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Fingerlimes · 17/04/2023 09:55

What about Verbena? Mine all look dead. No green shoots at the base. I am dismayed. When does the May bush flower? May perhaps?

Freddiefan · 17/04/2023 09:58

Only one of mine is showing any sign of life but I’ll wait a while and encourage them!

Gregorylass · 17/04/2023 10:02

Mine are playing dead at the moment but when I snipped one of the twigs it was green inside, so I 'm assuming it will get going soon. At least, I hope so, it was so prolific last year.

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PearPartridge · 17/04/2023 10:06

Oodieandacuppatonightplease · 17/04/2023 07:09

Oh no!!!!! That’s decades and decades of our family getting it wrong 🤣

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My mum thought it was the month of May too, but I learned a couple of years ago it was the May tree/hawthorn.

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PearPartridge · 17/04/2023 10:07

MereDintofPandiculation · 17/04/2023 09:50

Do you mean “dead twigs” or “twigs without any hint of green growth” - there is a difference! Try snipping back one of the twigs. If it’s dead it’ll be brown all through, slightly shrivelled. A live twig will be plumper, and creamy colour inside, with a layer of green that you may be able to see.

Even if the twigs are dead right back to ground level, Fuchsia will grow back from the roots. Don’t even begin to worry before June

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I'll try that thanks

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PearPartridge · 17/04/2023 10:09

MereDintofPandiculation · 17/04/2023 09:55

General reminder: Fuchsia was named after Herr Fuchs (Mr Fox). So it’s Fuchsia (not Fuschia, Fushia or any other variety)

Good point. I actually spelled it the correct way originally, but added the S as it looked wrong!

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SallyWD · 17/04/2023 10:11

Mine always sprout really late, then for weeks just seem to have a couple of tiny leaves. They eventually come to life and are often quite underwhelming! On a positive note they do stay in bloom until November.

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PearPartridge · 17/04/2023 10:12

Fingerlimes · 17/04/2023 09:55

What about Verbena? Mine all look dead. No green shoots at the base. I am dismayed. When does the May bush flower? May perhaps?

I'm an idiot. I grew verbena from seed last year and it looked lovely, but I thought it was an annual so pulled it up in the winter. Should have checked. Haven't managed to germinate it this year

A friend pointed out what she said was flowering May on Easter weekend. Not sure if she was right though.

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DRS1970 · 17/04/2023 10:29

Mine haven't sprouted yet either.

tailinthejam · 17/04/2023 14:58

I have several fuchsias in my garden and in hard winters they often die back completely to ground level. I wait. More often than not, there will be new growth emerging right from the base, but it takes forever to show itself.

daffodilandtulip · 17/04/2023 15:57

Restinggoddess · 16/04/2023 21:19

I think it’s too early to tell - let’s hold our nerve
However, this winter I lost six hebes !

I've lost two hebes and having similar thoughts about my fuchsia as OP. It's been a strange year.

ExtremelyDetermined · 17/04/2023 16:03

Mine is still looking dead but it does this every year (probably 15 years old now). It was covered in flowers till November last year.

Beebumble2 · 17/04/2023 16:08

One of mine is sprouting from twigs, the other two have signs of new growth from the base. Don’t give up hope yet.

tailinthejam · 17/04/2023 16:26

I learned the hard way, and now plant new ones a good 6 inches deeper than the soil level of the pot they came in.

MereDintofPandiculation · 17/04/2023 16:38

SallyWD · 17/04/2023 10:11

Mine always sprout really late, then for weeks just seem to have a couple of tiny leaves. They eventually come to life and are often quite underwhelming! On a positive note they do stay in bloom until November.

Isnt the Glastonbury Thorn meant to be out on Good Friday? But that’s an exception

GlassBunion · 17/04/2023 16:55

I'm in the far South East. All seem dead at the moment.

CindersAgain · 17/04/2023 16:58

Fingerlimes · 17/04/2023 09:55

What about Verbena? Mine all look dead. No green shoots at the base. I am dismayed. When does the May bush flower? May perhaps?

Mine are looking dead. I’m thinking of replacing them.

OldTinHat · 17/04/2023 17:08

Mine is also looking very much like a dead stick!

deplorabelle · 17/04/2023 18:10

Mine looks dead and I think most of the top growth probably is dead (not green inside). HOWEVER it is regrowing vigorously from the base.

I'm the person who posted about their gooseberry bushes looking like dead twigs last month. They are definitely alive and one has got flowers already.

A good gardening rule of thumb is "wait until you're absolutely certain it's dead, then give it another month at least" 🙂

megletthesecond · 14/05/2023 15:41

How is everyone's fuchsia getting on?

I think mine isn't coming back.

ExtremelyDetermined · 14/05/2023 16:10

Mine has sprung into life the last couple of weeks

If my fuschias haven't sprouted by now..

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 14/05/2023 16:19

Yep, definitely alive and growing. They were very tiny ( plugs) so they spent last year and winter in the holding bed, but they seem big enough to plant out now. I’ve only lost two ( and one undecided) out of eighteen…

PriamFarrl · 14/05/2023 16:35

I thought about this post just today as I noticed mine had put on a real spurt.

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PearPartridge · 14/05/2023 17:01

Mine didn't grow so I bought a replacement from ebay. I bought them as plug plants in about July or August so I think they probably didn't get established enough to withstand the hard frosts.

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CindersAgain · 15/05/2023 18:47

One of mine still looks dead, the other looks like this