Planted Clusia? Did you get a warranty for the winter?
Seeing SO MANY zone 10 plants working into your 9B landscapes. (You can claim 9A, but I will disagree.)
Just saw dozens of large Clusia around a new home last week. THEY WON'T LIVE HERE. Any more than the Foxtail Palms, Areca Palms or Bottle Palms that were suddenly commonly used (At least by uneducated and greedy landscapers) when Feeney was being built..
Pretty stuff is so easy to sell. Just look at all the dead crotons every year. And landscapers telling you 29 degrees was a "cold winter".
Folks. you can expect an AVERAGE winter, to hit 25 F a couple times.
Just because your new landscape designer is down the street working or works at big pretty nursery does not make them educated nor give them integrity. You should look for both. There are a few of us out there, but 80% of the new landscapes out there are going to need extensive and EXPENSIVE RE-LANDSCAPING within 3 to 5 years. Yes, that means most of you.
Don't be in such a hurry that you landscape your home TWICE in a length of time where well designed landscapes are still getting better.
Google is on your phone folks, if your landscape designer has you at a nursery picking out your plants, and going to use every plant you chose to landscape your house, AT LEAST Google the cold hardiness, and how large those plants get.
Stop believing everything you hear. Making a lot of money landscaping, does not mean they are good landscapers, it means they are good salespeople.
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