Happiness is a Fuchsia Basket

by Katy on April 15, 2012 · 8 comments

I came home from work yesterday to find this on my front porch:

Yesterday was the annual Fuchsia Day at Fred Meyer, where you can buy five fuchsia starts for $3. This is awesome because they plant them for you, and provide the potting soil for free! So I end up getting my three fuchsia baskets all ready for the season for a grand total of nine dollars!

But since I was at work, my next-door-neighbor Chris ran this errand for me!

And here are the baskets in all their shade-loving glory:

And a close up shot for all you Cecille D. DeMille fans:

Because they’re planted nice and early in the season, they’ll be all lush and drapey by the time they’re blooming.

Ahh . . .

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”

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Mindy April 15, 2012 at 2:32 pm

I hit up Fuchsia Saturday too! I go to the Fred’s on 60-ish and Glisan every year. No lines!

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Katy April 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm

The Hawthorne Freddie’s never has a line either.

Katy

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A Frugal Spinster April 15, 2012 at 2:43 pm

I keep mine over in the garage each year, free but they always look scraggely and are late to bloom, maybe next year I’ll try Freddies.

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Practical Parsimony April 15, 2012 at 3:03 pm

I don’t think I ever saw a fuschia plant until this week at the produce market. They sell flowers, too. I got a pic for my blog but cannot post pictures right now.

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Practical Parsimony April 15, 2012 at 3:04 pm

Ooops, meant to say it is the most exotic and beautiful flower I have ever seen, bar none.

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Katy April 15, 2012 at 4:14 pm

I am pretty enamored of their ability to thrive in deep shade.

Katy

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Trish April 16, 2012 at 8:41 pm

I just planted our flowers for the season too! Filled up 2 hanging baskets and 3 railings for under $20. Nothing like seeing my perky petunias surrounded by allysium when I pull up in the driveway.

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