Plants currently blooming in Mother Nature's Backyard garden, located in the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, Gardena California. Bloom calendar updated twice a month.

1. Blooming Right Now in Mother Nature’s Backyard – 3/15/16
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Plant names in green indicate species is at the peak of bloom.
For more pictures of these plants go to the Gallery of Native Plants:
http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/gallery-of-native-plants_17.html
Plant name Learn more about this plant
Achillea millefolium
Western (Common) yarrow
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/06/plant-of-month-june-
western-yarrow.html
Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’
‘Ray Hartman’ Ceanothus
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/12/plant-of-month-
december-ray-hartman.html
Claytonia perfoliata
Miner’s lettuce
Plant of the month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2013/02/plant-of-month-
february-miners-lettuce.html
Dichelostemma capitatum
Wild hyacinth
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
dichelostemma-capitatum
* Diplacus grandiflora hybrid
Large-flowered monkeyflower
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/diplacus-grandiflora
Encelia californica
California bush sunflower
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2013/03/plant-of-month-march-
california-bush.html
Eschscholzia californica
Coastal California poppy
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
eschscholzia-californica
* Heuchera maxima
Island coralbells
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/heuchera-maxima

2. Plant name Learn more about this plant
Lepechinia fragrans
Fragrant pitchersage
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
lepechinia-fragrans
Lupinus bicolor
Miniature lupine
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2016/01/plant-of-month-january-
bicolor.html
Lupinus succulentus
Arroyo (Succulent) lupine
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/03/plant-of-month-arroyo-
succulent-lupine.html
Malus domestica 'Anna'
‘Anna’ apple
Nemophila menziesii
Baby blue-eyes
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
nemophila-menziesii
* Ribes sanguinium
‘Claremont’
‘Claremont’ Pink currant
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/ribes-sanguineum
Ribes viburnifolium
Catalina perfume
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
ribes-viburnifolium
Salvia leucophylla
Purple sage
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
salvia-leucophylla
Salvia munzii
Munz’ sage
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2015/01/plant-of-month-january-
munz-sage-salvia.html
Salvia spathacea
Hummingbird sage
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2014/03/plant-of-month-march-
hummingbird-sage.html
Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea
Blue (Mexican) elderberry
Plant of the month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2012/08/plant-of-month-august-
blue-mexican.html

3. Plant name Learn more about this plant
Sisyrinchium bellum
Western blue-eyed grass
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
sisyrinchium-bellum
Solanum xanti
Purple nightshade
http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/gardening-sheet-
solanum-xanti
Stachys bullata
California woodmint
Plant of the Month: http://mother-natures-
backyard.blogspot.com/2014/11/plant-of-month-
december-california-wood.html