A color photo of three women in a field of owl’s clover and blue lupine. Two women are picking the flowers. And the other woman is sitting atop a car parked in the middle of the field of wildflowers.

The wildflowers as seen along Route 99, between Los Angeles & Bakersfield, via National Geographic (1940s). www.nationalgeographic.com/photo-of-the... #FirstDayofSpring

Also, consider this a visual reminder of what NOT to do when enjoying California’s #wildflowers. #CANativePlants

Purple-blue simple blossoms with yellow centers stack like nesting dolls on long blades of grass.

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) #CAnativeplants

It's still 20 more days until the official start of #Spring, but the very first California Golden Poppy has just reared its pretty head today in The Militant's native plant garden!

#NativePlants #CANativePlants #PlantNative

Pink bell blossoms

Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) first blooms of the season #CAnativeplants

Lupinus hirsutissimus
Stinging Annual Lupine
#lupine #canativeplants

Purple flowers on green stems

Verbena de la mina in late November, 38°N!!

#CAnativeplants

Terracotta blossoms like tiny trumpets rest on a sandstone path.

California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) #CAnativeplants

Hear and get familiar with Tongva plant names while hiking Coldwater Canyon Park Nonprofit Tree People has worked with Native Americans and university scholars to show the Tongva language as a living culture

"Starting Sat morning, people walking a...trail at Coldwater Canyon Park will be able to scan a QR code and hear something new: wiit, the Indigenous word for California oak, and huukat, the word for elderberry, plus 17 other Indigenous names of #CANativePlants." @laist.com: laist.com/news/los-ang...

Pixie stems erupt in tiny bursts of magenta blossoms.

Red-flowered Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens), California’s version of cherry blossoms #CAnativeplants

A shiny seven spot ladybird or ladybug sits on a sunflower bud.

Ladybug on a brittlebush (aka bush sunflower) blossom (Encelia californica) #CAnativeplants

Five large golden petals form a bowl of a flower.

Golden bloom of the Palmer's Indian Mallow (Abutilon palmeri) #CAnativeplants

Blooming now: Monardella villosa (Coyote Mint)! 🌼 A stunning CA native with low water needs and a delightful fragrance. It supports bees, birds, and butterflies! 🐝✨ Check it out live! Learn more: calscape.org/Monardella-v... #CANativePlants #CoyoteMint #PollinatorFriendly

Silhouettes of chaparral yucca

Chaparral yucca death bloom

Chaparral yucca flower husk

Chaparral yucca flower husk

Some native plant friends from Oro Vista park, Sunland, CA
#Photography #CANativePlants

Hey @esantiestevan.bsky.social , is this chaparral yucca mostly in their death blooms?

5 pink petals that look like they’d squish like gel packs and then rebound stare at the viewer from soft pointy leaves.

Large Flowered Sand Spurry (Spergularia macrotheca) #CAnativeplants

Violet blue bell shaped blossoms crowd stems like strings of purple fairy lights.

Margarita BOP Penstemon heterophyllus #CAnativeplants

My CA Poppies 🌱😊 a wide variety of colors
Front yard native garden
#CaNativePlants
#CAPoppies
#grownatives
#bloomscrolling
#gardening #gardenSky

Taking a minute to enjoy this beautiful Sunday in the garden!

#canativeplants #gardening #outdoors

A vibrant purple tri-petal flower with yellow and white speckled tongues is complemented by three smaller purple petals.

Purple Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris #CAnativeplants

I love the way Larkspurs glow in the sun. #photography #canativeplants

#FridayFlowers ##gardening #gardenSky 🌱 #lupines
#CaNativePlants
#supportnativewildlife
In my front yard garden

Oak seedings

Juncus growing in the nursery.

📣Job Announcement!
California Botanic Garden, the largest garden dedicated to #CAnativeplants, is seeking a Nursery Manager to join our team! To view the position click the link: drive.google.com/file/d/1MGcA...
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She’s been here all morning, & found one of my Pipevine- their sole host plant
I wonder if this is one that I raised and released, coming back to lay her eggs where she herself began last spring as an egg on the underside of a leaf
#pipevine #butterfly #insectthursday
#gardensky
#CaNativePlants

#TinyFlowerTuesday
#gardening #gardenSky
#Bloomscrolling
#CaNativePlants
In my front yard
#plantnative #pollinatorgardens
#CaRedmaids
#CaBlueEyedGrass
#MiniatureLupine
#BlackSage

One of the bright spots in my day is seeing the lupines pop in my garden. The Hesperoyucca flower stalk is still trying to find its way. #canativeplants

#PurpleFlowerFriday
#FridayFlowers #gardening #gardenSky🌱 #CaNativePlants
#pollinatorgardens #PlantNative
#CaSilverBushLupine
#ApricotGlobemallow
#ConchaCeanothus
#BlueEyedGrass

A blue lavender tissue-light blossom hangs upside down from a leafless stem- a tiny garden streetlight.

Bluewitch Nightshade (Solanum umbelliferum) tiny umbrellas #CAnativeplants

Lupine (used by 75 species of butterflies and moths that can lay their eggs in this plant) Grows easily in sunny areas. #HomegrownNationalPark #CaNativePlants #Lupines

#TinyFlowerTuesday
Some tiny CA native flowers in my front yard
#ShowyMilkweed
#Lupine
#CoralBells #WhiteSage
#CANativePlants
#pollinatorgardens
#butterflyhabitat
#CertifiedMonarchWaystation
#PlantItAndTheyWillCome
#gardenSky 🌱 #gardening

Painted Lady butterfly in my garden nectaring on CA Pearly Everlasting
#pollinatorgardens #CaNativePlants #plantnative
#gardenSky🌱 #gardening
#butterflies #paintedlady
#PlantItAndTheyWillCome
#giftsofnature
#bloomscrolling

A single hearty stem holds a bundle of waxy blue and white flowers. The whole plant is no more than 6 inches above ground.

Large papery pink blossoms stacked on a tall stem reach through chicken wire. The petals are streaked with purple and are serrated on the outer edges.

Deep orange-yellow flowers reach through a black steel hog grate fence.

Western Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum grande), Checker Bloom (Sidalcea malviflora), and Sticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus) peeking through fence and wire. #CAnativeplants