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McGregor Way Garden
The homeowners enjoy this garden from their kitchen and dining room windows. Welcomed wild visitors include birds, butterflies, beneficial insects and even the rascal squirrels. This spring picture shows pink flowering currant, canyon snow and Douglas iris, island alum root and hummingbird sage in bloom. A Mexican pine from the adjacent garden bed provides the cones for decoratation.
Front Garden:
In spring, Douglas iris blooms in the entrance bed.
Canyon snow iris and island alum root thrive under an exotic flowering plum.
San Bruno Mountain coffeeberry makes a natural hedge under the window.
The California wild grape ripens in early fall...
...and in late fall accents the garage door with its foliage.
During summer, the snowberry bush decorates the garden with white berries.
Santa Ana cardinal alum root edges the garden path under a coast live oak...
...and blooms during spring.
An informal hedge of carpenteria also blooms during spring.
Purple sage (center) is the focal point of this sunny garden bed by the driveway.
A maroon pacific coast hybrid iris blooms in spring and mingles with humminbgird fuchsia (background) and golden aster (foreground).
California fuchsia provides summer color for the garden and nectar for the hummingbirds.
Back Garden:
Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry (right center), hummingbird sage, iris and alum root thrive in the backyard woodland garden under the shade of neighboring coast live oaks.
During winter, the gooseberry provides seasonal color and nectar for the hummingbirds.
Creeping Oregon grape and woodland strawberry mingle by the back of the house.
Closeup of Oregon grape.
A young chaparral currant thrives among Santa Barbara daisies in this planter.
Woodland strawberry ground cover peaks through the natural leaf litter.