RE: low-maintenance plants
- Subject: RE: low-maintenance plants
- From: C* J*
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 06:45:05 -0700
My Kansas grandma called them "shameless hussies" - I never heard heard them
called "ladies" till I got to California. And I was thrilled to find some
growing off in the jungle of my recently acquired 79 year old house -
neglected and unwatered for at least thirty years and doing very well, thank
you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Reid Family [p*@email.msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 8:10 PM
To: medit-plants
Subject: Fw: low-maintenance plants
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
>
>
