Summer Bloomers: Color Through the Dry Season
As California's landscape settles into its distinct summer-dry gold and brown, this collection keeps the garden alive. These natives have evolved to bloom precisely when the rest of the state goes dormant — offering vibrant color against the sun-baked hillsides and, more importantly, a critical nectar and pollen lifeline for native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds during the leanest months of the year. Where an unwatered summer garden might otherwise go quiet, these plants keep the pollinators fed and the color coming, all while asking for little more than what the season already gives.
