This colorful, hummingbird-friendly perennial never stops blooming

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Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming. As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may defoliate in freezing weather, there is a good chance it will recover. Even after dying back in a freeze – as long as it survives – it may grow up to five feet in a single season. Ultimately, it may reach a height of 10 feet and a girth of six feet. Flowers are miniatures, one-and-a-half inches long, and bi-colored in red and purple.