Friday, August 30, 2019
Over the course of the year, I do four different seasonal arrangements in the window, as well as the four large planters in the garden. Spring, summer, fall and winter. It's the last of its kind since I'll be heading for Portland in October. I'm really pleased….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | ornamentals | plants | seasons | summer
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, October 07, 2013
Elephant ears, Colocasia esculenta, lives up to its name. It’s leaves are indeed big and floppy—positively brobdingnagian sometimes—and corms from some cultivars...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | ornamentals | plants
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Ornamental peppers are hot. Literally. These decorative cultivars of Capsicum annuum are increasingly popular in beds and pots, even as house plants. They please with their attractive leaves and cute little blooms and really wow with…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — vegetables | ornamentals
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Summer is now almost on us here in the City. Certainly the dew point is almost sixty-five degrees this misty morning. That’s a sure sign that our often humid, southern-flavored summers are...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | greenhouses | long island | ornamentals | plants
