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How to Deadhead Fuchsia Plants
06.06.2023 - 19:13 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
Do Fuchsias Need Deadheading?Fuchsias are undeniably fabulous, with their prolific and dramatic blossoms that seem to last all growing season long. But you can’t always just pop them in some soil and then sit back and enjoy the show.
These plants take a little bit of work to maintain if you want to keep those flowers flowing as long as possible.
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In our guide to growing fuchsia flowers, we cover how to cultivate these showy plants in your landscape.
In this article, we’ll help you figure out why and when to deadhead, and how to do it the right way so you can encourage more blooms that will continue long into the growing season.
Here’s what we’ll discuss:
Let’s get to it!
Is Deadheading Necessary?Technically, you don’t need to deadhead your fuchsia plants. They’ll drop their flowers all on their own.
The reason you should deadhead is if you want to encourage your plant to send out more blossoms for a longer period of time than they might otherwise.
When a fuchsia plant drops its flowers, it starts to focus its energy on ripening the ovary, which is the pod-like fruit that is left behind at the point where the flower was attached to the plant.
Once those ovaries ripen, the plant doesn’t need to keep making flowers in order to reproduce, so it will often stop putting on its floral show.
One or two pods left behind won’t cause a plant to halt flowering entirely, but if there are a lot, it can cause the plant to stop or slow down. That’s why you want to remove not only the flower, but the seed pod as well.
It’s worth noting that there are some fuchsias that will continue to flower even if you leave the pods in place.
Some
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