Re: Plants for a Garden in southern Portugal.

Hi Sean
I am also living in Southern Portugal. I studied the Mediterranean climates
and the climate in Southern Portugal, along the coast, called the Algarve,
is similar to San Diego. The differance is that here the average summer
temperature is 1-2 degrees celcius higher, while the average winter
temperature is 1-2 degrees celcius lower.During the summer seabreezes from
the Atlantic temper the heat. The big differance with San Diego is the the
average rainfall in the winter, which is twice the amount in San Diego. On
the coast we have very rarely a little frost only in the low lying parts due
to cold air drainage. Ten to twenty kilometers inland the mountains go up to
600-900 meters. The highest tops catching three times the coastal rainfall.
This water is collected in dams and fills underground reservoirs (Aquafers)
along the coast. So we have no shortage of water.
We have the best climate of Europe
Bom Dia
Wim van Putten
 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@support.net>
To: <a_m_leonardo@hotmail.com>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: Plants for a Garden in southern Portugal.


> At 03:49 AM 7/11/2003, Alexandre Leonardo wrote:
>
> >Hello group!
> >
> >I`ve just recently bought my first house with a garden and I'm hopping to
> >transform those 4000m3 of dry land into a nice garden.
> >
> >I live in southern Portugal where the winters are mild and the summers
> >very hot and dry. My ideia is to make a garden with plants that don't
need
> >much watering or maintenace since I don't have much time available.
> >Therefore I'm trying to create a list of plants that could grow well in
my
> >climate with litle maintenance. I wonder if any of you could help me or
if
> >any of you has experience with gardening on south of Portugal .
>
> Welcome Alexandre -
>
> Sounds like you should contact my friend Olivier Filippi, a nurseryman in
> the South of France, and sometimes participant in this group (though he
> tends to be very busy at times!).  I've been recently going through his
> wonderful catalogue which lists pages and pages of plants from the
> Mediterranean Basin as well as other mediterranean climate regions.  (My
> French, at least relating to plants, is improving daily!).  They ship to
> your parts, I am sure.  If you are ever over there (near Montpellier) it
is
> worth a trip to the nursery to see their display garden!  You can find out
> more via his web site - www.jardin-sec.com
>
> Also you might wish to find out if there are other Mediterranean Garden
> Society members in your area.  There are organized branches in Spain
> (Madrid, Balearics, and an affiliated group in Andalucia).  Perhaps there
> are other individuals in Portugal who might be useful contacts for
> you.  You can find out more about the MGS from
> www.MediterraneanGardenSociety.org
>
> Are you on the coast of Portugal?  I'm actually curious to know more about
> your area - seems like if might be similar to our areas in California
(both
> facing west, on oceans, etc.).  I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, inside
> the bay from the Golden Gate.
>
> bom perto,
> Seán O.
>
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