As I hear it, we won't be able to grow apples, because most of them need a harder cold then we will be getting. But we do have a magnolia - it was just starting to bloom last I saw it.



There is a row of citrus trees - everything but a lemon. They all looked healthy, but some were young and not bearing yet. I tried some limes, and they are really good! Dh says the oranges are *on* and awesome. They're some navel variety.

The only other things I recognised were an agave, some aloe plants and a whole row of bromeliads in bloom. Oh yeah, and the prickly pears! Then the tress - pines, live oaks, palms and some shrub that looked like holly.

We saw bougainvilla, jasmine and hibiscus closer to the coast, but I don't know yet if that will grow by us.

I guess they grow a lot of root crops too - in OH you can't get a decent onion in the hard soil, so I look forward to trying that.