California bush anemone (Carpenteria californica) budsThis is one of my fall-planted natives receiving no supplemental water yet doing great.
Sedum
Santa Barbara daisies (Erigeron karvinskianus)
Dan sees a squirrel
Dan “hides” in the grass
Annie, too, is “invisible”.
A springtime romp in the yard.
Chinese ground orchids… See, Snappy? These are about to bloom. The ones in cans behind the magenta ones are somewhat exotic yellow and white varieties and so far only the white has bloomed. Will report on any yellow blooms.
Viola cuteness
‘Apricot Chiffon’ California poppy
tricolor sage
Wallflower
Ceanothus, a very fast grower and very drought tolerant
One of the Annie’s plants I bought at the S.F. Flower & Garden show this year. It’s a glad! I think it’s a drought tolerant native species… well, not a Calif. native, but native to somewhere. Will report back when I find the tag.
Some o’ my pots on the back patio 
Hi Angela, hope you had a good Easter.Thanks for blogging your Chinese Ground Orchids.Now I have some idea what mine should look like.Your climate must be more South east Asia than here.They can be grown outside in the warmer areas of the country, the south of England.Mostly they are grown in Pots and taken onto the patios during the summer but then brought back indoors.I love the California poppy with Apricot colouring, and the Tricolour Violas always have a place in my heart (and garden when i get one).
Do you think your Annies Annual plant is Gladiolus carneus ‘Painted Lady’ ?
I saw them at the AA Spring Party on Sunday.
Check it out anniesannuals.com search “gladiolus”
Loved the bletillas.
Yes, clover ann, it’s G. carneus ‘Painted Lady’.
G. carneus is native to the winter rainfall region of S. Africa. So, no supplemental summer water.