I have posted a photograph of our latest houseplant. It’s a fuchsia—and a victim. Somehow, it didn’t enjoy living in our sunroom and rather abruptly perished. Perhaps the fuchsia didn’t enjoy cohabitating with its immediate neighbors: a begonia and a geranium that forgot to be an annual and has carried on for nearly three years now.
This is our second fuchsia, actually.
The first suffered much the same fate, though it dragged on for several
months—even spitting out a couple of blossoms—before “giving up the ghost.”
Fuchsia plants are known for their
vibrant, drooping flowers. They are native to Central and South America, with a
few species found in New Zealand and Tahiti. According to the interweb, these
tropical beauties thrive indoors when placed in bright, indirect light and kept
in well-draining soil. To kill a fuchsia, allow Desiree and me to tend them for
a spell. We’ll get the deed done.
—Mitchell Hegman
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