Theo's Fantastic Fuchsias
Several years ago, I visited Theo Margelony and Kevin Gepford's garden in Portland, and last weekend, I had the chance to visit again during an open-garden event. Since my last visit, the garden has grown into a lush, immersive space — every path now feels enveloped by foliage and color The garden is dominated by Theo's favorite plant - the fuchsia. Before moving to Portland in 2019, he gardened on a tiny lot in Manhattan. Now, he has a much larger palette to indulge his passion for these plants. Michael and I have become big fans of fuchsias since moving to Washington, but we struggled with them in the South where summer heat was relentless. It was exciting to see many of the varieties that we are growing, except here in this garden, the specimens were much larger! For example, this one is 'Cricket', just huge in their garden. Their garden is much sunnier than ours, and I'm learning that many fuchsias prefer more sun than I had earlier thou...
