Gorman, 2008. The same view as below, but in early winter, vividly makes the point that preserving displays of California’s native annual wildflowers requires astute land management and faith that the seed bank residing in the soil will survive to bloom again when conditions are right.
Gorman, 2003. This view shows Gorman Post Road and the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5), with motorists exiting from their cars for a closer look at the wildflowers.
The darkest blue is primarily Bentham lupine (Lupinus benthamiii) with a few royal desert lupines (Lupinus odoratus) mixed in. The lighter blue-lavendar is primarily lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) along with a few globe gilia (Gilia capitata). Other flowers are yellow Bigelow Coreopsis (Coreopsis bigelovii) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica).
Gorman Canyon, 2003. At dusk, the white flowers of evening snow (Linanthus dichotomus) begin to open.
Gorman Canyon, 2001. The same view, two years earlier.
Gorman Hills, 2003. The line of trees and shrubs marks a water seep or slow spring (one of around 64 such water features) in the Gorman Hills.
All images and captions used with written consent of Richard Dickey
www.feralflowers.com
Plant Resources
Parent Organization
California Native Plant Society
Neighboring CNPS Chapters
Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Orange County Chapter
San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
Other Organizations
California Oak Foundation
Endangered Habitats League
Friends of Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve
Friends of Madrona Marsh
Surfrider Foundation – Ocean Friendly Gardens Program
Weeding Wild Suburbia – Adventures with Native Plants
Beautify Lunada Bay – Lunada Bay HOA native plant installation
Book Lists
Baker’s Dozen – Tony Baker’s recommendations
Botanic Gardens
Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
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Classes
El Dorado Nature Center
Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve
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George F Canyon Nature Center
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Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Palos Verdes – South Bay Group
Invasive Plants
California Invasive Plant Council
Orange County CNPS – Excellent collection of information and strategies
PlantRight – Regional invasive and native plant alternatives
Native Plants – Retail
Las Pilitas Nursery – Santa Margarita and Escondido
Matilija Nursery – Moorpark
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden’s “Grow Native Nursery” – Claremont
Theodore Payne Foundation – Sun Valley
Tree of Life Nursery – San Juan Capistrano
Native Plants – Wholesale
El Nativo Growers – Azusa (retail by e-mail)
Native Sons – Arroyo Grande
Native West Nursery (formerly RECON Native Plants) – south San Diego
San Marcos Growers – Santa Barbara
Planning Tools
Calscape – hundreds of plants and pictures for each zip code
Las Pilitas Nursery
Tree of Life Nursery
Council for Watershed Health sustainable landscape resources
Reference
Calflora
CalPhotos
California Academy of Sciences – Botany Collection Database
California Natural Diversity Database
Jepson Online Interchange
Southern California Wildflowers and Other Plants
Wildflowers of Southern California – a Photographic Gallery
Seeds
Larner Seeds
Theodore Payne Foundation
Wildflower Viewing
Bureau of Land Management – California
Bureau of Land Management – Western Mojave Desert
DesertUSA – Death Valley
DesertUSA – Southern California
Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower Hotline