California Gardening: Don't you just love living in CA?, 1 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
Like most, I've moved here from elsewhere, specifically Chicago. My DH is from Hong Kong! We live in the SF Bay Area and love it, despite the expense. I took up gardening very late in life, only 3 years ago. Have a small house on a large (for the city) lot, but much of it is shady so I can only grow roses and other sunlovers in certain beds. Went out into the garden today and picked some roses, hydrangeas and dahlias for the vases.

Our friends that live in other states always ask, "Aren't you afraid of earthquakes?" and "How can you live there when it's so expensive?" But when you can have this kind of beauty around you, it is such a joy to be able to do this when it's almost November (and actually, it's pretty chilly and overcast here today, lol).

From top to bottom, these are: 'Double Delight' and 'Margaret Merrill'; 'Margaret Merrill' and an 'Endless Summer' hydrangea clone; and dahlia 'Bishop of Landreff'