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Re: california plants

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> I am curious to know what people think of our 4000+ native and non-native
> California plants...
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> Dan Segal, Yolo Co., 30 miles west of Sacramento
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Dear Dan,
I have lived in both Los Angeles County and in San Luis Obispo County and
have had very bad luck with native plants.  My theory is that native
plants are very specialized in where they decide to grow ( anywhere in
the world) and really do hate to be moved.  It takes a long time to get
plants to live in other environments but they do.  Most of the native
plants I have planted have not done well in my yard because the were
really not native to my yard, but native to a hillside quite a long ways
away.  But the plant I buy from the nursery that has be aclimated to our
area seems to grow well for me.  What I am saying, I think, is that native
plants have not really been aclimated to any area than their local area.
I may just not have the green thumb where they are concerned.  
Lillian Armstrong 
Succulent garden at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden.
The native plants in the Botancal Garden are not under my care and do
quite well.
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