California fuchsia - You never know where she'll show up!

 In my own garden, I have several different cultivars of California fuchsia (Epilobium canum), both in the front and in the back. I've been delighted by the long-blooming red trumpets, which are sure to attract hummingbirds for months in late summer and fall, usually right up to the first frost.

This year, though, I'm delighted to report that California fuchsia seems to have made it to landscape plant status. Even in gardens that do not have a native focus, I see them shine.

Above, quite possibly my favorite, a combination on California fuchsia with a dark lilac statice and a decorative rock. So simple, so effective.

 

Another pleasing combination with yarrow and I think a fig tree. If you were a humming bird, where would you go? 

And a nice use of the same plant in a side strip and in the front garden itself. Very drought tolerant, this is one native that usually does OK in side strips and other truly difficult spots. 

But I knew this plant had made its mark when I saw it in a townhouse landscape with the usual ornamental grasses and New Zealand flax. And, if I may say so, she was really shining here as well. 

You've come a long way, baby! Now live long and prosper...