Finally! Fully Blooming California Native Plant Garden in Mid-April 2024 in Central California

This is just a quick video update on my California native plant garden in the Central Sierra Nevada foothills. This is part of a monthly update series for my garden which I initially planted in December of 2022, and added several more plants in Summer 2023 and fall/winter 2023-2024. We've been waiting and waiting for a major bloom show and it is finally here!
This video was filmed April 21, 2024 and yes I am posting it a bit late as we're already well on our way to summer now, but these blossoms were just too awesome for me not to share.
Plants blooming in this video - apologies, I don't have much time to type up the scientific names so I'm just going to wing it:
- Penstemon Pseudospectabilis / Desert Penstemon
- Hummingbird Sage
- Eleanor Monkeyflower
- Allen Chickering Sage
- Pozo Blue Sage
- Gracias Sage
- Starlight Sage
- Santa Rosa Island Sage (Brandegee's Sage)
- California Poppy
- Dara's Choice Sage (kind of)
- Penstemon Eatonii / Firecracker Penstemon
- Desert Bluebells
- Fiddleneck
- Popcorn Flower
- Bird's Eye Gilia
- Phacelia
- Bristly Jewelflower

[@juncuspatens]

Love it

[@katiecannon8186]

More Hummingbird Sage !!! And CA Lilac!

[@katiehowden2452]

Hey there, this is a beautiful garden! I've been using your videos to cross reference how my garden is doing further down in the Valley. Just a heads up about the Sweet Alyssum, it's a mediterranean native that's actually becoming somewhat invasive because it keeps getting added to California wildflower seed packets. Same with bachelor's buttons. Happy gardening!

[@LetHimEatCake]

Bummer! That’s obnoxious. I’ve had family buy me wildflower mixes thinking “wild” means “native” - thought I’d been selective about what I’d actually opened but I guess not selective enough…

[@kevperz]

Did you just throw seed on top of the mulch?

[@LetHimEatCake]

For the poppies I did, focusing around the drip line so that if I wanted to I could irrigate any that germinated.