Re: Sunset zone 11

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Thanks, Larry.

Do the natives bloom throughout the winter as pansies and snaps do? I 
gathered that the questioner wanted something for a front door bed or 
container.

d

>I lived in Sunset zone 11 for eight years. It's high desert, it does freeze 
>in the winter on occasion, it gets some snow from time to time, and the 
>summers are mostly warm and pleasant. A temperature of 90 with a humidity 
>of 9 is very livable.
>
> The best choices are natives, and the best source of information (as 
> always) is the local nursery. Given the climate and the landscape, pansies 
> and snapdragons would live, but would be embarrassingly out of place. Some 
> good choices are desert marigold, some phacelias, evening primrose, local 
> coreopsis, and gilia davy. California poppy always works.
>
> Larry

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