Fw: Speaking out





>Dear All
>I may be in the wrong place, I feel.  All I have read so far has been trees
>too big for gardens, lawns, old houses, and generalisations.
>
>>>However, in my own small plot of lawn the bane of my existence is yellow
>oxalis.
>
>Am I the only one troubled by talk of "yellow oxalis"?  Is it too hard for
>some correspondents to identify plants?
>I have 2 oxalis spp. in my garden, O. corniculata (native), and O.
>pes-caprae, and they are very different plants.
>Now, just to make myself REALLY unpopular, my advice to those who consider
>them (oxalis) weeds is, learn to love all plants, and to those who hate
>lawns I say good, the "lawn" is a very un-mediterranean thing anyway, but
>if you have to have one, why not welcome some color?  Try Scilla, Tulipa,
>Acinos and Helianthemum, why not?
>So, in summary:  LOTS of mediterranean-style plants are OBNOXIOUS.  Lots
>are charming.  They like to grow in the same places!
>
>I'd like to read about the fynbos flora, the labiates of Chile or some of
>California's native plants (so far this year, Californians have only talked
>about aliens).  Does anyone else grow Cytinus?  Which are the easiest
>Ophrys?  Which Monterrey is Pinus radiata from?  Which climate zone is
>Calabria?
>I appreciate UC @ Davis is our host, but California is not, as far as I
>know, the only place that has emailing plant lovers.
>
>Expecting your wonderful flames soon,

Dear All - I see you are from Australia. Welcome to our chatroom. We go on
binges about certain plants - I am so tired of hearing about Auracarias that
I welcome a change to say something rude about lawns - and have I gotten an
earfull from the lawn's defenders.Yellow oxalis lines the valleys of Crete,
where from a distance it looks lovely until you realize it probably is the
same one filling blank spots in your garden. For sixty years I have been
digging it out and right now there isn't a spot of any in my garden.
There are two Monterey/Monterrey cities. The first is in California, and the
one with the two Rs is in Mexico.
You will have as much fun emailing as we do - and isn't gardening supposed
to be fun?bill grant  california
>Ix
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