Full sun for most of the front yard
Picture from Google Street View in 2022

Dec 2023 – Beginning of the front yard project to eliminate the lawn.

4/16/25 – Peak Spring Flower


Bee’s Bliss – CA Native Sage Mix

Non Native but still pretty hot – Parrot’s Beak from the Canary Islands




Pictures from Jan 2025


Font Yard Plant List – California Natives
- Abutilon palmeri (Indian Mallow)
 - Buckwheat
 - Ceanothus (Conchita)
 - Ceanothus (Centennial)
 - Ceanothus (Valley Violet)
 - Island Snapdragon (Boca Rosa)
 - Lupine (Cobb Mountain)
 - Manzanita (Austin Griffiths)
 - Manzanita (Big Sur)
 - Manzanita (Brother James)
 - Manzanita (Louis Edmunds)
 - Manzanita (Pacific Mist)
 - Manzanita (Franciscan)
 - Manzanita (Wood’s Compact)
 - Manzanita (Massachusetts)
 - MonkeyFlower (Burst, Jellybean)
 - Sage (Bee’s Bliss)
 - Sage (Alpine)
 - Sage (Rose)
 - Western RedBud
 
Font Yard Plant List – NON – California Natives
- Boxwood
 Bush Germander – (Teucrium fruticans)Replaced with Sunset ManzanitaCape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)Replacing with Channel Island Bush Poppy- Carpet Rose (White)
 - Catmint (Purrsian, Jr. Walker’s Low)
 - Crape Myrtle (Summerlasting Coconut – Dwarf)
 - Cuphea (Vermillionaire, Starfire Pink)
 - Fortnight Lily
 - Lavender (English)
 - Lavender (Ghostly Princess)
 - Lotus berthelotii (Parrot’s Beak)
 - Maple Tree (Autumn Blaze)
 - Olive Tree
 - Roses planted (Sultry Night, Julia Child, Mr. Lincoln)
 - Roses in pots (Ebb Tide, Twilight Zone)
 - Salvia (Marine Blue)
 - Salvia chiapensis
 - Salvia (African Sky)
 - Salvia microphylla (Heatwave Blaze)