Hi Fermi,
It is nice to see the blooming Colchicum in your garden.
Colchicum species work well for us too, here in hot, dry interior California. I enjoy the large, bold foliage of Colchicum macrophyllum and similar species with large foliage. These types are looking especially nice in our garden right now.
Our “dormant season” is during the summer – July and August for the most part. I am doing what I can bring more flowers into our ornamental garden without using common summertime bedding annuals; I use these elsewhere in the vegetable garden to attract beneficial insects and butterflies. This year I will trial new Symphyotrichum spathulatum accessions from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Eurybia integrifolia and Doellingeria breweri are two additional California native species that will likely provide mid-summer flowers with a good degree of drought and heat tolerance. If all goes well, I will trial these species next year.
Many plants are blooming in our garden now. I hope to post photographs soon. The California native annuals are looking especially nice right now.
