Fw: low-maintenance plants
- Subject: Fw: low-maintenance plants
- From: R* F*
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:10:22 -0700
I heartily agree! My Texan grandma always referred to these as "nekkid
ladies," and their scent is enough to send me down the fondest childhood
memory lanes in the central valley where she had it planted in with an
unruly batch of mint. The combo was heady!
Karrie Reid in Folsom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bunch" <pbunch@cts.com>
To: "Mediterannean Plants List" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: low-maintenance plants
> I thought of another one. Amaryllis belladonna often persists around
> abandoned home sites for many years and continues blooming in our
> area. It does require removal of seasonally desiccated leaves to be
> really attractive but this is not a big task. I suspect that many of
> the South African geophytes would also persist for long periods,
> particularly those from the west coast in Namaqualand.
>
> Phil Bunch
> Lemon Grove, California
> 32:44:00N 117:01:58W
> 540 feet (164 meters) amsl
> USDA Zone 10a
> Sunset Zone 23
>
>
