California 2025

Owner would love to provide food for pollinators and native birds in this garden box.
Natives will be added to this bed to diversify the options for birds.
This spot will be brighten the small garden space on our patio to attract more birds! We are planting salal and western columbine.
This planter historically grew tomatoes. Homeowner wanted to try something different this year.
This garden has bulbs that only bloom in late winter and early spring and a lot of weeds that are very persistent move in later in the season. Homeowner plans to add drought tolerant native flowering ground covers or low growing flowering plants.
This gardener has wanted to grow native plants that can tolerate the desert sun and attract pollinators and birds. On this small patio, Salvia apiana and Justicia californica will be added.
Homeowner is adding vermilion bluffs Mexican salvia and whiskers deep rose gaura in this space and hoping to attract hummingbirds.
Native species will be added to this spot to support the many varieties of birds that inhabit this backyard.
Gardener is clearing out non-native plants and planting natives in their place to provide more food and cover for birds.
The goal is to make this the best mini- habitat a patio can be, and to help support native birds and bugs around the apartment.
This site started xeriscaping and creating wildlife habitat nine years ago to save water and to create wildlife habitat. More changes will be made this year.
Actually started the xeriscape wildlife habitat 9 years ago to save water and to create wildlife habitat. Always modifying garden.
Natives will be added to this corner to boosts its offerings for birds.
Lots of potential to add native plants to this section of the yard.
To brighten the small garden space on this patio native plants such as salal and western columbine will be added.
An old vegetable bed cleared and ready for natives consisting of monkey flower, bush lupine, asters, goldenrod, buckwheat, plus wildflower seed mix.
Homeowner is adding a dozen orange butterfly milkweed for monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
This site started xeriscaping and creating wildlife habitat nine years ago to save water and to create wildlife habitat. More changes will be made this year.
Homeowners is replacing the old plants in the large planters with native plants to attract all kinds of birds, butterflies, and bees.
California fuchsia for hummingbirds will be added to this corner.
New milkweeds emerging.
Last year bird baths were added to this part of the property, and they were a huge hit! Now, this area will be filled in with native plants to support and attract even more wildlife!
Homeowner finds hummingbirds fascinating and will be adding flowers to attract them including native salvia plants.
Homeowner finds hummingbirds fascinating and will be adding flowers to attract them including native salvia plants.
New snowberry plant that provides nectar to pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds and produces an edible white fruit.
One of the few open spots in full sun ready for a new native plant addition.
California native plant ready to be put in the ground.
In an already dense, bird-welcoming yard, this homeowner plans to add more plants at times of the year where there is less flowering. Hummingbirds approve!
Native plant additions to this area to attract more wildlife.
In an already vibrant and diverse garden there’s always has room for more plants :). Gardener noticed a lack of flowers December – February, so they planted manzanita and Baja fairy duster which tend to flower around this time.
This corner will get some new additions to accompany the existing olive, California fuschia, yarrow and Oregon grape.
This dry strip that gets overrun by grass will get a native plant treatment.
Coyote mint (Monardella villosa), will be added to this corner.
Homeowner has three goal for native plant additions; water conservation, resources for wildlife, and to counter the negative impacts of box stores that don’t prioritize offering native species.
Semi-shade balcony will prioritize native plants for birds and pollinators.
This garden gets full sun and it’s next to a guava tree that birds favor. More will be added they can enjoy.
In an already abundant garden, owner is removing two struggling palo verde trees and putting in a coast live oak tree.
This site is mid-transformation. Nandina and other nonnatives are being replaced with manzanitas, toyon, lupin and poppies.
Garden spot will receive a “native plant make-over” to help more biodiversity.
Spot will see even more plant additions to help birds–the more the merrier!
Unfortunately rabbit pressure killed many of this property’s native plants last year, so they are starting over with new varieites.
Site will bolster its value for birds by adding native varieties.
Homeowner is slowly shifting the nonnative grass yard to native plants to provide a natural corridor for wildlife.
Adding more plants to help birds.
California fuschia and Red Elderberry will be added to this area to provide more options for birds.
Currently, this site has a lot of invasives. They will be removed and replaced with plants that create bird habitat.
This property has all nonnative plants that will slowly be removed and replaced with natives to support wildlife and living sustainbly.
This property is adding one or two pots of native plants to help support wildlife.
More natives will be added and intermixed with existing species.
Solanium xanti was added to this front yard to provide a beautiful native option for local wildlife.
Homeowner is adding several natives such as white sage, lemonade berry, artemisia californica, and milkweed.
Perfect spot for a native plant addition.
Native plants will accompany this sunny lemon-tree spot to support biodiversity.
One can never have too many natives! More will be added to this mostly bird friendly yard.
More natives please! Why not, it’s fun.
Can there ever be too many native plants? We don’t think so and neither does this property where more will be added to an already abundant garden.
Bare spot? No problem, add natives!
Homeowner is adding several natives to this site including white sage, lemonade berry, Artemisia californica, and milkweed.
New native plant in the ground!
New native plants will be added tot his yard to support insects and other animals in the area.
Native plants will be added to this mulched corner.
Property owner is adding native plants to increase food source for pollinators.
This plant is a California native that will be added to help local biodiversity.

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