It's taken a decade, but Raul Rojas and Thomas Zamora have turned a Highland Park yard of hard dirt and junked cars into a lush expanse of native plants, succulents and vegetables.
Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. At the top of a roller-coaster hill in 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 didn't realize these plants are invasive along the central coast,' he said. '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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