October in My Garden

Fuchsia. I also have a wonderfully robust fuchsia. Which one? I have no idea. There are about a bajillion cultivars, and about five years ago I bought something with very dramatic flowers, but two years later it had reverted to this, which I think of as “basic garden-variety fuchsia.” No matter, I love it. It starts blooming in May and it’s still going strong in October. Hummingbirds love it.