has the appearance of a long bell of bright red color. This is a short shrub that grows faster in breadth. Blooms from May to mid-autumn. Withstands direct sunlight in summer.
Magellan is a two-tone species - a combination of purple and red shades in the peduncles. The shrub can reach 3 meters in height, so it is preferable to grow it in greenhouses.
Sparkling fuchsia is a two-meter tall bush. Unblown buds are red. When the sepals open, double petals are shown in deep purple color. Able to bloom all summer. Looks good in ensembles and flower arrangements.
Alisson Bell is a combination of pale pink sepals and bright pink semi-double petals.
Anabel is a white terry fuchsia. The flowers are large interspersed with pink.
Ballerina - sepals of deep pink, almost cherry color, white skirt with a pinkish tint, thick double. The flowers are small, but the whole bush is dotted with them.
Blue Angel is a combination of white sepals and blue petals of a skirt. Terry flowers.
Hollis Beauty has elongated buds that combine white sepals and a skirt with a delicate lilac hue.
Archie Owen is a fuchsia with large pink flowers of a dense double shape. Sepals are wavy.
Bella Rosella is one of the largest flowers in the world. Deep pink color. It always blooms profusely and for a long time.
Blue Veil - it can be bush or ampelous. The skirt is pale lilac, the sepals are white. Ties a lot of buds and blooms from spring to late autumn.
Cecile is a dense double form with pink sepals and lilac, lavender-like wavy petals.
How to plant seedlings in pots
It is recommended to plant seedlings in a hanging planter as the root system becomes strong and resistant to external influences. Before planting, it is recommended to moisten the ground abundantly and transplant the flower by the transshipment method. This will protect the sensitive roots from injury.
When planting a young sprout of an ampelous variety in a pot, it is slightly tilted, placing it closer to the edge of the pot. In the near future, this will make it possible to form a cascading waterfall with bright inflorescences from a lush bush. It is better to select a clay pot. It will protect the root system of the flower from the summer heat and burnout.
Observing the rules of growing and caring for young shoots, the owner will receive an amazingly beautiful bush. It will delight you with bright buds and lush greenery for a long time.
vote
Article Rating
Transfer
Fuchsia is transplanted in early spring before the beginning of the growing season. Young plants, the root system of which is developing rapidly, are transplanted annually. Adult flowers need replanting every 2-3 years or even less. Fuchsia does not tolerate transplanting well, therefore, until its roots have outgrown the pot, this procedure is not carried out.
To transplant fuchsia at home, you need a small and low pot. It should be 1-1.5 cm wider than the previous one.
You should not transplant a flower into a spacious pot - problems with flowering may arise. Until the roots of fuchsia have mastered the entire earthen lump, it will increase the leaf mass, but not bloom. Therefore, it blooms best in cramped pots.
Drainage must be laid at the bottom of the flowerpot to drain excess water.In addition to pebbles and expanded clay, you can put pieces of charcoal there to protect the root system from rot.
Transplant the plant by transshipment in order to damage the roots as little as possible
It is carefully removed from the pot along with the earth and transferred to a new pot. To fill the volume, use a fresh earthy mixture for fuchsia
The plant should not be deeply buried. After the transplant, it should be no lower than before. After the end of the procedure, the flower is watered and placed in partial shade for 1-2 weeks
To fill the volume, use a fresh earthy mixture for fuchsia. The plant should not be deeply buried. After the transplant, it should be no lower than before. After the end of the procedure, the flower is watered and placed in partial shade for 1-2 weeks.
Common problems
The plant is susceptible to pests such as ticks or whiteflies. Find their waste products on the back of the leaves. They fight by spraying with special solutions that are sold in flower shops.
The leaves begin to wither and grow poorly in stagnant air, the flower needs freshness, but drafts should not be allowed.
The reason for the too short flowering period is the high temperature and abundant watering in the winter, or the lack of moisture and light in the spring.
Falling buds in summer means a lack of moisture or too high a temperature.
