How to Transplant a Fuschia Plant

Fuchsia (Fuchsia spp.) blooms dangle like exotic fruits, with the outer petals of each pendulous flower peeled back from the trumpet-like center. Most fuchsias grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, although a few hardy varieties, like Fuchsia magellanica, survive in USDA zones 6 through 11. Fuchsias are usually planted into the garden after frost danger is past from nursery transplants. You can also transplant existing fuchsias that overwintered indoors.

Shears
Compost
Spade or power tiller
Trowel

Instructions

- 1
  Cut back overwintered fuchsias to within 3 to 4 inches of the soil surface. New, actively growing transplants from a nursery do not require cutting back before you transplant.
- 2
  Set the fuchsias outdoors in a partially shaded location. Water the soil in the pots just enough to moisten it, and continue to water when the top inch of soil begins to dry. Overwintered fuchsias are ready to transplant when new growth emerges, usually within two weeks.
- 3
  Spread two inches of compost over a well-drained garden bed that receives full morning sun and light afternoon shade. Till the compost into the top six to eight inches of the bed with a shovel or power tiller.
- 4
  Dig a planting hole the same depth as the fuchsia pot with a trowel. Make the hole about twice as wide as the pot.
- 5
  Turn the fuchsia pot on its side and slide the plant out of the pot. Set the fuschia in the hole so it's at the same depth it was growing at previously. Fill in the hole with soil. Space fuchsias 12 to 18 inches apart in all directions.
- 6
  Water immediately after transplanting so the soil settles, applying about one inch of water or enough to moisten the top six to eight inches of soil. Water fuchsias once weekly thereafter, providing about an inch of water each time.

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