California Native Plants Before & After (1 Year Update)

Описание: This video was filmed May 11, 2024 - I know, it's a little late! This is a one-year update on my California Native Plants in the Central Valley foothills of California's Sierra Nevada. The goal of my garden is to demonstrate how to create a waterwise low-maintenance landscape of native flowers, shrubs, and trees in the very hot climate of Central California in an area subjected to a lot of deer and gopher herbivory. I use a dripline system to deliver water, but only water about once a week from June through October (or whenever we get the first good rainfall).

This is a before & after - in this video I'll show you what the plants looked like in May 2023 compared to what they looked like in May 2024, exactly one year after I filmed my first monthly update. The plants featured were mostly planted in a few waves - December 2022, June 2023, and December 2023. The main focus is on the plants that were there in May 2023, so that you can really get an idea for how much they developed over the year!

Plants featured include:

Salvia 'Allen Chickering' - Allen Chickering Sage
Artemisia tridentata - Big Sagebrush
Aesculus californica - Buckeye
Eriogonum fasciculatum - Buckwheat
Salvia 'Celestial Blue' - Celestial Blue
Salvia 'Dara's Choice' - Dara's Choice
Muhlenbergia rigens - Deer Grass
Penstemon pseudospectabilis - Desert Penstemon
Salvia Apiana - White Sage
Sambucus mexicana - Elderberry
Mimulus 'Eleanor' - Eleanor Monkeyflower
Frangula californica ssp. tomentella - Hoary Coffeeberry (Tomentalla)
Salvia spathacea - Hummingbird Sage
Arctostaphylos manzanita'Monica' - Monica Manzanita
Penstemon heterophyllus ‘GMR White’ - Penstemon GMR White
Salvia 'Pozo Blue' - Pozo Blue Sage
Salvia leucophylla - Purple Sage
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Radiant' - Radiant Manzanita
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' - Ray Hartman Ceanothus
Salvia 'Gracias' - Salvia Gracias
Salvia brandegeei - Santa Rosa Island Sage
Salvia 'Starlight' - Starlight Sage
Heteromeles arbutifolia - Toyon
Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' - Winifred Gilman Sage
Eriophyllum lanatum - Wooly Sunflower
Penstemon 'Catherine de la Mare' - Catherine de la Mar Penstemon
Eschscholzia californica - California Poppy