With all my attention spent getting seasonal color through winter & early spring, I kinda forgot about summer color.

Ooops.

Thank goodness for Hardy Fuchsia.

KC gifted me with a lovely little shrub before she moved from Sooke.  She hoped it would do better in town, as on her acreage the deer over-trimmed it.

Happily the city deer in our neighborhood have other tastes.  Who knows why?  That’s just the way it is.

I divided her little shrub into several pieces, and started them in different locations around the garden.  They all survived.  Cool.

• Deer resistant – mostly (?)
• Shade tolerant – yup
• Drought tolerant – that too.
• And Hummingbirds love it.

Hardy Fuchsia has become a workhorse in this garden.

•  Leaves bud out in April.
• By May it’s starting to flower.
•  It’s full steam ahead in July, and performs well all summer.
• Here on the coast, it feeds the hummingbirds well into the fall.

What could be better?
Thank you very much KC.

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