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Equine-Friendly Garden

It's not easy to keep your cool in Sun Valley, but this rocking 1923 home and natural California native garden make it look easy. Chaparral foliage fills the corner property bordered by equestrian trails. It stays lovely during Sunland's hot, dry summers and add a fresh, scents the air with fresh sage.

This garden was a favorite on the 2017 and 2019 Native Plant Garden Tours.

Country: United States

Others who worked on this project: Lesly Hall Photography, Theodore Payne Foundation

The fresh minty-sage fragrance of Salvia clevelandii is every bit as intoxicating as it's lavender blooms.

Salvia and Cercis Add Color

Native Plant Garden Tour | Garden 9 cools the property surrounding a charming, historic rock home in Sun Valley. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Entrance to Garden 9

Native wildflowers enjoy the heat and enchant children and butterflies.

Energy Saving Chaparral Garden

California native Cleveland Sage, Salvia clevelandii, brings an incredible fresh, earthy scent along with these charming blooms. It can bloom through much of the year when dead-headed. Here, it thrives in full sun and high heat. It also performs well in cooler, shadier areas. Photo: Lesly Hall...

Cleveland Sage

The blooms of Salvia clevelandii, like the foliage, are edible. and a favorite treat for birds and butterflies. Photo: Orly Olivier

Salvia Clevelandii

Decomposed granite pathways add considerable charm to rustic landscapes. In hot, dry climates they also feed rainfall into planted spaces, making the most of every drop. Photo: Orly Olivier

Optimally Sustainable, Approachable

California native Clematis, Clematis lasiantha, surrounds the courtyard entrance with vibrant greenery and softens the all-stone exterior.

Clematis

A decomposed granite trail is edged with an IdealMow meadow on the right and a mix of buckwheat, blooming Indian Mallow, and California lilac on the left. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Lush IdealMow Meadow

California native Indian Mallow, Abutilon palmers provides steady explosions of buttercup blooms throughout the year.

Indian Mallow

Vivacious and vital, the decomposed granite path takes a natural course from each of street to the front door. Wrapped in fragrant foliage, including Salvia clevelandii, Indian Mallow, Yarrow and Red Buckwheat, each step delights the senses. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Blooming Trail

California's foothills come alive with the fresh, sweet fragrance of California Lilac, Ceanothus, in the spring. Its delightful blooms can be white, lilac or this striking blue, and it can be found in prostrate/groundcover and bush/hedge forms. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

California Lilac

Hummingbird Sage, Salvia spathacea, is one of the most versatile plants around. A lush and fragrant groundcover, it also blooms in the most magnificent way. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Hummingbird Sage

A gurgling water feature evokes serenity and attracts flocks of birds - as soon as the camera is turned away! The surrounding IdealMow meadow, fragrant salvias and Ceanothus also bring feathered friends to the party.

Bird Paradise

California native foliage Bee's Bliss Salvia, a charming groundcover, is earning its name.

Bee's Bliss Salvia

A decomposed granite path creates a sense of symmetry and unification with the adjacent equestrian path.

Equestrian Trail

Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Custom Rock Wall