California Gardening: CA friends...I AM SO SAD!!!!!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Acacias are in full bloom right now here. They put on such a grand and happy show. But I have heard also how some are allergic to their pollen. The flowering though only lasts a short time. I think some varieties from driving down 880 spread like crazy. I passed a small yard the other day that was solid yellow with at least 10 huge trees, you could see nothing else but yellow.

My understanding which could be wrong, is that ceanothus is short lived. But it too can put on a solid blue show. Just fantastic.

Any interest in bamboo, another kind of beauty? I just love hearing it as the wind moves thru it. I always wish I had a big enough piece of land to plant it. You could plant the clumping kind across if you think running bamboo would be too invasive.