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Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Website down.
Broken website or sick computer.

Website was down again.

How to use the website.
One of our help file images

A simple video about how to use the Las Pilitas website.

Planting native plants in summer.
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), out in Creosote  woodland. If you try to plant where these rabbits are, cage the plants until 6 months after you stop watering. AND, do not water in summer or fall  after first season.  Water once in summer and the plant is eaten once, no more plant.

Here is a short note about planting native plants in summer.

What's happenen?

We're working on the site's internal structure. Trying to make it make some kind of sense.

Wildland Photos
One of the edges of the sagebrush community.

Here 's where you can contribute your wildland photos. California only please as that's more than we

Your Native Garden Photos

Your Native Garden Photos

Smoke
the dreaded fire smoke of california

Smoke signals.

What to look for when you buy a native plant.
I pushed a few gallon containers together so you can visualize a California wildflower bouquet. Native plants are beautiful and can create a spectacular garden.

Here is a simple guide to buying California native plants.

Phone calls
A Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli on a telephone wire watching.

Telemarketer calls are driving us crazy!

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus
Many of the Ceanothus have yellow leaves before they push new growth.

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus

Things happening
Pale Swallowtail, Papilio palamedes on a Salvia clevelandii Alpine

Ok, it's gotten busy but I've managed to generate a few things.

Light Snow
Our light snow in February 2013

We had a very light snow and it doesn't look like it's going to break 40 degrees today even with bri

Drought tolerant, low growing and is fire retardant?
Ceanothus maritimus in foreground, Salvia Pt. Sal in background, and Baccharis Pigeon Point  in the rest of the picture.

We get questions like what is drought tolerant, low growing and is fire retardant? A little hard to

Symbolism
Stop stressing

So much symbolism.

Penny's native plant picks for Los Angeles
Anna's Hummingbird on Penstemon Margarita BOP in a Southern California wildflower garden

e-book
Some of our books and references.

Ok, I've got most of the pages over into a format that should work on any device, including your pho

Europeans like our plants.
One of the French nursery owners with his foreman showed up here just before Christmas to bring some of our cultivars to France. Via la Mama Bear!

Why do Californians not appreciate what we have? We have all these cool plants and we plant absolute

Wind breaks
The wind turbines out by Mojave. Notice the turbines are on the ridges not the valley.

A simple guide to windbreaks.

Boring would be good.
Harry the dog yawning as he's asking are we done yet.

It would be lovely if things wouldn't fall down or break around here.

25 native plants for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys
Pale swallowtail on a Western Redbud

Ok, here are 25 native plants for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys that probably will survive.

Winter Warriors
Ramona Manzanita starts flowering in November.

Winter is one of the most active times in California, get out of your house and at least explore.

Decorating with stump
Moving a stump

Decorating with stump.

What is a natural plant?
Coyote Bush as a hedge looks natural. But man disturbed the area and created a site for the Coyote Bush. Is that natural?

What is a natural plant. Why do people search for natural plants? I'd love to know.

What, What?
An amature photographer that commonly takes good pictures of wildlife

How can we improve the site? With our limited resources and time, what simple things could we do?

Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles.

Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles. It started out as ten, but there are so many fun ones th