Re: Mediterranean meadows


On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Gayle Kalman wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
>      I'm curios about what others think a meadow in a Mediterranean garden
> ought to look like.  Not just one in California composed of natives.  What
> plants belong in a Mediterranean meadow?
>

For the mediterranean basin
Bulbs [crocus, colchicum, tulips in the east, narcissus in the west], 
orchids [lotsa luck finding a source for these!], all kinds of annual from 
cheat grass through poppies, borages of various sorts, and probably the 
most prevalent, that all-Californian filaree [Erodium cicutarium]. Good 
chance it will find you and fill all the gaps!

loren russell
corvallis oregon usa 



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