Conradus Gesnerus. Medicus et philosophus

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Happy 509th birthday to Conrad Gessner, born today in Zürich on 16 March 5016. Gessner was a noted physician, naturalist, bibliographer, philologist, Among many other things. He's sometimes even called the Swiss…➤ Read More

The Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanists

Fuchsia spotlight. First Success

Friday, March 14, 2025

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia ‘First Success’ is an alluring cross between F. paniculata x F. splendens bred in the Netherlands in 1985….➤ Read More

The Fuchsia+Blog Tags — cultivars | fuchsias | fuchsia spotlight

It's back to the fuchsia

Saturday, February 15, 2025

I was just sorting through another box of old files and things. I confess that I have way too many of them still in hiding from my move from Manahattan but, occasionally, I'll get inspired and tackle another. It's very cold out there this week so…➤ Read More

The Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | fuchsias

Isabella's Courtyard

Saturday, February 01, 2025

When in Boston, a revisit to the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum is in order. The wealthy Gardener was a voracious collector of art, and many other what-nots, with decidedly eccentric ideas about….➤ Read More

The Fuchsia+Blog Tags — gardens | museums | winter

Frosting the garden

Monday, January 27, 2025

Unlike that unconscionable arctic assault we endured about this time last year, winter consistently moving itself into the upper twenties ain’t all that bad. Nor the 25 F (almost -4 C) that descended on the garden last night….➤ Read More

The Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | plants | winter