re: fire retardant plants
- Subject: re: fire retardant plants
- From: Deborah Lindsay c*@yahoo.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:22:17 -0700 (PDT)
--- Deborah Lindsay <corvidae2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Deborah Lindsay <corvidae2001@yahoo.com>
> Subject: re: fire retardant plants
> To: cwn@nctimes.net
>
> If you are in a fire-prone area some you might avoid
> too near the house as rules of thumb: basically
> anything with alot of volatile oils in the foliage.
> That is,if it has fragrant foliage you should
> probably
> avoid it. 2) If it is a plant which builds up alot
> of
> dead dry material you should avoid it. Lists exist
> but
> none of course are complete. There is one (rather
> short)list in the Sunset Western Landscaping Book.
>
> Deborah Lindsay
> Oakland, Calif.
> USDA 9-ish, Sunset 16 (used to be 17, but I moved:))
>
> --- Cathy Nanz <cwn@nctimes.net> wrote:
> > As a corollary to Isabella's question, does anyone
> > know of
> > a list of flammable plants, i.e., ones to avoid
> > planting around
> > the foundation? I know about pines, native sages,
> > etc., but
> > some are less obvious, such as phormium?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Cathy Nanz
> >
>
>
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