Fuchsia pruning help please!

[hardheadedwoman]

I’m a really novice gardener. Last year this fuchsia (see pic) was healthy looking. I forgot to prune it in the spring and now whole middle looks dead and the branches around the edges are the only ones with leaves and flowers.

Is there anything I can do to save it? My mum grew it from a cutting so I feel bad if I’ve killed it. Thanks v much in advance

Cut the dead bits off, they’re not going to grow.
Are you sure it’s hardy? If not put it somewhere sheltered in the winter. It will be dormant over winter and sprout again next spring.

Thank you - unfortunately the dead bits are in the centre so the only bits that are alive looking are attached to the dead bits. So if I cut the dead bits off it would just be dead looking wood. Is that ok? And when should I cut it down, now if later in the year? Thank you for your help

And yes I’ll bring it inside for the winter if you think it will help. Where should I put it, by a window?

I would leave it unpruned for now. At the end of summer let it go dormant and prune it all back to couple of inches when it starts to regrow in the spring

Ok will do thanks v much

I would cut back any dead wood to next leaf or stem now , then cut back hard for winter.

Any chance you could get cuttings off the live stems? Fuchsias are pretty easy to propagate. If it's not hardy cut it back and keep it somewhere out of the cold over winter, and it will probably come back in the Spring.

Good idea thanks I will get some cuttings going today then look at overwintering