Back to Natives Restoration has been maintaining the native gardens at the Suzanna Bixby Bryant Ranch House in Yorba Linda for over a year! Here are some photos of the garden at the height of Summer. Many think natives look "dead" in the Summer time - when what they're actually seeing are dead non-native annual plants. Some natives do go dormant to conserve energy at this time of year - but as you can see, THIS native landscape still looks pretty lush. If you think it looks good now, just wait until Spring!
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| The flowers of this buckwheat turn rust colored as they go to seed, reminding us that Fall is just around the corner! |
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| Native asters make an excellent ground cover! |
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| Yucca line the path near the rear of the garden. |
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Ceanothus cascading down a hillside near a path,
accentauted by a lovely light feature. |
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| The manzanita in the foreground and the toyon behind it are green year round. The manzanita's bark is an interesting deep, rich reddish brown, and in the Winter the toyon will have bright, cheerful red berries. |
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Heuchera and native fern flourish in the shade of the Coast Live Oak trees. The oak leaf litter provides an attracte and natural mulch.
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Juncus softens the edges of the patch under the Coast Live Oak trees.
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Mahogany colored seed pods add interest to a redbud near a mature clump of deergrass. Once the deergrass flower spikes are done, the clump will be raked rather than cut to allow fresh new growth to come in after the Winter Rains. |
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| The Suzanna Bixby Bryant Ranch House was the original home of the historic Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden! |
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| Berberis spp. by the doorway draws the eye to the fabulous chimney constructed of river rock. |
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