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Our city is INCREDIBLY dry, but yeah that’s all stuff I need to educate myself on if I design one. We are technically a desertish climate.
Pallisars triangle I can see you thinking about the concern, coastal Vancouver, yeah I would think it would an issue if I lived there for example. They have different building cladding methods because of the constant rain and moisture.
Yah desert is an understatement. Wow. Is that where the movie Dune was filmed? 😂
It’s really deceptive, we just don’t get a lot of rain, but we’re based right off the river. In the picture below is Fish Creek Provincial Park, goes through the middle of the city. There’s one of the two rivers the city was built on, and you can see the houses of the city in the backside.
Oh, and a bonus picture from a bike ride, it looks like the forest moon Endor in places too
Oh wow, gorgeous, yah i can see the appeal as to why you would want to live there. Yah we have the opposite of any of that where I live, but we do have gorgeous crystal clear Gulf waters and nice sandy beaches.
@SchmidtGenetics @BuckFutter I'm In Bruce Mines, Ontario. From Toronto. So this drought thing is new to me. Will you share the best drought-tolerant plants? Especially natives? Or do you have a page somewhere else?
A lot of cities in Canada have great Resource pages for stuff like this it’s all deepening on you local area. And even microclimates can affect it.
Even Fish creek park has one, although it’s not much. Can atleast look up the plants with the names though.
@SchmidtGenetics Most of what I've seen in the same 6 plants over and over. I can't believe in a country this vast, there isn't a ton more. I did hear one yesterday, a wild prairie turnip. Blue flowers, perennial.
Lots of plants are just varieties and cultivars of others, there shouldn’t be a lot of native plants in each particular geographical area. There’s thousands of non-natives though, and some invasive brought in from travelers and what not.
https://cdn.britannica.com/41/91241-050-A93470CC/forms-cabbage-brussels-sprouts-cauliflower-broccoli-kale.jpg
These are one type of plant, a brassica, and it has over 50 variations of its different types
Some rose bushes will grow here that won’t grow where you are. That’s just how it is.