Re: Re. smaller Lavenders
- Subject: Re: Re. smaller Lavenders
- From: &* G* <p*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:15:23 -0700
On 7/2/08, N Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com> wrote:
> Hi Barry
>
> Mediterranean style gardens are rapidly gaining in popularity, especially as
> our water situation gets worse and worse.
>
Indeed. I have noticd people taking more interest in what I grow when
before people would stop by with cards for landscaping (apparently the
naturalistic garden I have looks like a weed patch). I actually had a
couple of people ask me about the pruple leaved Cotinus coggygria I
have growing in the garden.
> The Mediterranean plant palette (and that includes California natives) is
> the most appropriate plant palette for our state. That's the premise of my
> book, California Gardener's Guide V. II which was published last fall. Mine
> is but one of many voices working hard to promote the Mediterranean plant
> palette across the state. And of course, that's why we all joined this
> listserv!
You're doing good work, Nan. Of course talking about the benefits of
Mediterranean gardening is preaching to the choir here. I actually try
to introduce friends of mine to mediterraneans by posting in my
journal some of the more interesting (well, to me) ones, and looking
at their history.
