Re: What do gardeners think?
- Subject: Re: What do gardeners think?
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
With the wine country and food focus around here (San
Francisco Bay Area), a lot of people think
"mediterranean." Then again, the most-asked-for tree
at our sales at Strybing Arboretum is the Japanese
maple, so what does that say about gardeners'
perceptions? That species is often prettier in
Washington DC or Connecticut. There's a vague concept
among some that our climate is sort of temperate, but
I don't hear that term used much. It's the gardens of
purple-leaf plum, rhododendron, camellia, Japanese
maple, yew and cherry that express this idea, often
quite beautifully, and thirstily.
--- Catherine Ratner <catherineratner@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> I hear, "It's a desert." Cathy Ratner
>
> > From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@plantsoup.com>
> > Reply-To: nsterman@plantsoup.com
> > Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:43:32 -0700
> > To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > Subject: What do gardeners think?
> >
> > I have a question about perceptions and
> misperceptions of the
> > "common" gardener in California.
> >
> > When you interact with folks who are "common"
> gardeners (please
> > forgive the terminology but you know what I mean),
> what kind of
> > climate zone do they think we are in? i.e. I
> often meet people who
> > think California, especially So Cal, has a
> tropical climate. What do
> > you hear most often?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Nan
> >
> >
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