The spotted color of the leaves indicates too much watering.
6 Trimming and pinching
Fuchsia has flowers on young shoots. In order to have as many of them as possible, it is recommended to cut the plant regularly, and pinch the shoots. Pinching is a very effective way to make it bloom more profusely. Thanks to this, you can create the desired shape.
Indoor fuchsia is cut off 2 times a year: in October and early January. During autumn pruning, remove all faded branches 2 cm above the dormant buds.It is necessary to carefully examine each branch for the presence of pests. If they are found, severely affected parts of the plant should be cut off and treated with an insecticide. The second pruning allows you to finally form the fuchsia crown. With periodic pruning, the plant begins to grow in breadth rather than in height. After a while, a strong and beautiful bush is formed.
2.Fuchsia home care
2.1. Reproduction, growing from seeds
Fuchsia propagates vegetatively - stem cuttings 8 - 10 cm long or sowing seeds in spring.
The lower leaves are removed from the cuttings and the bases are immersed in powder for rooting.
For planting, small plastic cups or pots with drainage holes are prepared.
The bottom of the containers is lined with a layer of small pebbles, expanded clay or foam balls - such a layer will facilitate the early removal of moisture from the roots.
The cups are filled with nutritious and loose soil, the surface of which is thoroughly moistened with a spray bottle with water at room temperature.
The bases of the cuttings are immersed 1 - 2 cm into the surface of the soil.
Cover young plants with clear plastic or glass to maintain even moisture.
New growth usually appears within a month. Cuttings can even be rooted in water.
2.2 Housekeeping, pruning
If it is possible to keep the plants cool during the dormant period, caring for fuchsia will not take you much time and effort. Some varieties need regular pinching of the apical buds to form a dense crown - others can be formed as a standard tree. It will also be very interesting to grow fuchsia as a flowering tree - bonsai. Tall plants may need a support to grow. Remove withering flowers promptly to extend flowering time. Tall fuchsias will need formative pruning in early spring.
Bring the fuchsias out into the garden during the warm season, taking care of the gradual acclimatization of the plants to the new conditions. In the fall, plants may lose their leaves - this is normal in some species. The faded shoots of the plant are cut off, and after a month they begin to grow again and often repeat flowering. Weak diseased plant shoots should be removed using a sharp, sterile pruning tool.
2.3 Transplanting fuchsia
Fuchsia at home prefers cramped conditions - so its flowering will be more abundant. Repot the plants in early spring, before new growth begins. The planting pot should have large drainage holes.
From spring to autumn, fuchsias are able to bloom very abundantly and continuously.
2.5 Diseases and pests
Leaves shriveled with insufficient watering. Direct rays of the sun on hot days can cause burns on the leaves. Overdrying the soil during the flowering period causes the plants to shed their buds. Leaf tips turn brown and dry when kept in an atmosphere that is too dry. Of the most common problems, fuchsias can shed their leaves, sometimes this happens in the fall before the plants go into dormancy, and then this is normal. When grown in high humidity conditions, fuchsia can also turn yellow and fall off the leaves - such symptoms can be caused by magnesium deficiency.
Of the harmful insects on plants, whiteflies, aphids, and spider mites sometimes appear.
Diseases and pests
Fuchsia rarely gets sick, but problems can arise with it. For example, a plant will feel bad if there is stagnant air in the room. Fuchsia is very fond of freshness, but also sensitive to drafts.
When the flowering of your fuchsia ends quickly, pay attention to the watering and the temperature at which the plant hibernated, because this can be caused precisely by too much watering or a warm wintering temperature. This also happens due to the lack of light and liquid in the spring and summer.
If this plant stands in bright light in winter, then most likely it will shed its leaves.
During this period, it can be rearranged to a slightly shaded place. If buds appear in winter, then they need to be pinched off.
At other times, leaf fall is associated with low humidity and, in general, lack of moisture, as well as sultry temperatures.
