First Flowers of Winter

As we come into February, the first of the winter flowers have emerged (some are also probably early spring).

First off, is the manzanita:


The flowers are small, white, and bell shaped:


The coral bells have been blooming since December (though only on one side of the front yard). The ones I planted on the other side suffered worse in the flood, get less sunlight, and so are only now beginning to show signs of new growth).


Here's a close up the bell-like flowers:


The wildflowers on the westside of the house are still only middling sized:


On the west parkway strip, which has the most arid plants, there still is only one blue sage that's blooming:


The white sages, however, are showing signs of new growth and vigor:


The wild flower seeds in the north parkway strip are growing fast and furious. I'm still not sure what some of them are:


They are really dwarfing the indian mallow (which is also doing far better than I thought last November).

The first of the wild flowers to sprout are the Lasthenia glabrata (aka goldfields):


There are several clumps of these growing across the yards, but I don't know yet what flower they will produce (I suspect that they are Collinsia heterophylla aka chinese houses).


Many of the plants that I thought I might lose in the floods of December have almost entirely recovered, including the canyon sunflowers (which I was sure were goners), which appear to be preparing to bloom:


Also doing well, the pitcher sage (with new blossoms forming):


The island sunflower (sporting new growth)


The lavender is also doing great.


A few plants aren't doing well, however, and I'm surprised by which they are.

The Mexican sage, which seems to be indestructible, seems lethargic:


But by far the worst are the buckwheats, which seem to be just barely hanging on.

This is the healthiest of the bunch:


This one doesn't look like it's going to make it