Why do hardy fuchsias sometimes stop flowering?

You could remove the pods ,but I'm not sure it will make a huge difference - they often do this, as you know, it's just having a rest and recovering a bit before producing more flowers.

I've had the same problem this year with rufus, but my garden news has been lovely,so can't explain Jonathan, perhaps something to do with this funny weather we are having.

Ah, I'd imagined Bamboo that they are meant to be literally continuously flowering, so I thought there must be something wrong with them. You think not so. I will just wait patiently then and see if it starts to bud up again in a while. Many thanks.

Agree with Bamboo, ones at nursery flower like mad, we constantly dead head and de pod them then they rest and then start back up.
The pods do dye fingers purple if you have a lot do remove!

When you refer to pods are you talking about the flowers which are not open yet?

I would definitely deadhead them as you go along. Unless you want to make fuchsia jam with the "berries" lol
Having said which I have often had baskets of fuchsia do as you say.....stop short and rest for two or three weeks... at which point I put them in a shady position until they decide to start up again - which they nearly always do with renewed vigor.

The pods which I have been pulling off Anils21 are the ones which begin to form after a flower has bloomed and then spent itself. The flowers usually become a bit ragged and tatty looking at that stage, so I remove them so that the plant looks nice and tidy. Actually, on some types of fuchsia the fully swollen pods can be almost as attractive as the flowers, I find.

Those are the berries that make good jam...honest!

I usually deadhead regularly throughout the summer and have almost constant flowering on about twelve different varieties. Rarely, one or other has a little break and then off they go again

my tom thumb has just done the same no flowers but loads of bud things.

Mine in baskets and pots have been very poor this year and are dying off already.

Any idea of the cause Sadie?

Plenty of water if in a sunny position and some shade through the day is prefered