Specialty Gardening: Cottage Garden in Southern California?, 0 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
Photo #7: The remaining 2 photos are of the north side of the house. They are bright shade only. However, our neighbor's house is painted white, and it does reflect light nicely along this side. On the other hand, the neighbor's overgrown Toyon does its part in trying to shade the middle and lower areas!

This photo is taking looking eastward. These are my shade & water lovers -- callas, rhodies, hydrangeas, lamium, plectranthus, Japanese maple. The others like water but don't insist on it: bearded iris, hellebores, ferns (yes, some ferns actually can do quite well in xeric plantings!).