Theodore Payne "Hummingbird Mix"

A list with photos of the flowers included in the "Hummingbird Mix" seed packet -- "an assortment of annuals, perennials and low shrubs most attractive to hummingbirds, designed to keep hummingbirds in your garden year round" -- from the Theodore Payne Foundation. All images from Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons.

Castilleja exserta (Owl's clover).

Purple owl's clover, March 2015, Antelope Valley California Poppy State Reserve, Lancaster, California. Photo by Walter Siegmund.

Clarkia unguiculata (Elegant clarkia), May 2010, photographed on Panoche Road, San Benito County, California by Eric in SF.

Clarkia unguiculata, at the Grotto Trail, Circle X Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California.

Diplacus longiflorus, syn. Mimulus longiflorus (Monkey flower), May 2017, photographed by Jesse Rorabaugh.

Penstemon centranthifolius, photographed at the Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California, USA by Wikimedia Commons user Stickpen.

 

Penstemon centranthifolius (Scarlet bugler), photographed in Cottonwood Heights City, Utah.

Penstemon spectabilis (Showy penstemon), Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California.

Penstemon spectabilis, photographed by Wikimedia Commons contributor Dennismudd.

Peritoma arborea, formerly Cleome isomeris (Bladder pod), photographed near California State Route 58 west of Barstow, California by Stan Shebs.

Peritoma arborea (formerly Isomeris arborea, syn. Cleome isomeris)m photographed on Kelbaker Road near Willow Wash, Mojave National Preserve, southeastern Californiaby Stan Shebs.

Salvia columbariae (Chia), photographed by Walter Siegmund in a dry wash west of Godde Hill Road, 150 m north of Hacienda Ranch Road; Lancaster, California.

Salvia columbariae (Chia), photographed by Walter Siegmund in a dry wash west of Godde Hill Road, 150 m north of Hacienda Ranch Road; Lancaster, California.

Salvia mellifera (Black sage).

Salvia mellifera.

Theodore Payne "Meadow Mix"

These are the seeds in the "Meadow Mix" seed packet available from the Theodore Payne Foundation --

Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), photographed by Wikimedia Commons user Georg Slickers.  [Note that the TPF doesn't specify, but perhaps the one they include is A. millefolium var. californica].

Blue dicks (Dichelostema capitatum), photographed in Mitchell Canyon by Wikimedia Commons user John Rusk from Berkeley, CA.

Dichelostemma capitatum leaves before the appearance of flowers. Photographed at Hedgepeth Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona by Wikimedia Commons user Mike.

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) by Wikimedia Commons user Ryan McMinds.

Western blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) photographed by Wikimedia Commons user Björn S... [sic].

Creeping or molate red fescue (Festuca rubra "Molate").

Festuca rubra, photographed by Wikimedia Commons user Bildoj.

Acmispon glaber, formerly Lotus scoparius (Deerweed). Photographed on the Backbone Trail in chaparral habitat, in Circle X Ranch Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, February 2004.

Stipa pulchra, syn. Nassella pulchra (Purple neddlegrass), photographed in the Santa Monica Mountains, within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Southern California. Credits NPS photo from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California.

Matilija poppy

A matilija poppy, presumably Romneya coulteri and not the very similar R. trichocalyx. This semi-evergreen flowering shrub is native to southern California and Baja California.  Apparently it can be a bit difficult to get started in the garden, but once it is established it is quite sturdy and tolerant of less-than-ideal conditions.

It can grow to 3-5 feet tall and spread to 8 feet, with beautiful bluish-greenish-grey foliage and bright-white parchment-like petaled flowers with a globe of yellow at their centers.

Laguna Lake Park, June 2012.

Palo verde tree

Parkinsonia microphylla, the yellow palo verde or foothill palo verde tree, also known as Cercidium microphyllum.  Sometimes it is called simply paloverde.

This tree is becoming very popular as a street tree here in north Fullerton, presumably for its drought-tolerance, as well as its cheerful yellow flowers. The leaves are curiously like pine needles.  This particular tree is growing on a bare patch in a micro-park, and carpets the ground beneath it with the blossoms in spring.

Wildflower garden

A very charming front garden in the Preservation District of Fullerton. Included are California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and mountain garland (Clarkia unguiculata), both California natives.  Mountain garland -- the tall pink ones here -- are also known as elegant clarkia.