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Beauty Survives...
I am still pretty shell-shocked over the plant losses in my garden - it's even been a little hard for me to design.
As I've been driving around, certain things have become apparent. The most important is the power of microclimates. Microclimates are areas that maintain a slightly different temp than the overall 'zone' of the property in question. Sometimes these differences allow you to plant species that wouldn't normally work in your climate. In my case, geography has given me a microclimate colder than my zone - so I was hit much harder than most other gardens in L.A.
It was really uplifting, if a little hard, to see gardens that emerged unscathed. The garden in this photo did that with smart planting, and the fact that it gets direct sun and reflected heat from the street - sometimes this reflected heart can make the degree or two difference between succulents freezing and not freezing. I was so happy to see the beautiful Euphorbia 'Stix on Fire' alive and kicking - looking hot enough to stop frost right in it's tracks!
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