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     I'm a home hobbyist gardener in San Jose, California about 50 km east
     of the Pacific Ocean and about 10 km south east of the San Francisco 
     Bay.
     We are about 150 m above sea level and have a loam soil of neutral
     reaction. There is very good cold air drainage from our site;
     it's UC zone 16 - a characteristic Mediterranean climate. There
     was practically no frost this past winter, although this was an 
     unusually mild winter. Far more damage was sustained from 2cm diameter 
     hail in a spring thunderstorm.
     
     I subscribed to the list briefly about a year ago; it seemed
     much livelier back then. Is everyone busy actually planting 
     rather than e-mailing?
     
     I'm especially interested in growing unusual and/or
     California native shrubs, perennials and trees from seed.
     Here is a list of some of the more interesting, at least to me,
     things I've got growing successfully.
     
     Aesculus californica
     Banksia integrifolia 
     Combretum padoides: 
     Dovyalis caffra 
     Euphorbia ingens 
     Phacelia bolanderii
     Carissa haem.(?)
     Callitris rhomboidea
     Cupressus macrocarpa
     Ephedra nevadaensis
     Testudinaria elephantipes
     Asclepias syriaca
     Umbellularia californica (I've got dozens of these guys)
     Chrysolepis chrysophylla
     Celtis australis
     Gardenia spatuifolia
     Euphorbia lathyrus (sp.?)This plant amazingly protects any plant near 
     it from the ubiquitous, ravenous, pocket gophers ( Thomomys )
     
     If anyone shares any interest in these or similar plants please give 
     me a buzz.
     
     Karl Hoover
     Berryessa Foothills, San Jose, California, USA
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