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GARDENING IN TEMPLETON, CALIFORNIA

 

CLIMATE / WEEDS / FLOWERS

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CLIMATE

As one raised in Southern California in Los Angeles and Ventura County, I found
Templeton hotter in the summer and colder in the winter. I haven't seen much successful
 citrus growing in Templeton, especially where I live in West Templeton. But we can
 grow more varieties of apples because we have more cold winter days.
I am starting this page in April, 2007. Last summer was very hot with many days
over the century mark. And last winter had the lowest temperature I can remember
since moving here in 1993 -- 15°. it caused many of us to lose plants
-- at least we thought we had. I have a home in Paso Robles, and after the days of below
 freezing weather I walked the neighborhood and everyone's yard looked gray and dead.
My gazanias in both Templeton and Paso Robles  appeared to be dead,
and my marguerites in both locations definitely didn't survive the frost.

Fortunately, some of what we thought was dead revived.


Here is one of the gazanias in Paso Robles I thought was dead.
There was no green to be seen in the beginning of March. But this was
taken the first week of April. You can see the new growth
emerging from the gray mess. It remains to be seen how much of this will return.


Here is a clump of gazanias that was planted to the east of the pump house wall on our
 Templeton property and it was taken the came week as the picture above in Paso Robles.
The gazanias in Templeton had been almost covered with dry leaves before
the most severe frost hit. As you can see, they are now in bloom again.
 The Dusty Miller also came through the freeze with flying colors and is about to bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I was also afraid my lavender, which is growing on a small slope facing north, was dead.
But just this week I noticed that it, too, emerged safely after the freeze and you can see the
new green shoots poking through the gray dead remains from last year's growth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Barbara Radisavljevic, Templeton CA, 2007