This Sunday may be the last time I give my mom a Mother’s Day fuchsia basket, my go-to gift for most of the past 35 years. It makes me sad. Nearly 93, Mom is moving into a retirement/assisted living ...

T hink of fuchsias and for most the imagination doesn’t travel farther than a Mother’s Day hanging basket. Resources Greater Seattle Fuchsia Society Meets second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at St.

Near the end of June, tomato plants will need secure stakes as they reach for the sky and become heavy with fruit. Tomato cages may work for shorter growing plants called determinate varieties, but ...

My hanging basket of fuchsia dried out. I watered it and it perked back up but is wilted again even though the soil is wet. What is happening? Fuchsia are beautiful in hanging baskets. Unfortunately, ...

Fuchsias — those baskets of red, pink, cream, brilliant lavender and purple floating flowers — stand for summer days in the Northwest and are often given as Mother’s Day gifts. Victorian growers named ...

Question: Last spring, I bought a fuchsia basket that grew beautifully for the whole summer and fall. Now it is straggly and unattractive. Is it possible to make it beautiful again or should I just ...

Here's how to create your own fuchsia basket for a fraction of the cost of buying one, especially if you have some hanging planters waiting to be recycled in the garage. • Cover the bottom of your ...

There is nothing like a hanging basket to add beauty and charm to an outdoor living space. Whether used on a deck, a patio, or in a secluded garden room, a hanging basket adds that certain something ...

I grew up on the East Coast. It was too hot in the summer to really grow great fuchsia, but that doesn’t mean that my father didn’t try with some modicum of success. So by the time I came to Alaska, I ...

When weird weather makes good garden flower choices tough, consider fuchsias. These once-humble plants have come a long way, and many of these colorful creatures boast foliage every bit as handsome as ...

When I lived at the end of Brookhurst Street in Huntington Beach, a mile from the ocean, fuchsias were my passion. By the time I was in my mid teens, I already had tried my hand at an assortment of ...

Near the end of June, tomato plants will need secure stakes as they reach for the sky and become heavy with fruit. Tomato cages may work for shorter growing plants called determinate varieties, but ...