Category: Seasonal plants
California poppies in a client garden
California four o’clock
California four o’clock (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia) on a slope along Colby Trail in Glendora. Also known as wishbone bush, this plant may also be sold at nurseries under the name Mirabilis californica. After blooming this plant will often drop its leaves until the next blooming season, so some gardeners plant it near evergreen plants.
Matilija poppy blooming at the entrance to Colby Trail
Lupine patch in a lawn
Every spring, one of my neighbors lets lupines take over part of their lawn. They stop mowing that patch, and it becomes a wildflower area. I’ve been watching the lupines come back every spring for the last three years. (These photos are from both February and March.)
California poppies in client gardens
California bush sunflower
California bush sunflower (Encelia californica), also known as brittlebush and coastal bush sunflower, is in bloom now at Eaton Canyon. The sunflowers line both sides of the path from the parking lot to the wash crossing on the way to the waterfall. In late summer and fall, without any supplemental water in Eaton Canton, they… Continue reading California bush sunflower
California buckwheat
Waves of rust colored flowers in the landscape say Los Angeles summer and fall to me. These flowers are California buckwheat flowers (Eriogonum fasciculatum), and they are one of the big factors that give the Los Angeles landscape its sense of place. California buckwheat flowers start out pink and white in late winter and early… Continue reading California buckwheat