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Hi Linda,

Sorry to hear about your fuchsia. They are such beautiful plants.

Typically you want to do your major pruning in the fall after the growing season or very early spring when new growth begins to emerge. Since fuchsias bloom on new growth and the bloom time arrives in early summer you want to be careful not to remove all the flower buds at this time. But with that being said, you can certainly pinch back the stems to a leaf node (or where the leaves previously were), which will promote new growth for a bushier appearance. 

With any luck, the loss of leaves will only affect the appearance and not this year’s blooms. If it does not bloom, you will certainly want to prune it in the fall so it will be in the best growing condition for next year.

Hope this helps.

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