(Click on underlined title to see more) Bladderpod Bush, center, potential size to about 6'.  Heaviest bloom in Spring, but some flowers scattered throughout the year.  Top photo:  Encelia(yellow sunflower) to the left, blooms in spring, potentially through Summer with irrigation.  The darker bushes to the right are Lemonade Berry, and the grey-green bushes scattered in the background are probably Artemisia californica.

(Click underlined title for more)In early spring on Cowles Mtn.  Viguiera laciniata (yellow flowers), Artemisia californica (lite green-grey foliage), both of which are lite-woody shrubs, and Malosma laurina (Laurel Sumac) darker green big shrub in background, can be a big shrub to small tree,  has real wood.  Viguiera blooms mostly in Spring, though with irrigation can bloom most of the year.

Helianthemum, the majority of the yellow shrubs here.  Also, Lotus scoparius, the other yellow flowered shrub in the photo, on the left, and further in the background, left and right, along with Artemisia californica, the greyish-green shrub, and some Lemonade Berry, Encelia california, and Mimulus behind them, not so evident in picture.  Also, one Dudleya edulis in right front corner.  Location immediately west of Salk Institute.

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Bush Poppy, blooms nearly year-round, Spring most profuse, grows up to 8 feet or so.  Photo on north side, east Otay Mtn.

Light blue-grey leaves, bushy plant, grows up to 6 feet, but usually less.   Blooms winter, red berries in Spring to Summer.   Burl sprouter, grows back if killed to the ground by fire, or cutting back to the ground.  Surrounding plants in photo are green leaf Manzanita of the same species, and Chamaebatia australis.  East Otay Mtn. range.

(Click on underlined title to see more)Showing different perspectives of Coreopsis gigantea.

 Coreopsis gigantea (Giant Coreopsis) in center, yellow flowers, grows and blooms Winter to Spring, goes dry/dead looking Summer into Fall.  Malacothrix incana (aka, Dune-delion) the grey-leaved yellow leaved aster/'daisy' nearer to ground level on both sides of the Coreopsis...

 Evergreen Currant, foliage scent like wine/pine/apple, variable.   Young stems red, turn woody rouge brown, maroon-red flowers in panicle clusters in Winter-Spring followed by tiny red fruit.  Prefers shade or light dappled sun, foliage burns in 'too much' sun.  Easy to keep within a couple feet in height, though can get a few feet tall or more, and can spread much more.

 Evergreen Currant, foliage scent like wine/pine/apple, variable.   Young stems red, turn woody rouge brown, maroon-red flowers in panicle clusters in Winter-Spring followed by tiny red fruit.  Prefers shade or light dappled sun, though can take some moderate sun.  Easy to keep within a couple feet in height, though can get a few feet tall or more, and can spread much more.