Just want to say how much I envy all of you in plant hardiness zones 8 and 9. I'd even take zone 7 over where I'm at! My taste in plants and landscaping are difficult to make happen in zone 5...but I try to make it work anyway. The May/June 2004 issue of Metropolitan Home is an issue I always go back to for coveting plants that do not grow natively here. (imo, the home they chose for the cover of this issue was gross - too contemporary) However... another featured home in that issue, a 1949 built Neutra, had the most beautiful landscape. Kangaroo paw, succulents, agave, flax, foxtail fern - all growing giant and beautiful. I love the look of those plants unfortuantely they are only annuals here so I have to purchase them year after year. Huge BUMMER! I bring many of my plants in during the winter months but I really do not have the space for them, nor the windows for light, and it's frustrating. I have a good sized foxtail fern that practically dies every winter but manages to hang on by a thread until I can get it back outside in May. Our white bird of paradise survived indoors this winter but the plant is enormous. I can't wait to get it out of the house!! Some succulents (hens and chicks) actually are perennials here and it's amazing to see them poke out of the snow. I'm buying more and more of them each summer and am already planning to put some in the bed out front where I usually plant zinias.
Not only was the landscaping fantastic at this Neutra home, the interior was beautifully decorated. I still drool over their Arne Jacobsen dining set.
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