Not a lot of blooming going on around here except for my oakleaf hydrangea which is spectacular. Most things are still greening up and I
know hope there'll be many blooms to follow.
My Mirage Autumn Sage is starting to bloom. It appears to be the pink one but given my labeling can't be sure.
Augusta Duelberg has been blooming for weeks. And for weeks I've been trying to get a picture of it by it's lonesome. Since this is too daunting a task, just squint and ignore everything else.
The 2 salvia greggii that are on either end of the perennial bed continue to add blooms but still have more to come.
The red one:
and the hot-pink-lost-the-label one:
LA iris are really good plants for your area. They love the climate. They will also grow in ground in beds. Quite often some will grow fast and 'walk'. They often need to be confined somehow or they will move into their neighbors spots. Planting a couple of different ones too close and then forgetting them too long can result in mixed up plants which are hard to un-mix. Wonderful colors and patterns in the blooms. Until the major drought hit, they grew here quite well and managed the normal dry periods with minimal supplemental water. Even that minimum was not feasible when the drought lasted and water supplies ran very low. Like all the irids, unfortunately they were a favorite of the differential grasshopper.
Everyone's plants look so nice and healthy...love the water ponds. 
