Monday, November 11, 2019
The fuchsias were brushed by frost a few days ago. Ordinarily this might be the end but I was struck by the faded beauty of the blossoms, muted by the cold with shades of their former selves. Some have taken on almost gem-like translucent tones of amethyst….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — autumn | fall | flowers | fuchsias | winter
Thursday, August 01, 2019
This is the last summer of the Fuchsias in the City. This City, anyway. Yes, we're leaving Manhattan! And not just to another outer borough. Or Long Island, or up the Hudson, or even across the river to the former Garden State, New Jersey. This move's serious and bi-coastal….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | fall | new york | urban
Thursday, November 01, 2018
A time for remembering. The Fuchsias in City have gone a bit Día de Meurtos for All Saints….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — autumn | color | fall | holiday
Monday, October 15, 2018
We're in the throws of an annual migration. Birds and butterflies, and assorted condo dwellers with second homes in Florida, hurry south to escape the coming cold. But squashes of all sorts are leaving their summer homes in the fields and farms of the region and migrating into the City….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — autumn | color | fall | ornamentals | produce | vegetables
Monday, November 21, 2016
It’s late fall at Fuchsias in the City and there’s gold in the garden. Sometimes I pine for brilliant flushes of scarlet and orange. Or maybe some deep shimmering hints of burgundy or copper suffusing the leaves. But it’s a small urban garden and I much of what I see…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — color | fall | foliage | garden | seasons
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving from the Fuchsias in the City! Where one dazed balloon awaits its fate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As can only be Scene in the City, of course…
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
A little more clean-up today. It started out quite a bit raw and chilly, what with the rain we’ve had, but then the skies blossomed into a brilliant periwinkle blue. The potted fuchsias are still outside. Lot’s of blooms opening still. So far there hasn’t been a frost…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — color | fall | garden | seasons | weather
Saturday, November 07, 2015
Run, don’t walk, to Central Park. Right now. No, I’m not talking about jogging, about getting yourself up and out. Though you might well do with another goal if you decide that jogging’s the best way to go. I’m really talking about seeing the annual fall chrysanthemum display. …➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — central park | fall | flowers | new york | seasons
Sunday, November 01, 2015
What is fall? Every season I seem to hold a debate. Mostly with myself, I guess, but what is fall really? Is it the meteorologists’ tidy definition? September, October, November. Neatly ordered pigeon holes from the monthly calendar, whether the weather’s ready or…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — color | fall | garden | seasons | weather
Friday, December 13, 2013
The final cleanup of fall always seems to take me by surprise. Especially when the weather has had that golden crispness that usually settles in sometime during autumn here, when the summer’s heat and humidity have fallen back south. The City comes into its own then...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fall | hortulus fuchsiarum | winter
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Every year, as the weather cools and the garden’s summer green slowly fades to gold, I’m surprised again and delighted by how fall plays out even in this small urban space. The first performer is my potted purplebloom maple...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fall | hortulus fuchsiarum | plants
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Fall comes slowly to this sheltered garden. When other spots are past their peak, the leaves on the nearby trees seem to equivocate a bit longer here before they finally decide to turn their attention to the coming winter...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fall | hortulus fuchsiarum | plants
Monday, November 11, 2013
If you’re like me and go crazy for kiku every fall, one of the best displays is at Longwood Gardens. Don’t dawdle. “The Miracle of a Thousand Blooms” is worth the visit alone...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | fall | greenhouses | horticulture | plants
Monday, September 23, 2013
The autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, that fall tipping point into winter when the length of the night already equals the light of the day, usually slides by unnoticed by most. This year...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fall | new york | seasons
Sunday, October 07, 2012
It’s only the first week of October and tweets from all over arrive in seemingly rapid escalation. Freezes tonight from Missouri to Chicago. Frosts expected already in…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — fall | fuchsias | hortulus fuchsiarum
