The secret to growing California fuchsia in the humid Southeast zone 7b/8a is drainage, drainage, and once again, drainage. After many fatal attempts, we finally succeeded with a "soil mix" that drains like a colander, a crevice garden, and an excellent clone, Epilobium canum var. arizonica 'Sky Island Orange', from David Salman that's been thriving in our Raleigh, NC, garden since 2018. To us the trouble is worth seeing hundreds of eye-scorching, red-orange tubular flowers that attract hummingb