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In article <yBmia.293789$3D1.161752@sccrnsc01>,
Roger <sherryroger@attbi.com> wrote:
>Lately it has very few participants, but I don't know why. Many from CA area
>show up on rec.gardens, a much more active newsgroup. If you give your
>growing zone and general location, you will find some respondents from the
>Bay Area.

Thanks ;>

>Best source for suitability of plants for a given zone and exposure:  Latest
>edition of Sunset's  "Western Garden  Book"

I've been using that very happily - as well as  

>No water restrictions where I live, in San Mateo Co.    Near-normal rainfall
>this monsoon.

Woo! Any thoughts on drip irrigation?

>Re cheap plants, I get and trade some cuttings, slips, and seeds from
>neighbors who are also gardeners. Also we tend to do major plant shopping at
>Home Depot vs local and expensive nurseries, but we also buy some stuff
>locally since we like to get advice with plants, unavailable in Home Depot.

As the child of a plant snob, I find myself prone to looking for more
unusual plants - although my current setup is really quite banal ;> Home
Depot has very cheap plants, but they're often of unknown provenance, and
very often already abused.

I've had a really pleasant visit out to Berkeley Hort and over Skyline to
Yerba Buena (which is a really excellent nursery for natives!), and just
finished getting back from Common Ground in Palo Alto (although I was more
than a bit put off by their religious take on 'grow biointensive').

cheers!
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