First-Year California Native Garden in December (1 Year Since Planting!)

What does a California Native Plant Garden look like one year after it's planted? What do California Native Plants look like in December? How do I keep deer from eating my plants? I don't have all of the answers, but I'm learning every day!
In this December update of my California Native Plant Garden in the Central Sierra Nevada foothills, I review all of the plants that I've planted over the past year. Most of the plants are at the end of their first year. Some of the plants are on their second or third year, and some of the plants I discuss were just planted last month.
The biggest challenge I have is deer. The deer eat almost everything, but the deer do not eat sage plants. Deer also don't seem to like Penstemon very much. The larger plants are all caged so that they can grow tall enough that they're not within reach of the deer. Deer oh deer. What ever will we do!
Here are some of the plants that I discuss in this video:
Allen Chickering Sage
Beach Wormwood
Big Sagebrush
California Buckeye
California Buckwheat
Bush Monkeyflower
California Buttonbush
California Sagebrush
Celestial Blue Sage
Chapparal Honeysuckle
Common Snowberry
Coyote Mint
Dara's Choice Sage
Deer Grass
Desert Penstemon
White Sage
Blue Elderberry
Eleanor Monkeyflower
Firecracker Penstemon
Golden Currant
Common Yarrow
Hoary Coffeeberry (Tomentalla)
Hummingbird Sage
Lipstick Sage
Monica Manzanita
Penstemon GMR White
Pozo Blue Sage
Purple Sage
Ray Hartman Ceanothus
Rosemary
Salvia Gracias
Santa Rosa Island Sage (Brandegee's Sage)
Skylark Ceanothus
Starlight Sage
Toyon
Winifred Gilman Sage
Wooly Sunflower
Showy Penstemon
Yellow-eyed Grass
Wester Azalea
Catherine de la Mar Penstemon
California Poppy
Rosy Pussy Toes
Western Redbud
Purple Needlegrass
I hope that a few folks who might be trying to grow a native garden in the very unique environment of the California Sierra foothills are able to find these videos and learn from my mistakes! I'm in Zone 9b, in Coarsegold California.

[@CarlinTran]

Interesting video to learn some new plants. Good luck

[@sandramadore4656]

Thank you for sharing

[@ChristianHernandez-ce3id]

Coarsegold? Nice!! Those foothill are so special

[@LetHimEatCake]

Yes they are! Very unique growing environment too.

[@delaoaksterdam]

I have deer in my garden too (Berkeley). I'm trying some of the spray that is harmless but smells bad to discourage deer. I planted some tar weed (Madia elegans). I didn't know they discourage deer. Thanks for the tip.
The deer seem to leave the "deer resistant" plants alone until the flowers bloom. Then ... chomp ... chomp... bye bye. :) Thanks for sharing the videos.

[@LetHimEatCake]

Yeah that’s definitely the case for some of the plants I’ve got like the buckwheat in particular. But they do leave all my native sages along and last year they didn’t touch my penstemon so there is hope in some places! I keep saying ok that’s it I’m only planting sages and penstemon from now on. Then I go to the nursery and come home with a deer salad! It’s a disease.

[@Ohkayy_yy]

Goodluck with the Salvia apiana and other Southern California natives. You guys get a lot more rain than theyre comfortable with.
I would look into California Junipers, hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis, Northern Arctostaphylos species, and Corylus Cornuta, are good ones that would really thrive in ur garden

[@LetHimEatCake]

Thank you for the tips! I’ll look for those

[@matthewtheking]

Yes, Hollywood is mistakenly named for Toyon. The berries are edible.

[@LetHimEatCake]

Good to know- Hopefully mine get big enough to produce someday!

[@thebotanicalark6608]

The Artemisia could be 'Powis Castle'

[@LetHimEatCake]

Excellent thank you for the ID!