Annie Thornton If you haven't checked out our Greek Garden ideabook yet, it has some great photos and examples of Mediterranean plants.
(Lavender, Rosemary, Olive Trees)




Southern California is considered to have a Mediterranean climate, so plants that would survive in places like Italy, Greece, southern France, etc. would most likely do well where you live. Monrovia is a great resource to find exactly what you can grow where you live. Just figure out your Sunset Zone, and get planting.

http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/
http://www.sunset.com/garden/climate-zones/climate-zones-intro-us-map-00400000036421/
(Sunset Zone calculator)

JMSDesignAssociates We are licensed landscape contractors and we would be glad to help you. You can see our projects all in the southern california climate here:

http://www.houzz.com/pro/jmsdesignassociates/jmsdesignassociates

Please let us know if there are individual plants you have questions about.

Thanks.
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