A hummingbird feeding on nectar from tubular fuchsia flowers - altzaga/Shutterstock Hummingbirds are such a pleasure to watch in your garden as they flit from flower to flower, looking for the ...

Ah, the sun is definitely sticking around longer as we transition from what my friend Wayne calls "The Land of the Noon Moon" back to the "Land of the Midnight Sun." And, as we say every year, it ...

I saw the most gorgeous fuchsias when I lived in the San Francisco Bay area, but years ago, I was told that we couldn’t grow them here because it’s too hot. I just couldn’t resist buying one two days ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming. As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may ...

Among bird watchers, hummingbirds are particularly treasured for their colorful feathers that reflect light with an iridescent mirage of purples, blues, and greens that otherwise rarely occur in ...

Carlyss Van Ness remembers the first one. She spotted it at a nursery near Freestone – a flowering plant so pretty it simply had to come home with her. That was 1970. She has babied that plant for ...