Re: soil mix for ceanothus

David King wrote:
> 
> Angela, hi!
> 
> I don't think you need to baby natives.  Any old mix on sale would do fine -
> although I would probably "amend" it with a lot of the CA native soil - even
> if it's lousy native soil.There is, by the way, a California Native Plant list
> just as informational as this list available at CA-NATIVES@CALYPTEANNA.COM -
> I'll find the URL for you, if you want?

Hi
I would guess that native plants in any area are much the same. Here in
NZ in a study of restoring native vegetation in an area which had been
strip mined for coal the major success came where the top-hamper had
been preserved in its original layering and was laid back on the
reconstituted surface. It seems that the success resulted from the
preservation of most of the soil flora and fauna on which the native
plants were accustomed. Application of fertilizers, on the other hand
was counter-productive.

Moira



Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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