rain! & info request

Finally we have signicant wet in far northern California.  A storm system
dropped several inches this week, along with 50 mile per hour winds.  Very
exciting!  Now the vernal pools are filled to overflowing.  The frogs are
ecstatic--at night the noise is deafening.  Out my office window the
pipevine (Aristolochia californica) flowers are recognizable, though still
small.  Camellia 'Yuletide' petals all knocked off by the deluge.  Meyer
lemon looking like it did not like that last cold spell at all.
Can any of you tell me of your experience in growing Mahonia (Berberis)
nevinii & M. haematocarpa, or Cercocarpus betuloides & C. ledifolius.  I
would like to try one or more as screening plants for my compost piles and
am wondering about growth rate, heat tolerance, and water needs.
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Julie Kierstead Nelson
Redding, far northern inland California, USA
USDA zone 9, Sunset zones 7/9 margin
****HOT summers****
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