Re: Something scandalous...?
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu, n*@lehmann.mobot.org
- Subject: Re: Something scandalous...?
- From: "* B* <s*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 10:15:39 PST
Ooooh, bravo! :) Might I just make a suggestion that for a little
variation in height, and texture, you could substitute Cortaderia
(Pampas Grass) for some of the Arundo? Also, I hear Blue Passion Flower
is a beloved quick grower for those farther South. ;)
Bob
>Taking up Bob's thread on amenity plantings, I think hedge bindweed,
>Bermuda grass and Oxalis p.-c. are a great start. I can't help
wondering,
>if all those majestic old pines are going to die off in Monterey Co.,
how
>about getting the U.S. Forestry Service (or whoever) to re-plant with
>nice, sturdy, fast-growing, disease-resistent Eucalyptus, underplanted
>with Bob's mix, plus maybe some Arundo donax along the creeks? Of
course,
>the live oaks would have to be grubbed out. I don't know how well
>Agapanthus would grow in Monterey, but believe me, it looks a real
treat
>on the Atlantic island of Madeira, forming a dense ground cover under
the
>eucalypt forest. Much more attractive than those boring old endemic
>laurels that used to be there....
>
>Nick (hopefully out of harm's way in St. Louis)
>
>
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