We here on the West Coast share many plants with other parts of the world. I'm currently growing luma apiculata from Chile, Chilean Myrtle...halleria lucida from South Africa, many Aussies. Many of the plants that I grew in Southern California originate in other parts of the world, but the luma and the halleria are new to me as are some of the Aussie I'm growing now. I've been used to the sub-tropical area I lived in for over 30 years in Southern California and now find it interesting that many, many of those same plants will do well here where the last two winters we got 30-some inches of rain and the norm is more than 60 inches per year. I am this week planting a hydrangea from Taiwan (hydrangea lobbii) that I can find little info about, so we will see how well it does here. Lot of new experiences.
We're happy to have you join us!
I'm in the far northwestern corner of California, rather a 'Banana Belt'...though not so much as 20 miles north of here, oddly enough.
