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Re: A sub-tropical garden in a temperate climate and new subject: loosing a tree

** Reply to note from dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk (David Poole) Sun, 09 Aug 1998 22:41:45 GMT
what a beautiful description of a fragrant garden Dave, I love them too. I
could almost see and smell it from your description. Pictures are great, but
the power of the written word always gets to me. I am not the most articulate
person in the world, especially when writing, but I appreciate reading it.
My oriental lilies in their third year are just ending their show. The last 7
foot stalk has 8 blossoms on it right now. They timed it perfectly this year,
one stalk after another, the show has lasted over a month. The second stalk
had only 3 blossoms, but they were huge, really, as large as saucers. I love
to cut them and bring into the house, unfortunately, we have been
having a hot spell of temps in the 90's up to 109, so they don't last.
It's funny, we had so much rain (about 100 inches this season), and my roses
all did better than ever, no mildew, it is an enigma to me.
I acquired an alba heliotrope last year, and planted outside the window by our
bed and the scent is wonderful, even more vanilla-y than the purple ones (and
it made it though the winter, I felt lucky it did)
My syringa (microcarpa, i think?) is sending out its third (but less) blossoms
this year. Unfortunately, the entire perennial bed(5 years in the making) it
is in will have to be temporarily moved this fall, when a 150+ foot douglas
fir gets cut down because it is dying and can't be saved. This is tragedy for
us because we hate to loose a tree, and it will be very expensive, because it
is in a confined space (houses, power lines). The only saving grace I have
come up with is to have them leave 10 feet and we will build a platform on it,
so we can go up and view the stars. 
I was wondering if anyone else in medit group has been in this situation, and
how you have dealt with it?
thanks, Maura

Maura O'Neill, Boulder Creek, CA
Sunset zone 15
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