{"id":6082,"date":"2026-01-29T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/barbs-early-blooms-in-california\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:08:33","slug":"barbs-early-blooms-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/barbs-early-blooms-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Barb&#8217;s Early Blooms in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hi GPODers!<\/p>\n<p>As a lifelong New Englander, it can be hard to imagine winter as anything but a season of subdued colors and skylines of bare branches. However, gardeners in other regions of the United States, and throughout the world, don\u2019t expect any part of their gardens to slow down during this time of year. This is exactly the case for Barb in Oakland, California (Zone 10). While snow has transformed my landscape into a sea of white, winter rains have brought fresh foliage and vibrant blooms to Barb\u2019s coastal California garden.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve been gardening at this location since 2013. While the rest of the country is struggling with cold winter temperatures, California is just greening up with our winter rains. My garden is mostly native, and I wanted to show some of my early blooming flowers, both native and non-native.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135449\/GPOD-Barb-1-Ribes-speciosum.jpg\"><\/a><em>Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/ribes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ribes<\/a> speciosum<em>, Zones 7\u201310). It begins to leaf out on the first rain of the year. We had October rain, and it started leafing out then. Blooms started shortly after that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135450\/GPOD-Barb-2-Amanita-muscaria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225452\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135450\/GPOD-Barb-2-Amanita-muscaria.jpg\" alt=\"bright red mushroom\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135450\/GPOD-Barb-2-Amanita-muscaria.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135450\/GPOD-Barb-2-Amanita-muscaria-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135450\/GPOD-Barb-2-Amanita-muscaria-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Mushroom found in Marin on a hike<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135453\/GPOD-Barb-3-Mimulus-aurantiacus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225453\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135453\/GPOD-Barb-3-Mimulus-aurantiacus.jpg\" alt=\"bright orange flower\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135453\/GPOD-Barb-3-Mimulus-aurantiacus.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135453\/GPOD-Barb-3-Mimulus-aurantiacus-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135453\/GPOD-Barb-3-Mimulus-aurantiacus-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>A sticky monkeyflower (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/regional-picks-deer-resistant-plants-northern-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diplacus<\/a> aurantiacus, <\/em>Zones 8\u201311) with bright orange blooms<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135454\/GPOD-Barb-4-Ribes-speciosum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225454\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135454\/GPOD-Barb-4-Ribes-speciosum.jpg\" alt=\"close up of currant flowers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135454\/GPOD-Barb-4-Ribes-speciosum.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135454\/GPOD-Barb-4-Ribes-speciosum-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135454\/GPOD-Barb-4-Ribes-speciosum-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Close-up of<\/em> Ribes speciosum\u00a0<em>flowers: The hummingbirds love these early bloomers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135456\/GPOD-Barb-5-Aristolochia-californica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225455\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135456\/GPOD-Barb-5-Aristolochia-californica.jpg\" alt=\"striped pipevine flower\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135456\/GPOD-Barb-5-Aristolochia-californica.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135456\/GPOD-Barb-5-Aristolochia-californica-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135456\/GPOD-Barb-5-Aristolochia-californica-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Dutchman\u2019s pipevine<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Aristolochia californica<em>, Zones 8\u201310)<\/em>: <em>another early bloomer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135458\/GPOD-Barb-6-Ribes-viburnifolium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225456\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135458\/GPOD-Barb-6-Ribes-viburnifolium.jpg\" alt=\"evergreen currant plant\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135458\/GPOD-Barb-6-Ribes-viburnifolium.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135458\/GPOD-Barb-6-Ribes-viburnifolium-700x840.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135458\/GPOD-Barb-6-Ribes-viburnifolium-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Another currant, this one from the Channel Islands. Catalina currant<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Ribes viburnifolium<em>, Zones 6\u201310)<\/em> <em>is evergreen. This is the first year it bloomed, so I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll get or what the berries will look like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135500\/GPOD-Barb-7-Garrya-elliptica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225457\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135500\/GPOD-Barb-7-Garrya-elliptica.jpg\" alt=\"large shrubs in front of fence\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135500\/GPOD-Barb-7-Garrya-elliptica.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135500\/GPOD-Barb-7-Garrya-elliptica-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135500\/GPOD-Barb-7-Garrya-elliptica-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a>Silk tassel bush (<em>Garrya elliptica, <\/em>Zones 8\u201311) makes a wonderful screen against a chain-link fence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135502\/GPOD-Barb-8-Arctostaphylos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225458\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135502\/GPOD-Barb-8-Arctostaphylos.jpg\" alt=\"close up of small white flowers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135502\/GPOD-Barb-8-Arctostaphylos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135502\/GPOD-Barb-8-Arctostaphylos-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135502\/GPOD-Barb-8-Arctostaphylos-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Common manzanita (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/arctostaphylos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctostaphylos<\/a> manzanita, <\/em>Zones 7\u201310) is another California native with beautiful blooms. These delicate, urn-shaped flowers emerge in spring and become blush-colored berries later in the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135503\/GPOD-Barb-9-fuschia-with-begonia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225459\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135503\/GPOD-Barb-9-fuschia-with-begonia.jpg\" alt=\"purple and white fuchsia flower in front of begonia foliage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135503\/GPOD-Barb-9-fuschia-with-begonia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135503\/GPOD-Barb-9-fuschia-with-begonia-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135503\/GPOD-Barb-9-fuschia-with-begonia-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Non-natives but still blooming this time of year: Fuchsia (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/fuchsia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuchsia<\/a> \u2018<em>Delta\u2019s Sarah\u2019, Zones 7\u201310)<\/em> <em>bloom with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/begonia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">begonia<\/a> in the background.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135505\/GPOD-Barb-10-daffodil-in-January.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225460\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135505\/GPOD-Barb-10-daffodil-in-January.jpg\" alt=\"daffodils with small flowers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135505\/GPOD-Barb-10-daffodil-in-January.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135505\/GPOD-Barb-10-daffodil-in-January-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21135505\/GPOD-Barb-10-daffodil-in-January-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>First daffodil flower (Jan. 8)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for sharing your plants with us, Barb! For those of us with gardens buried under piles of snow, it\u2019s fascinating to see landscapes that come to life during the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Whether your garden is nothing but funky forms created by a thick blanket of snow, or already bursting with life thanks to an assortment of winter bloomers, consider sharing your winter garden with the blog. <strong>Follow the NEW directions below to submit your photos to\u00a0Garden Photo of the Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? 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