Quick answer: 100 native California plants have a recorded bloom range that includes June.
100 species
- Antelope bitterbrush Purshia tridentata · 12 states
- Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa · 8 states
- Arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata · 12 states
- Baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii · 3 states
- Banana yucca Yucca baccata · 8 states
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · 34 states
- Black sage Salvia mellifera · 1 states
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 44 states
- Blueblossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus · 1 states
- Bluebunch wheatgrass Pseudoroegneria spicata · 16 states
- California bay laurel Umbellularia californica · 3 states
- California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum · 2 states
- California coffeeberry Rhamnus californica · 1 states
- California flannelbush Fremontodendron californicum · 3 states
- California poppy Eschscholzia californica · 6 states
- California wild grape Vitis californica · 1 states
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · 41 states
- Chalk dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta · 4 states
- Chaparral yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei · 2 states
- Checker lily Fritillaria affinis · 3 states
- Chinese houses Collinsia heterophylla · 1 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 44 states
- Colorado four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora · 7 states
- Common camas Camassia quamash · 3 states
- Common elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis · 36 states
- Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris · 25 states
- Common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus · 21 states
- Common yarrow Achillea millefolium · 47 states
- Coulter's Matilija poppy Romneya coulteri · 1 states
- Creeping Oregon grape Mahonia repens · 15 states
- Creosote bush Larrea tridentata · 6 states
- Crevice alumroot Heuchera micrantha · 4 states
- Deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus · 5 states
- Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens · 5 states
- Desert globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua · 2 states
- Desert marigold Baileya multiradiata · 4 states
- Desert sand verbena Abronia villosa · 4 states
- Desert willow Chilopsis linearis · 5 states
- Elegant clarkia Clarkia unguiculata · 1 states
- Farewell-to-spring Clarkia amoena · 4 states
- Firecracker penstemon Penstemon eatonii · 3 states
- Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium · 37 states
- Foothill penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus · 1 states
- Giant red paintbrush Castilleja miniata · 13 states
- Globe gilia Gilia capitata · 5 states
- Golden currant Ribes aureum · 3 states
- Great Valley gumweed Grindelia camporum · 2 states
- Greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula · 9 states
- Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa · 4 states
- Hooker's evening primrose Oenothera elata · 14 states
- Idaho fescue Festuca idahoensis · 12 states
- Indian ricegrass Achnatherum hymenoides · 17 states
- Indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa · 37 states
- Jojoba Simmondsia chinensis · 2 states
- Lacy phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia · 3 states
- Lewis flax (blue flax) Linum lewisii · 17 states
- Lewis' mock orange Philadelphus lewisii · 5 states
- Littleflower penstemon Penstemon procerus · 11 states
- Miniature lupine Lupinus bicolor · 4 states
- Munro's globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana · 9 states
- Narrowleaf milkweed Asclepias fascicularis · 6 states
- Nettleleaf giant hyssop Agastache urticifolia · 9 states
- Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor · 9 states
- Pacific trillium Trillium ovatum · 3 states
- Palmer's penstemon Penstemon palmeri · 3 states
- Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea · 38 states
- Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa · 16 states
- Prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha · 29 states
- Purple needlegrass Stipa pulchra · 1 states
- Purple sage (desert sage) Salvia dorrii · 7 states
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · 39 states
- Red-osier dogwood Cornus sericea · 36 states
- Rocky Mountain bee plant Peritoma serrulata · 26 states
- Rocky Mountain iris Iris missouriensis · 11 states
- Royal penstemon Penstemon speciosus · 6 states
- Rush milkweed Asclepias subulata · 3 states
- Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia · 14 states
- Scarlet monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis · 7 states
- Seaside daisy Erigeron glaucus · 2 states
- Seep monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata · 15 states
- Showy milkweed Asclepias speciosa · 17 states
- Shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda · 23 states
- Silver lupine Lupinus albifrons · 1 states
- Siskiyou lewisia Lewisia cotyledon · 2 states
- Smooth sumac Rhus glabra · 42 states
- Snowbrush ceanothus Ceanothus velutinus · 10 states
- Sticky monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus · 2 states
- Sulphur-flower buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum · 10 states
- Tidy tips Layia platyglossa · 3 states
- Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia · 1 states
- Tufted evening primrose Oenothera caespitosa · 15 states
- Upland larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum · 13 states
- Velvet mesquite Prosopis velutina · 3 states
- Western azalea Rhododendron occidentale · 3 states
- Western blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum · 2 states
- Western yarrow Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis · 18 states
- White sage Salvia apiana · 1 states
- Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata · 12 states
- Woollypod milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa · 1 states
- Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia · 9 states
June in a California native garden
June is one of California's busiest bloom months, with 100 of the state's 131 native plants flowering (the peak is May).
14 start blooming in June, including Black-eyed Susan, Common snowberry and Deergrass. 32 finish in June, including Antelope bitterbrush, Baby blue eyes and Bearberry, so this is the last chance to see them in flower.
84 of them grow in full or partial sun and 22 tolerate shade, so there are options for open beds and woodland edges alike. Sizes run from low plants like Arrowleaf balsamroot and Black-eyed Susan to trees such as Bearberry and Blueblossom. For wildlife, 77 support pollinators, 40 provide food or cover for birds and 14 are caterpillar host plants.
56 of the 100 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species. Be careful buying Apache plume, Black-eyed Susan, Common yarrow: common listings for these are often a bred variety or a different species.
Good places to start
Verified wild-species listings that take sun and are widely native, so they are forgiving first plants.
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Apr-Jul
- Smooth sumac Rhus glabra · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms May-Aug
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms May-Oct