Falling buds occurs from a small amount of light and intense heat, as well as from intermittent watering. Another reason for the dropping of buds will be the movement of fuchsia during flowering or drafts.
With excessive watering, especially in winter, fuchsia begins to suffer from spots that affect its leaves.
Also, this plant can be affected by pests. The most common of these are whitefly and spider mites.
Description of fuchsia
Fuchsia is a shrub or tree. Its leaves can be located opposite or be collected in whorls. Some species begin to shed their foliage during the dormant period. The shape of the leaf plates can be different, most often they are slightly elongated. The edges of the leaf may be jagged or smooth. The recognizable flowers of the plant can be colored in shades of white, pink, purple or red. They bark with a prominent tube-shaped cup, decorated with protruding stamens. The petals and calyx can be solid or painted in different colors and shades.
There are varieties with double flowers. A wide palette of fuchsia colors, including rather rare tones, gave the name to one of the shades of purple, as well as to a chemical compound with a solution of a similar color - fuchsin.
It is known that growing in its homeland, fuchsia gives quite edible berries, which are rather difficult to obtain in indoor conditions. Often, dishes are decorated with flowers of this plant, by the way, edible.
Growing FUCHSIA from A to Z!
Watering
In spring and summer, during active growth and flowering, fuchsia requires abundant watering. However, you cannot overdo it with this - the roots may begin to rot, and the plant will die. Watering should be done when the topsoil in the pot is slightly dry. The water should be settled, soft, at room temperature.
As the flowering comes to an end, watering is reduced. In winter, if the room is cool (up to 12 degrees), you need to water the plant 1-2 times a month.
Fuchsia is very demanding for watering and does not tolerate drying out of the soil. Complete drying of the earthen coma leads to the death of the plant. It is necessary to monitor the condition of the soil in the flower pot. With a lack of moisture, the leaves drop and look lethargic, and the plant itself can shed flowers and buds.
During the cool wintering, the soil in the fuchsia pot should remain moist. The reduction in watering is due to the fact that at low temperatures and excess moisture, pathogenic fungi rapidly multiply, leading to root rot. But excessive dryness of the earth in winter is just as harmful for a plant as in summer.
Pruning
To grow as healthy a plant as possible, gardeners usually cut dead leaves by themselves in anticipation of new shoots in the spring. Also, you should constantly cut off diseased and broken branches.
Young shoots in the spring are cut by a couple of centimeters if the formation of a lush crown of a bush is expected. This procedure is carried out twice, with an interval of two weeks.
Plant pruning
Attention! If the flower is bred indoors, then fuchsia should be cut less often than in the open field. Some amateurs try to form a standard fuchsia by regularly cutting off its side shoots.
It is difficult to say how productive this activity is. There are only verbal descriptions of how a small tree was allegedly obtained from a bush. Even photographs of such plants cannot be found.
Some amateurs try to form a standard fuchsia by regularly cutting off its lateral shoots. It is difficult to say how productive this activity is. There are only verbal descriptions of how a small tree was allegedly obtained from a bush. Even photographs of such plants cannot be found.
Diseases
Fuchsia problems can arise due to non-compliance with the rules of home care, or due to pest damage. Let's consider the most common diseases.
Root rot. Appears due to a large amount of moisture. To get rid of the problem, you need to get the plant out of the pot, rinse the roots with warm water, cut off the rotten roots, and put the plant in a container with clean water. When new, young roots appear, it is allowed to plant the flower again in new soil.
Gray rot. It affects the leaves due to the high humidity in the room. In this case, the damaged sheets must be cut off, and the room must be regularly ventilated.
Slowdown in growth. Most often it happens due to a lack of space in the pot, so fuchsia should be transplanted.
Lack of trace elements. If the leaves wither and brighten - there is not enough nitrogen, when they turn yellow - manganese, they dry out, acquiring a brown tint - molybdenum.
Whitefly lesion. This insect lays eggs on the back of the leaves.
