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.