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tony williams2

I have been told that fusia plants raised in pots for a few years are not hardy when put out in the ground for winter in Scunthorpe area ! True or not ?
       Keep up the good work thanks Tony.

Fairygirl

Depends on the fuchsia @tony williams2. Some are hardy, most aren't, and some of those might be ok in a mild area 

Nanny Beach

Depends on which variety

Dovefromabove

It depends on the species and  sometimes on the individual variety @tony williams2 … some are hardy, some are not.  

It can be pretty chilly in Scunthorpe area when the easterlies blow in from the Urals 💨 

Do you know what varieties you have?

JennyJ

I'm not that far from sunny Scunny (in fact I lived there for a while with OH's Dad before we bought our house). I still have friends in that area and some of them can keep fuchsias outside in sheltered spots. You say you've had them a few years in the pots - did you leave them outside over winter, and were they out in the open or somewhere more sheltered such as up against the house under the eaves? All this will give clues as to how hardy your fuchsias are.

If you have the labels from the fuchsias and can tell us the varieties, that will help to answer the question. If you haven't then maybe you could post some pictures of the plants and closeups of the flowers. A lot of the larger-flowered ones aren't hardy. If the soil is well-drained and it's a sheltered spot, they would be better-protected in the ground than in pots left outside in the open over the winter.

tony williams2

I'm not very good at keeping names, but the point I'm making is if they have been kept in pots it makes them less hardy. I keep them in a cold greenhouse over winter.

JennyJ

tony williams2 said:

... but the point I'm making is if they have been kept in pots it makes them less hardy. I keep them in a cold greenhouse over winter.

The roots of a plant in a pot will be more vulnerable to frost than in the ground, if all other factors are the same, but it won't change the hardiness of the variety.

Fairygirl

Yes - as @JennyJ says - the plant remains hardy or not hardy, regardless of the care.
Overwintering a plant under cover helps protect them, especially while they're young, and/or small, but you then need to acclimatise them appropriately when putting outside and in the ground. That goes for hardy plants too   

tony williams2

Thanks for all your replies, I will check on variety. I only asked because I had read it in a graders mag somewhere.
       Thanks Taffy.