Shade Gardening: astilbe, 1 by crazy4plants

crazy4plants wrote:
Thanks so much. I love San Diego and So. Calif on the coast. We stay in Dana Point in the winter months and love it. That is the price we pay here for our zone. We have white winters and my favorite plants are dormant for months and covered in snow. I love going down there and enjoying the ocean. I grew up there and didn't appreciate plants or what I had until I moved away. I remember it always looked the same. Now when I visit in the winter I am amazed that impatients are blooming in January. It blows me away. Every area has its beauty. I'm in Pasadena next week to see my daughter. The Huntington Library has the most incredible succilent gardens I've ever seen and I'm not into succilents. Take a look at this photo at the Huntington when we visited Pasadena last time we were there. Isn't this amazing? Off topic, sorry. The redhead is extra. She's my granddaughter and she's extremely special.

Crazy