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Has anyone got a fushia tree? How easy are they to grow/maintain the shape? I’m not very good at keeping plants alive!  
Has anyone got a fushia tree?

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Just make sure you buy a Hardy Fushia variety, as the others are grown as annuals and die back in the winter. If you do get a Hardy Fushia like the one in the photo, you’re looking for what is termed a ‘standard’ which means it’s been trained into the single tree stalk. It should be covered with burlap sacking in the fall/winter to protect it from the snow and ice. Good Luck, they’re beautiful and so little effort. Just keep in a partial to full shade area as they don’t like direct sun.  
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Piece of piss mate, cut about 4 inches from the bottom in December. That's it!  
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