As a result, white droplets can be seen on the leaves, after which the leaves turn yellow and fall off.To fight, you need to wash the flower with soapy water, paying special attention to the inside of the leaf and the stem, but protecting the roots from water.
Defeat with a red spider mite. The main signs are gray bloom and black dots on the sheets
To fight, use special insect repellents.
Compliance with the basic rules of care and the timely detection of diseases will allow you to grow a large flower that will delight all residents with its flowering, and will become a real decoration of both the room and the garden.Considering all the features, you can call fuchsia a picky plant, but this does not mean that it does not need proper care.
Room fuchsia care
There are many varieties of fuchsia, but the most common indoor fuchsia is Fuchsia hybrida. It is she who can most often be found in our apartments.
Lighting
Indoor fuchsia is a rather unpretentious plant, loves full lighting, but at the same time it is advisable to shade it on hot summer days. It is better to keep it on windows facing the east or west side. With a lack of lighting, fuchsia shoots stretch out, which does not look very attractive.
Temperature
For abundant flowering of the plant, the optimal temperature in the room should be at least 20 degrees; after flowering during the rest period, fuchsia is best kept in a cool room at a temperature of 10-14 degrees.
Watering fuchsia and moisture
On summer days, the plant should be watered twice with settled, soft water. In the spring-autumn period, watering is reduced to one time. In the winter months, the land should dry out completely between waterings, during this period it is better to water the fuchsia once every two weeks. When watering the plant, do not forget about the humidity of the air. This has a beneficial effect on the duration of flowering. If the weather is hot, dry, then you can spray indoor fuchsia twice a day; in cooler times, twice a week is enough. In winter, the plant does not need to be sprayed.
Fuchsia substrate
Don't forget about the condition of the soil. The easiest way is to buy ready-made primer in a specialized store. But if you decide to prepare the soil for your favorite plant yourself, know that homemade fuchsia loves soil containing peat, rotted manure, leafy soil, sand and alumina in equal parts.
Transplanting and pruning fuchsia
In early spring, start transplanting indoor fuchsia, but first cut its twigs to the stiff part of the stem. This will give the flower a more compact and beautiful shape in the future. Choose a pot one size larger than the previous one and always with drainage holes. Do not forget to put a layer of expanded clay on the bottom.
Fuchsia propagation
After pruning the plant, do not discard the cuttings. New plants can be obtained from them, since indoor fuchsia propagates by cuttings and seeds. Remove the lower leaves from the cuttings, leaving no more than 3-4 upper leaves, and place them in water or wet sand. For good rooting, keep the temperature at least 20 degrees. Spray the cuttings periodically, and change the water. The plant usually takes root after two weeks. After that, the cuttings are planted in pots with ready-made soil mixture.
Fuchsia feeding
As soon as buds appear on room fuchsia, fertilization should be started. It is enough to water once a week with liquid fertilizer for flowering plants, diluted in accordance with the instructions. At the beginning of autumn, feeding is stopped. Do not forget, fertilizer is applied only to wet soil!
Fuchsia diseases
Indoor fuchsia is very rarely subject to disease. If the humidity is very high, powdery mildew may appear or the roots may start to rot. With a strong overdrying of the soil, leaves and buds fall off. Also, dropping of buds can cause rearrangement of the plant from place to place and drafts.
Indoor gerbera Indoor trees: care, choice, features
After this article, they usually read
Add a comment
How to propagate fuchsia at home
Fuchsia is a beautiful houseplant with bright wedge-shaped leaves and unusual-shaped flowers, the cultivation of which at home is not particularly difficult.
She has long earned the love of flower growers. But, if the flower is not too picky about leaving, then there can be difficulties with reproduction. The photo below shows how to properly cut a flower.
How to get fuchsia seeds
To get the seeds, you need to pick a few newly blossoming flowers.Remove anthers from the rest. Then apply pollen from another adult plant to the pistils of the remaining flowers with a cotton swab or brush.
After about a month, fruits will ripen on the plant, which must be cut and carefully removed the seeds. To prevent decay, the seed is left to dry. Then they are folded into paper bags for storage or immediately planted.
