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I had one small success with cuttings this year. 5 out of 7 box cuttings have rooted. Have I left it too late to take some from my variegated box or any other evergreen? If so whats the technique and the looking after regime? Also I bought a fuchsia

Hi All.   At the weekend I purchased a couple of small "Dollar Princess" fuchsia's for some summer colour.  When I potted them up I realised that they looked quite leggy.  They have plenty of buds howerver and I am a bit unsure if I should "Chelsea

I am reading more and more about people using water for fuchsias,how successful is this method ? and what is the procedure for doing this. Just take cuttings in the normal way-cutting just below a leaf-node-put some cling-film over a glass of water

I have an exasperating problem with the best show of fuchsias I have had for some time.  They are in pots in the greenhouse along with toms and various cuttings. When the plants are dry, they show it by the leaves becoming wilted, easy solution

very useful i have taken a lot of cuttings and they are shooting up .with them being cuttings was not sure of pinching out .thanks does this also apply to trailing fuchsias? Yes. Otherwise they can be a bit straggly.

Red Spider and Dorothy Hanly so now got 8 new fuchsias. I have just taken cuttings from four I bought a month ago (Dark Eyes, Claudia, Genii, Annabel).  They are great value plants, some for pots, others for dot plants in the border.  I should like

Some fuchsia plugs arrived. Is it better to plant in 3inch pots and put in basket later on or can I plant them straight in baskets now and keep these inside 'till later on in May? What size plugs are they Bev ? Plants about an inch tall- or should I

I bought a small tree fuchsia called Pattie Sue this year and has grown lovely. It is a shame to let it die over the winter and so I wonder if I can keep it alive for it to flourish next year. I don't have a green house but I have a conservatory