Any fuschia experts around? Mine won't flower

[DontNeedAnything]

Hi,

I acquired a couple of fuschia cuttings about 4 years ago (they were about 3" high in pots). I put them in my garden and for the first couple of yoears they flourished. Had hundreds of buds and blooms on.

This year they have come back and are very bushy and leafy (they are about 1'6"+ now) but I have no buds.

I don't recall them flowering last year either.

Do I need to do something special with them?

I asked this question at the end of last season. Googling suggests I should eb cutting back as it starts to grow fresh...but I don't uderstand it properly

I've still only got leaf buds appearing on mine - no sign of flower buds yet so maybe you've got a different type of fuscia to mine?

The type that I've got is a mid-late summer-flowering one and it's more than 5 years old so advice could be different for younger plants maybe? anyway... At this time of year the leaf buds and new leaves are just appearing. If you cut back hard now to within a couple of feet from the ground, it will put lots of energy into growing nice new stems and making lots of bushy growth. The flower buds on mine don't appear for ages yet. Mine was still in flower in November and then it started dropping its leaves for the winter. You are supposed to wait until April time to cut it all back (once the first leaf buds are appearing and risk of very hard frosts have gone I think).