very successful and appropriately named hybrids are Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' and Fuchsia 'Lady Thumb' . Both make only 30 to 40 cms in height but pack some punch with their flowering profusion.

Ida Drapkin, the amateur horticulturist who called herself the Fuchsia Lady, has died. Drapkin died of lymphoma Wednesday at her home in Rancho Palos Verdes. She was 78. She was fanatical about ...