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Photos: Natives to return to Southern California gardens

A yellow crab spider inspects a California brittlebush flower in Whitewater Canyon, Calif.

A yellow crab spider inspects a California brittlebush flower in Whitewater Canyon, Calif.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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Contemplating an environmentally appropriate change in the garden? See what’s on our experts’ wish lists.

Plants that smell like California

California sagebrush (Artemisia californica)  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

Plants that smell like California

Dried California sagebrush at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook State Park in Culver City.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

Plants that smell like California

A park ranger passes by California everlasting’s clusters of white flowers at Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Plants that smell like California

Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)  (Michael Wheatley / Getty Images)

Plants that smell like California

Mule Fat  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Plants that smell like California

Drought-tolerant Cleveland sage or California blue sage, a low-water California native, will grow blue flowers in the summer.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

California's native color palette

Pink Indian Hawthorn flower cluster.  (Maria Mosolova / Getty Images)

California's native color palette

Agave attenuata, also known as Fox Tail Agave, is a thornless form of agave used in a drought-resistant frontyard garden planted by FormLA Landscaping.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

California's native color palette

Prostrate rosemary, or Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus   (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

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