I can expand more later but the chairs will remain as long as they can. The Fuchsiarium is a pleasant place to sit, especially when those occasional rays of sunshine pierce through our winter drab. 2/2

The same sort of habitats in which some Enclianda Section fuchsias, another flower very popular with hummingbird, are often found. In fact, I’m planning on setting one out on the sage’s leeward side for a hummer twofer this week. 3/3

Blooming in late autumn this far north, it’s native to higher elevations in the montane pine-oak forests of central Mexico and is an absolute favorite of hummingbirds. 2/3

Fuchsia ‘Martha Werle’ remains anything but silent, however, and is a lovely living monument to both Martha and her husband, Henry. 6/6

The Town of Colma is located close to San Francisco. Interestingly, it consists mostly of cemeteries. Often called the City of Silence, its dead inhabitants are said to outnumber its living ones by about a thousand to one! 5/6

This Exposition was a World’s Fair that drew an estimated 17 million visitors to the expressly built Treasure Island in Francisco Bay over its long run. The Werles also exhibited at the Oakland Flower Show that year. 4/6

The Bungalow Nursery display of new fuchsias in the Hall of Flowers, along with displays by the San Francisco Branch of the American Fuchsia Society, at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939 reignited much interest in fuchsias. 3/6

'Martha Werle’ forms a small plant to about a foot tall (30 cm) and does equally well as a hardy in the garden as in a pot. Its double flowers are of a medium size and have a gracefully arched flair to the sepals. 2/6

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Hmmm.... Have you been feeding the orchids bloodmeal again?