Tuesday, December 31, 2024
My last outing of the year on the last day of the year was to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden here in Portland. You might not be aware but the American Rhododendron Society was born in Portland and Crystal Springs….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | seasons | winter
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Finally a first frost early this morning on the First of December. 31.7 F (-0.1666 C) was just enough to garnish exposed parts of the garden with tiny crystals of ice. But even ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ has laughed….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — seasons | winter
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Scene on the Fuchsia Trail. A quick stop to drop off some new DebRon’s Fuchsias for testing of their potential resistance against the fuchsia gall mite with Mark Danner and the Crescent City Branch….➤ Read More Friday, November 15, 2024
On the Fuchsia Trail. Humboldt County, California. Ferndale on the Eel River. In 1852, 13-year-old Zipporah Patrick Russ went West with her family in two covered wagons. The Patrick Family started in….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — gall mites | history | species
Friday, November 01, 2024
Judging from the way botanists usually devise new names, you would think that Section Schufia, one of the twelve into which the genus Fuchsia is divided, was named to honor a famous and eminent botanist by the name of...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fuchsias | species
Thursday, October 31, 2024
What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Or was, rather. The fallen fuchsia often has an interesting afterlife….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — art | fallen fuchsia
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
It’s official! Mark your calendars now!
I’ll be talking at the 2025 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival at the Convention Center in Seattle next February. It’s not too early to start planning to attend this fabulous show already….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower show | species | spring | talks
Sunday, September 01, 2024
Saint Fiacre is a seventh-century Irish hermit and holy man who moved to Breuil, France (now called Saint-Fiacre) to escape the bothersome crowds increasingly drawn to him….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — gardens | gardeners | history | personalities | saints
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Plant names in botany can often seem alien or inscrutable, as if they landed on Earth on a scrap of paper fallen from the pocket of John Carter of Mars, or hitched a ride from the highest heights of Tibet...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fuchsias | species
Monday, July 01, 2024
Nils Hansson Lilja, the colorful and decidedly eccentric Swedish intellectual, writer, poet, watchmaker, newspaper publisher, gardener, horticulturalist, and botanist, was born on October 17, 1808 at Blinkarp, Röstånga, in the province of Scania. His early education was at Malmö where….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanists | history | species
Saturday, June 01, 2024
What’s (never) flowering at The Fuchsietum? Wisteria sinensis 'Kofuji' (‘Mekura Fuji'). This is a dwarf Chinese wisteria that remains a miniature. Truly miniature. Even the leaves are miniature and have a graceful fern-like effect….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | plaants
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Very common in nurseries in the Pacific Northwest is this partial reversion of Fuchsia ‘Firecracker’ back to its parent ‘Thalia’. It’s been making the rounds….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | sports
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
An antique shoebox label with fuchsias. “Presented with fine shoes. H. O’Hara. 72 Canal St. Grand Rapids Mich.” is printed in the lower left corner and “American Fuchsias” in the right. The fuchsias depicted are….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — art | fuchsiana
Sunday, March 24, 2024
In the spring a gardener's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of fuchsias. "Help! I love fuchsias. They're my favorite flower. Where can I get seeds or starts?" went a lament just this past week on social media….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — climate | cultivation | usda | socia media
Monday, March 11, 2024
The big question this morning: Cat or coyote? I caught another rat out back. I thought something was up when I noticed the motion-activated light behind the house went on at 5:30 am….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | pests
Monday, February 05, 2024
Fuchsiana. Buy your meats at Kennedy's Market….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — art | fuchsiasna | fuchsia lore | history
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Hey Fuchsia Fans! A reminder that I'll be speaking at the upcoming 2024 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival in Seattle….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — flower shows | seattle | nwf&gs
Friday, January 19, 2024
It’s been a heck of a week!➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — weather | winter
Saturday, January 06, 2024
That’s it! Some fold up the Yuletide festivities early but it ain’t over until the Three Kings sing. So thanks for singing along to the The Twelve Fuchsias of Christmas 2023. Hope you had a joyful holiday season and may your gardens flourish in 2024!➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fuchsias | holiday | christmas
