Real gardens;
Marguerite English (Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:16:51 PST)

Chaparral is the native brush which covers much of the undeveloped space
in the mountains and coastal areas of California and other western
states. Here, it consists of an oak hybrid which forms a shrub (scrub
oak), Ceanothus, Manzanitas, Adenostoma and other shrubby growth.

The term is also applied to other areas of the world, because my big
'Garden Plants Encyclopedia' uses it to describe the native habitat of
many plants. I presume the specific plant mix would vary from place to
place.

C.J. Teevan wrote: