A passion for California native plants guides couple’s painstaking DIY efforts to transform Los Angeles backyard from junk heap to garden jewel.
At the top of a roller-coaster hill in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park, Thomas Zamora and his husband, Raul Rojas, enjoy two spectacular views — of the Pasadena hills to the east and of the meandering expanse of native plants, succulents and vegetables in a backyard that once was nothing but dirt and junk cars.
'I was just planting things because they looked pretty, and I knew they would grow because I'd seen them in other places.' He added the leucadendron and grevillea for their showstopping, drought-tolerant blooms. But he also planted a white sage because he admired the silvery green foliage of one of Southern California's most famous indigenous plants during a local hike.
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