Accidental 'bonsai' fuchsia

I would say plant it at the same level as it is now FC. Apologising profusely as you do so!!
(Have a check on the root system as you up end it to make sure you can see it's still with you),

we've all done it - I dead head a basket of violas each day and out of the 20 - 30 deadheads there are inevitably one or two boo boos ie. blooms still awaiting their chance to display themselves...
Jenny

 

People pay good money for a standard Fuchsia

I'd keep it in a pot personally. Is it hardy?

 

It's a sweet little thing. I think I would do as Merleworld said and put it in a pot.

 

I wouldn't plant it deep. Not many plants are happy with that (no personal experience of Fuchsia planted deep though - perhaps see if Google says its a good idea?)

If you don't want a half-standard, long term, then take cuttings and plant them out later on or risk-it and chop it down and hope it re-sprouts. That will set you right back though ... I don't think its going to sprout from the bottom by itself, and if it does the top will still be "dominant" so the shoots at the bottom won't be vigorous (unlike, for example, a Rose)

 

Personally I think it looks great, but if you wanted less woody stem you could try air layering it. That's generally less risky than chopping the top off it!

 

Taking a cutting whilst the branch / cutting is still connected to the plant.

Normal layering is by bending a branch down to the ground and chucking some dirt over it and waiting until it has rooted. Usually you make a sloping cut about half way through and then hold the "slit" open (with a matchstick or similar) and peg the cut area down - often into a pot of ideal rooting compost. You sever the branch from the parent when the child has rooted (its often a long wait for plants that are propagated in this way). However, nothing to stop you trying to layer a "big bit" to get a more instant young plant.

Air layering is the same thing but where the branch in question is too high up to bend it down to the ground for layering. Cut the same sloping cut and wedge it open, wrap suitable compost around the branch (often Sphagnum moss is used) and make a "sausage" out of it wrapping with cling film or some plastic (I use clear plastic so I can see the roots when it has rooted) ... and WAIT