My First Poppy

The wildflowers are continuing to come in. I had one lupine, but I set the sprinklers on last night and it broke under the weight of the water. :(

That being said, the rest of them are doing well.

They include my first poppy:


The Chinese houses are also doing great:


Here's how this whole corner looks. The plants with the blue flowers are perennials called "Margarita Penstemon." The Canyon Island Silver Snowflake (in the lower right) is also a perennial. Mixed in between are the annuals: the Chinese houses and the Golden Fields.


Lots of Tidy tips are coming in, particularly along the base of the still-dormant Desert willow:


As are the bulbs:


The Coral bells on the east side of the house have finally begun to bloom. I hope they catch up to the Coral bells on the west side:


The Canyon sunflower continues to defy the odds and remains alive:


The Ceanothus Concha is preparing to bloom:


The orange tree has begun to bloom:


Here's a close up of the Phacelia. It's gotten so tall, so fast, that it towers over the Indian mallow:


The front yard:


The wildflower meadow on the west side:


The wooly blue curls:


This second one didn't look like it would survive, but it decided to live:


The monkey flowers are blooming again. About a third of this plant was killed last week when someone (probably one of the school kids on their way to or from the nearby school decided to walk on the brick ledge and fell on it.


The contractor put in a drainage ditch on the side yard next to the Pink-flowering currants and filled it with pea gravel.

I planted three currants. This is the one doing the best. Luckily, it's closest to my bedroom window. At the Grow Native Nursery last week, I noticed that some of theirs are flowering. Mine haven't yet.


This one nearly drowned in December, but it's making a come back:


This one was doing fine until recently:


Meanwhile the night-flowering jasmine is blooming.


And my container plants are also doing well:


Finally, I've had the ornamental lights on the side of the house replaced (most of the old ones didn't work). I'm going to have more put in on the front (both east and west sides).

Here's the front:


And here is the side:


And here is a close up with the Chapparal Currents (which are growing nicely):