California wildflowers in full bloom
Spring hits at the California native garden in the SF botanical garden . . .
Tidy Tips flowing down a dry creek bed
There must be close to a million irises in bloom
Fremontodendron
It’s definitely not a small garden but the same planting scheme can be used in a smaller – but still sunny – space. My neighbors planted a mostly CA native meadow along their strip of sidewalk that looks great every spring.
smallspotgardens.com 
Very cool. Spring should hit here any time now.