Interesting! With this method of reproduction, the flowers on the new plant may differ in color from the mother.
How to sow seeds correctly
First you need to prepare the soil:
- For three parts of the universal purchase, take two parts of peat and one – sand. Before planting, treat the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate to remove possible pests. Pour expanded clay at the bottom of the container so that the water does not stagnate.
- Fuchsia seeds are large, so you can plant them both in a common container and in separate ones (yogurt packs are suitable).
- The soil must be compacted, otherwise the seedlings will have to wait a long time. Place the seeds in small depressions, do not sprinkle them.
- Place the cups on a tray or other suitable container, cover with a cut plastic bag, cling film. Remove the cover every day for ventilation.
- Monitor the condition of the soil, water it periodically, avoiding waterlogging.
- After the emergence of shoots, remove the shelter.
Further home care is reduced to regular watering. As soon as the fuchsia bushes grow a little and get stronger (after about 2 months), they can be transplanted into pots.
Reproduction of a flower by cuttings and its further cultivation are simple, the main thing is to do everything according to technology.
Cuttings
The optimal time for cutting is spring or autumn:
- only young green shoots are suitable, which are cut with a sharp knife or pruner;
- leaves are removed, leaving 2–3 pairs of top;
- the resulting seedling is placed in water with the addition of a growth stimulant or a container with moistened soil for rooting.
When landing in the ground, you need to make sure that the lower leaves do not touch the ground. For successful rooting, the container with the plant is covered with plastic wrap or a plastic bottle cut in half. Periodically, the mini-greenhouse must be opened to prevent the appearance of mold.
When grafting in spring, the roots will appear in a couple of weeks; in the fall, the process can take a month. After the plant is planted in pots. For starters, the smallest are suitable, with a diameter of 9–10 cm.
For good growth and development of the plant, it is better to choose a soil mixture that is slightly acidic. Since commercial soil often contains humus, debris, or weed seeds, you can make your own nutrient mix. For two parts of the sand, take one humus and turf. And the most important thing is not to forget about drainage.
How to root fuchsia leaves
The easiest way to reproduce is with leaves:
- cut healthy leaves are placed in a shallow container with soil, compacted and covered with foil;
- further care consists in daily ventilation and moisturizing as needed;
- after the emergence of new shoots (after 15-30 days), the plants are transplanted into separate pots.
Fuchsia: growing and care at home
Growing and caring for this plant at home is suitable even for novice florists. Although there are many varieties, the care for them is about the same.
Temperature
The best temperature for proper growth and development in summer is 18-20 degrees. The plant does not tolerate high temperatures. If possible, in the summer it is useful to take out fuchsia outside, but in no case under the scorching sun.
Important! In winter, the acceptable temperature is 8-10 degrees. The soil should not be overcooled, this can harm the plant
Lighting
Like many other indoor plants, the fuchsia flower thrives in a bright room with diffused sunlight.If there is little natural light, artificial lighting can be used. Fluorescent lamps are perfect for this. If there is not enough light, the fuchsia will not bloom. It is impossible to put a flower in direct sunlight, as burns may appear on the leaves.
Watering
Water should be abundant and frequent in summer, and moderately in winter. The water should be at room temperature and settled. Although fuchsia Bella loves moisture, it should not be overfilled. Watering should be done when the ground is dry enough.
It is better to choose the watering time in winter in the first half of the day, so that the plant can absorb water throughout the day. And in summer, on the contrary, it is better to water in the evening. If you water a flower in the morning, it will steam in moist soil all day.
Proper watering is important for the plant.
Spraying
Fuchsia is a flower that loves moist air. Therefore, it must be periodically sprayed and washed. Water for these purposes should not be excessively cold or hot. During flowering, you need to use a spray bottle for spraying, but when the plant is in a non-flowering state, it can be watered from the shower. But the water should be at room temperature.
