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Santa Margarita, CA 93453

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Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa, Mountain Yarrow has grown as a pure white ground cover.
Achillea millefolium lanulosa
Mountain Yarrow
Epipactis gigantea, Stream Orchid. I think this was at Big Bear
Epipactis gigantea
Stream Orchid
Acmon Blue Butterfly on Sulfur Buckwheat in the Santa Margarita garden.
Eriogonum umbellatum
Sulphur Flower buckwheat
Shasta Buckwheat or Sulfur Buckwheat flowers can add a lot of color to a native garden in summer.
Eriogonum umbellatum polyanth...
Sulfur Buckwheat
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Heuchera hirsutissima Idyllwild Rock Flower or Shaggyhair alumroot
Heuchera hirsutissima
Idyllwild Rock Flower
Sometime Western Blue flag is a very light blue.
Iris missouriensis
Western Blue Flag
Here a clump of Lilium pardalinum var. giganteum "Sunset" are flowering in the Santa Margarita nursery.
Lilium pardalinum giganteum
Sunset
Lilium parryi, Lemon Lily, has fragrant "Easter-Lily-type" flowers.
Lilium parryi
Lemon Lily
The flowers of Mimulus cardinalis, Scarlet Monkey Flower, have an unusual shape or form in comparison to many other Mimulus species.
Mimulus cardinalis
Scarlet Monkey Flower
Monardella linoides stricta Flaxleaf mountainbalm
Monardella linoides stricta
Flaxleaf mountainbalm
Penstemon labrosus, Scarlet Penstemon with Woolly Yerba Santa
Penstemon labrosus
Southern California Scarlet Penstemon
Penstemon speciosus, Showy Penstemon flowers.
Penstemon speciosus
Sagebrush Penstemon
Rosa pinetorum Whiskey Rose
Rosa pinetorum
Whiskey Rose
Sedum spathulifolium, Stonecrop looks like little stones
Sedum spathulifolium
Stonecrop
Symphyotrichum ascendens, Western aster, is a plant of the mountains, but grows well at lower elevations also.
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Western aster