On 14 Apr 2008 20:07:17 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
> > <reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> We're past spring and well into summer. The jasmine is almost done
> >> blooming, the citrus is setting new fruit, and it's going to be 102
> >> degF.
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> > Oy - that's too hot for me.
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> > It's supposed to be in the 60s the rest of this week. I'm quite happy
> > with that.
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> It's about 72 right now, it'll be 78 tomorrow, then back to the upper
> 50s for a couple of days. I can live with that.
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> Mary S., don't the jasmine and the gardenias start to fry in that kind
> of heat?
No, they don't seem to mind it a bit as long as the drip system keeps
working. The landscaping around here is pretty repetitive, jasmine,
gardenia, asparagus fern, bougainvillea, oleander, fan palm, pindo
palm, lantana, Natal plum, cactus, agave, ocotillo, palo verde,
privet, shoestring acacia, African sumac, jacaranda, hibiscus, citrus,
powder puff vine, queen palm, dwarf oleander, Texas ranger, cassia,
Cape honeysuckle, red bird of paradise bush, date palm, repeat as
needed.
We have about half of those. I also have sansevieria and crown of
thorns, plus a couple other euphorbias, which aren't very common. That
surprises me, actually. A few people have some grass, but there's an
area limit on that. Bedding plants and a few roses, but otherwise
it's the highly resilient stuff. It's probably not an accident that
most of the plants that grow well here have thorns.
Mary "The palo verde is just starting to bloom"
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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/
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