Bay Area Fire Sale (Redwood City)

[Flowerhouse]

USDA zones can be highly misleading. The interesting thing about our 10a designation is that the area of Redwood City I live in is, by and large, pretty cold! It's 10a because it never gets below 40, but most nights, even in the summer, are very chilly.

So I'm looking forward to the warmer summer nights in VA despite it being in a colder USDA zone.

The Kentucky wisteria I mentioned above is an interesting species because it refuses to leaf out until the night time temps are above 50F . And with our cold nights, that's happening just now. Literally months after my Chinese wisteria leafed out.

Truth. I lived in NE Montana (zone 3) for 14 years. We saw 40 below every winter I was there, and 100 degrees every summer, usually by the 1st of June. It's both warmer and cooler here.

 

[San Franpsycho]

Hi Mike, I’m local/bay area so can come get stuff, and I’d be interested in almost any of it : ), but especially:

coral bark Japanese maples

acer paxii sapling

olive

2-ft European hornbeam prebonsai ($10)

5-ft cork bark oak (q. suber) ($10)

olive in a bonsai pot

acacia