Diane Whitehead wrote: > >Someone who has flowers on plants both in the ground and in pots is the >man who has a banana farm near Santa Barbara ( in a tiny beachside >village the name of which I've forgotten). > The village is La Conchita. It is about 10 miles on the Los Angeles side of Santa Barbara. It is an unusual climate very close to the ocean that allows the growth of great bananas. Peter Worsley