Re: Trees for Medit. area

Here's my theory...

North of Point Conception, our true winds are
generally out of the coastal west.  They are certainly
cool and they are often of good force and regularity. 
Here in Santa Maria, we have what we call the "wind
season", which runs from February into June.  Such
coolness is not to the liking of this heat-loving tree
and the force of the regular winds is such that only
trees protected by tallest buildings are not
"wind-shaven".  [Also in Santa Maria, we have regular
damaging cold every 3rd or 4th winter; but that's
another story.] I suspect the Bay Area has similar
conditions.

Being a San Diego baby, I know that the only primary
true winds of southern California are hot winds out of
the east (Santa Anas).  What comes out of west, we
called "ocean breezes".  They were rarely, if ever,
strong, they certainly weren't regular, and they never
dropped the temperature siginificantly for any length
of time.

Joe
now in Santa Maria

--- Nan Sterman <Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:

> I have been following the jacaranda thread with some
> amusement as 
> they are so commonly planted here in the San Diego
> area that they are 
> a bit too common for my taste.
> 
> That said, I am a bit surprised by David's concern
> about planting 
> Jacaranda along the coast.   They are one of our
> most important and 
> most successful  ornamental trees - both in
> neighborhoods right by 
> the water and those several miles inland, in cool
> and breezy coastal 
> neighborhoods and those hot, windy and dry.   In
> fact, there is a 
> move about to make Jacaranda the official San Diego
> city tree.
> 
> We have absolutely no problem with their achieving
> magnificent 
> blooms.  In fact, I wrote about a spectacular
> jacaranda just a mile 
> or so from the water 
>
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040718/news_mz1hs18szeke.html.
> 
> There is a street in  along the harbor in downtown
> San Diego where 
> jacaranda is planted for at least half a mile as a
> street tree on 
> both sides of the street.  When it blooms, it is a
> spectacular sight, 
> especially if you can get into one of the nearby
> highrises and see 
> the trees from above.
> 
> Nan
> 
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=====
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my NEW garden will soon be blooming and full of birds and butterflies


		
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