Re: top ten
Thomas Chakas wrote:
> The favorite ten plants in my former hillside Mediterranean garden, aside
> from every rosemary, cistus and lavender, also turned into twenty plus:
> Achillea abrotanoides
> Aphyllanthes monspeliensis
> Bupleurum spinosum
> Calamintha cretica
> Campanula sartorii
> Crocus goulimyi
> Cyclamen creticum (and C. coum, C. libanoticum)
> Euphorbia acanthothamnos (and E. dendroides)
> Glaucium flavum
> Gynandiris sisyrinchium
> Iris pumila (and Iris graminea)
> Lithodora zahnii
> Onosma alborosea
> Origanum calcaratum
> Phlomis lychnitis
> Romulea bulbocodium
> Sternbergia sicula v.graeca
> Teucrium subspinosum (and T. polium, T. massiliense)
> Thymus x mastichina (and every other Thymus)
> Verbascum undulatum
>
> Tom Chakas, Berkeley, California
>
Thanks for your great plant list. Only some of which is available in
Southern California. Nevertheless, the list goes with me to nurseries from
now on.
I well remember your beautiful former Mediterranean Garden, when I led a
garden tour to San Francisco several years ago. I have several good slides
which I still show to classes. You weren't there, so I didn't get to tell
you how inspirational your "Mediterranean Hill" was. Thanks for sharing.
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Los Angelse County Arboretum
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Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone : 10
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