Important! Over spraying and watering can cause browning on the leaves. Do not get carried away with moisturizing the flower, as it will be very difficult to cure it later.
Humidity
This is a flower that loves high humidity. But don't confuse humidity with excessive watering. Watering and spraying should be moderate. And if it is possible to humidify the air in the room with Rosella, it will be a huge plus for the health and development of fuchsia. In the warm season, you can take the flower outside after rain.
Priming
For fuchsia, as for any other plant, the right soil is again for healthy development. For her, a light soil with neutral acidity is preferable. Good drainage is also important.
If there is no time to engage in self-preparation of special soil, you can purchase any universal one. But in the purchased soil there is often a lot of unnecessary garbage. The best soil option to grow a flower can be considered a mixture of peat, leaf humus, compost and sand, in a ratio of 1: 1: 1: 2.
1 Description
Fuchsia is an evergreen with a large number of flowers. Its leaves are green, but there are also a reddish hue, oval in shape, with jagged edges and pointed ends. With proper care, flowering lasts a long time, drooping flowers, can grow singly or in brushes. The flower has a tube-shaped calyx with four long sepals, and a bell-shaped corolla from which the stamens and pistil hang.
Flower corollas are simple, semi-double and double. Their color is varied: purple, pink, lilac, cream, white, red, can be two-tone or have three shades. When fuchsia fades, it forms a fruit-berry, which is eaten.
Fuchsia: growing and care at home
Flower formation occurs at the ends of the shoot. It's simple - more shoots, more abundant flowering. Pinching is required to form a bush, without it it will not be possible to enhance the growth of lateral shoots. The pinching forms the branching of the flower.
Many types of fuchsia are not able to dissolve the shoots on the sides. The pinching forces to release new ones.
There are several types of pinching:
In the first case, with each new pruning, the plant has room for flower growth, the size and number of peduncles increases.
The second method - Clarke - provides faster forming compared to classic pinching. Doubles the number of shoots.
Note! Only experienced gardeners can use the latter method. Otherwise, the plant may die.
What is the best time to pinch? There is no exact one, it can be both summer and winter, the main thing is that the cutting is rooted.
Priming
Fuchsia flower very well perceives nutritious, as well as light soil with a slightly acidic reaction and good drainage.
In theory, anyone that sells in garden stores can do. But in practice, its quality is very poor due to the fact that low-quality deliveries are possible. If you are lucky, this will be the maximum peat, which begins to shrink as it dries and cannot hold back nutrients. It also happens that a lot of garbage comes across, in which there may even be spores of mushrooms.
Coconut flower soil
There are several suitable types of fuchsia soil:
- Sand. Used to improve soil, adds weight to keep roots in the middle rather than around the perimeter. It is not recommended for use with quarry sand, as it has poor properties, for example, when it gets wet, it begins to crumble into very hard lumps. The best option would be river coarse sand or it can be replaced with finely ground clay shards.
- Peat. This is a loose rock, which is mined from an accumulation of moss residues that did not have time to decompose at very high humidity and a small amount of oxygen (mainly in swamps). Absorbs water very well. It is better to soak dried peat a day before use. The best choice is granular. It gives structure and lightness. Must be well moisturized before use.
- Turf. This is part of the topmost soil layer (approximately 11-13 cm), collected from pastures, which decomposes completely in 6-8 months. All this is due to the remains of fibers and various herbs. Sod holds water well and does not crumple.
- Leafy humus. These are leaves that have rotted over the course of the year. It can be replaced with another soil from rotten trees or peat. It has few nutrients, but it improves the quality of the soil. Reproduction on this soil is the best.
- Coconut soil. This is a new product specially designed for gardeners. It consists of the peel of a coconut, it is sold in dry form, crushed and distributed into briquettes, after the ingress of water it begins to swell strongly. Has a high moisture content, decomposition takes a long time. There is almost no way to fill this soil with water, which is very good for ampelous fuchsia. Ideally, use 50% coconut soil, cover the rest with ordinary soil. Very suitable for growing in the garden.