Best place to live/garden???
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Comments (12)Air quality in Claremont definitely sucks in the summer, as smog collects against the mountains and has no where to go unless strong offshore winds blow it back out to sea. The landscape possibilities in the San Marino/Pasadena area are also good, but it is not a coastal climate, and it gets much hotter/smoggier in summer, and has potential for freezing in winter, although parts of this area have exceptional microclimates that don't get nearly any frost. The Huntington Botanic Garden and Los Angeles County Arboretum are both in this area, and well worth checking out to see the diversity of what can be grown there. The Norton Simon Museum gardens in Pasadena are also worth checking out. I think you have a huge learning curve ahead of you in getting familiar with the plant palette of southern California, although you will also notice that given what can be grown there, most landscapes are actually pretty pedestrian as to planting choices and design, not nearly as interesting in general as what is being done here in the San Francisco Bay Area. There is a lot more uniformity and reliance on the same basic 20 plants in Los Angeles. Best wholesale nurseries in southern California for more variety tend to be in San Diego's north county area, or in the Santa Barbara/Carpenteria area, in my opinion. If you are located within the southern California area, close proximity is not as critical, as most of the larger nurseries will ship throughout the area. If the intrinsic beauty of the region is the highest criteria for selecting where you will relocate, I would suggest that it is very hard to beat Santa Barbara/Montecito, but it certainly is not affordable by any consideration, and professional design competition is pretty tough, particularly for someone who may still have a lot to learn about the plants. It would also be hard to find something really nice for less than a million......See MoreBest place for Ranunculus in Sacramento garden?
Comments (6)I grow mine in full sun in my Native/Summer Dormant garden. The area is mostly grasses (Deer Grass, Blue Festuca and Mexican Feather Grass,) but during the spring it's a riot of color with lots of penstemons, poppies, mimulus and rananculus. I don't water this area at all during the summer. These are native to regions that experience summer drought, and so will appreciate a dry dormant period in order to return the following spring. However, if you have no intent on keeping it for the following year, you can continue to water throughout the summer, and they will typically reach a point where their roots rot and then you can just toss them....See More'Best places to live' part B.
Comments (13)We just moved home to the Texas Hill Country. We have 5 acres and are in the first stages of building a home. At the moment we are living in an RV and a big shed. We are actually spending more time in the shed than the RV. We had a lounge room built in the shed and I have set up a little utility area with a space for my washer and dryer and a table for eating and a kitchen area. Right now we are having fun but I am sure the novelty will wear off soon. We seem to have really good dirt and AI am staking out areas for my garden etc......See MoreBest Place in Calgary to shop for gardening/landscaping supplies?
Comments (5)There are many available stores in Calgary. Why not try to search in online local directories, I'm pretty sure they have their business listed. Also kindly check out if they offer a return policy, incase you didn't like what you purchase. I hope this help. :) Here is a link that might be useful: Calgary Landscaping and Gardening...See Moretexazgal
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