Everetts Choice Zauschneria

Everett’s Choice is a low, spreading selection of California fuchsia with fuzzy gray-green leaves and scarlet to red-orange tubular flowers. Its ground-hugging form carries late-summer color across a sunny edge or slope and draws hummingbirds. ## Form and Siting This selection stays below about 6 in. tall and can spread 4–5 ft wide. Give it well-drained soil and room to run; full sun suits coastal gardens, while afternoon shade can help inland plantings. Water occasionally during dry weather, particularly when establishing or to encourage flowering. The [USDA NRCS California fuchsia guide](https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/capmcpg12898.pdf) and [UC Master Gardener profile](https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-contra-costa-county/california-native-garden-0) describe this named selection’s size, form, bloom, and siting. ## Bloom and Wildlife Scarlet tubular flowers appear through summer and fall and are a strong hummingbird draw. Rhizomatous growth makes this a useful groundcover for a slope or broad planting edge. ## Maintenance Prune the stems back to a few inches in late autumn to rejuvenate the plant for the following year. Divide or redirect spreading stems when the patch reaches its allotted space.