Re: Need ideas for sun-blasted parking strip et al.
Joe, I'm interested that you say the day lilies are tough as nails plants. I
haven't found them to be drought hardy at all....they sort of survive
without lots of water but look terrible.
Are there some particular varieties that you recommend?
Margaret.
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Seals <gardenguru@yahoo.com>
To: <jaknelson@shastalink.k12.ca.us>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: RE: Need ideas for sun-blasted parking strip et al.
> Julie, et al:
>
> Odd -- I just received this post, the original
> request. This, after seeing many many answers for a
> day and a half.
>
> Here's my two cents anyway -- I like these
> tough-as-nails plants:
>
> Agapanthus (many cultivars)
> Dietes 'Lemon Drop' and 'Orange Drop'
> Hemerocallis (daylilies)
> Phlomis (many species and hybrids)
> Phormium (my favorite little ones: Bronze Baby, Duet,
> Morticia, and Tom Thumb)
> Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
>
> I especially like these ornamental grasses:
>
> Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
> Festuca californica 'Serpentine Blue'
> Helictotrichon sempervirens
>
> I'd even be tempted to plant a few Juniperus
> scopulorum 'Skyrocket' (NOT boring).
>
> As someone else said, plant a mixture.
>
> Joe Seals,
> Santa Maria, California
> (quickly returning to spring weather)
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