LizzieBG, La Caumette (3460)

Soil types: Loamy, Sandy

Soil drainage: Well-drained

Soil pH: Neutral

Light: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Aspect: North, South, East, West

Exposure: Exposed, Sheltered

Hardiness: Indoor unheated (H2), Tender in frost (H3), Hardy (H4)

LizzieBG's garden plan

Plants in LizzieBG's garden

Agave americana (Century plant)

Abutilon 'Cannington Peter' (Abutilon 'Cannington Peter')

Citrus x limon 'Four Seasons' (Lemon 'Four Seasons')

Plants LizzieBG wants

Cotoneaster x suecicus 'Coral Beauty' (Cotoneaster 'Coral Beauty')

LizzieBG

About me
67 year old retiree, having lived in the Languedoc, France for the past 11 years.

Gardening expertise
Very Keen

Biggest gardening accomplishments
Creating a beautiful, lush garden from scratch, over ten years, for our last house - a 17th century former convent in the south of France. Then tending a seven acre vineyard on a south facing amphitheatre, from pruning to pouring.

Biggest gardening frustrations
Weather extremes.

The gardening project I am currently working on
Home is in the National Park of the High Languedoc in the south of France. I am currently transforming a one acre former vineyard on a hillside into a garden. The 'soil' is shist - we call it pick-axe gardening. Thankfully our local dump recycles garden w

LizzieBG's forum posts

Re: Identify this thorny shrub
Sat. 11th January 2020 14:51

Re: This wild plant grows extensively in the Languedoc, but what is it??
Wed. 28th August 2013 14:43