Re: Fall Bloomers in a Berkeley, Ca. garden

davidfeix@yahoo.com writes:
> I feel
>that I need to say in my defense, that I don't really
>use that much water in my garden, and use
>mediterraneans and drought tolerant succulents in the
>full sun areas.  The water loving plants are grouped
>together in the shadier parts of the garden, and the
>drip run off from hanging baskets in my trees for
>epiphytes is further utilized by draining onto the
>plantings below.

I loved the description, David. Anyway, my garden is similar. the sunnier
part of the yard out towards the sidewalk i barely water much. It has the
California poppies, silver leaved bush poppies (all volunteers from a
neighbor's bush), ceanothus, Stipa gigantea, dietes, and my Flowering
plum. Towards the house where it's a bit shadier, are my novelty plants,
which use a little more water, but generally dont require a lot (like
canna,  miscanthus, viburnum, banana, varius grasses), and it's really not
a big part of the yard (maybe 1/4th of the yard)

Small question: How long can cymbidiums be kept outdoors in sunset zone 17
(i'm about 3 miles from the coast)? I've seen  these growing in huge pots
at Monterey Community Hospital in the rose garden. These were growing near
the building, somewhat under the balconies above. The pots look too big
for them to move indoors  each winter (well, maybe they use some machinery
to move them), but they looked quite happy outdoors in the garden, and all
of them had 5 or 6 spikes of flowers. I dont have a cymbidium, but if I
were to get one, I think it would  be a cool addition to the garden (and
of course, probably kept in its pot, but sunk into the ground until it
needs to be moved, if it does).  

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