Re: planting under Calif. live oak
- To: d*@seti.org
- Subject: Re: planting under Calif. live oak
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:21:11 +1300
- References: <38592BA6.FE5CDE1A@seti.org>
John Dreher wrote:
>
> Here's a list of plants for growing under oaks (should need no supplemental
> summer water) published by Sunset Magazine in its Nov. 1999 issue:
>
> Salvia greggii
> Iris douglasiana
> Nepeta faassenii
> Ceanothus griseus horizontalis
> Ceanothus rigidus
> Heuchera
> Narcissus
> Centranthus ruber
> Rosmarinus officinalis
> Erigeron karvinskianus
> Sasa veitchii
> Festuca ovina
> Senecio cineraria
> Pennisetum alopecuroides
> Hypericum calycinum
>
> Anyone have comments on this list? I too have a live oak that takes up most of
> my back yard, quite beautifully, but it seems to provide more shade than I would
> guess some of the above plants would need.
Kay
Two plants in this list did surprise me, as I have only ever seen them
grown in sunny sites - the Nepeta and the Centranthus. Perhaps it is
because our summer temperatures are a good bit lower than yours.
Temperatures are such relative things, for instance English books always
say to grow Delphiniums in full sun, but locally they perform better on
partly shaded sites.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
