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This site is maintained by the South Coast Fuchsia Society of Southern California. Membership on the website is open to the public, for free.

Our club meets the second Monday of every month at the South Coast Botanic Garden. Our meetings usually have a guest speaker on topics other than fuchsia care, for example roses, local birds, flower arranging, etc. Members can always ask questions about fuchsias independant of the lecture topic.

Each meeting usually also has plants that are raffled off. Almost everyone that purchases a ticket gets something.

Membership is $16/year, and includes our monthly 4-page newsletter in full color.

Tip of the Month
March: This month your fuchsias are probably ready to be pinched, perhaps for a second or third time. As a reminder, pinching is removing the growth tip. On any branch that has 2-3 nodes of new growth, pinch (cut) out the growth tip to get a fuller plant. (If you have more nodes on a branch, you can cut back to 2-3 nodes and try to root the part you cut out.) Fertilize all your fuchsias this month with a balanced fertilizer. Because of the variable weather we have been having, monitor your plants carefully to make sure that they are not sitting in water or getting dried out.