Re: SoCal Plant recommendations
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  • Subject: Re: SoCal Plant recommendations
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:34:48 -0500
I'm surprised that rosemary will survive there and Salvia Leucantha (Mex.
bush sage) will not.  Both do fine here, even last winter which was real bad
(for North Texas).

On 6/28/10, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I'm answering questions for the Home Depot Garden Club. I'm supposed to be
> the expert. I have an old disc of SWGB, but I can't usually  ask what zone
> they're in.
>
> If they're planting Star Jasmine, I can't imagine that it freezes very
> much, though both Rosemary and Gaura tolerate quite a bit of cold - even
> here in GA - at least down to 20F.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] SoCal Plant recommendations
>
>
>
> I'd suggest they get a Sunset Western Garden book and figure out what
>> Sunset zone they are in. Yep, parts of SoCal freeze; parts don't... zillions
>> of microclimates. Get Sunset.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 28, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Daryl wrote:
>>
>> They're apparently looking for perennials.
>>>
>>> SoCal freezes?
>>> d
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC  95
>>> CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 7:06 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] SoCal Plant recommendations
>>>
>>>
>>> Annuals, perennials, shrubs? Does it freeze where they live? All  those
>>>> things they have will grow where I am but if the area doesn't get frost,
>>>> those folks can really expand their horizons. I'm assuming it's not
>>>> xeric if they are planting star jasmine. Here's some low- maintenance
>>>> and
>>>> easily available that should do okay:
>>>> Agapanthus
>>>> Phormium (comes in standard bronze foliage but there are some nice
>>>> variegated colors if you look)
>>>> Cannas
>>>> Erisymum
>>>> Gazania
>>>> Society garlic (put it away from traffic areas, it smells...but it
>>>> flowers all summer)
>>>> Pelargoniums (not hardy)
>>>> Aloes (not hardy)
>>>> Kangaroo paw (not hardy)
>>>> Lion's tail (not hardy)
>>>> Mexican bush sage (not hardy)
>>>> Other salvias...I used to have a culinary sage that got about 4'  tall,
>>>> flowered hugely every year...
>>>> Bird of paradise (not hardy)
>>>>
>>>> Cyndi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>>> Behalf Of Daryl
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:20 PM
>>>> To: gardenchat
>>>> Subject: [CHAT] SoCal Plant recommendations
>>>>
>>>> For a couple that's in the Navy. The need low maintenance and said  that
>>>> they've planted
>>>> Rosemary, Gaura, and star jasmine but I want a little more color
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>>
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>> Inland Jim
>> Willamette Valley
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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