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Below, closeup from patio above, on south side of garage:

Perspective from downslope looking up:

(Click on underlined title to see more) Camissonia bistorta, blooms year-round in typical yard space that has some ambient ground moisture to tap into.  Lives about a year or two; readily reseeds and sprouts new plants with rains or occasional irrigation.  An all-star performer.  Makes masses of plants if you allow it, serving as an informal 12 to 18 inch tall and how ever wide groundcover.

Check out this very interesting article about 'Native Succulent Diversity and Gardening' from the San Diego Natural History Museum conservation botanist John Rebman:  

http://www.sdnhm.org/research/botany/succulent_jr.html 

Plagiobothrys collinus, white flowers, aka popcorn flower, and Encelia californica, yellow flowers, in early Spring, Pt. Loma.

Mid-Summer by Mt. Miguel.  Eriogonum fasciculatum - white flowers, Artemisia californica - brownish foliage(dry season semi-dormant), Baccharis sarothroides - bright green lowbush in foreground, and further in background, before white flowered Toyon(Heteromeles arbutifolia) in far background down road, Malosma laurina main big bush in bloom. 

(Click on underlined title to see more) Yellow flowers, lacy foliage.  Grows only during rainy season/cool half of year.  Blooms late Winter through Spring.  Dry season dormant perennial.  Growing with Dudleya edulis on cliff edge.  All photos early Spring.

Opuntia littoralis in foreground, - Coast Prickly Pear.  

Gets to 6 to 18 feet all around, slow to moderate growth rate, depending on water availability.   This photo showing new growth in early Spring in the San Clemente(52freeway) Canyon.

 (Click on underlined title to see more) Isocoma in foreground, Baccharis pilularis(bush form) in middle background.  Photo in early Autumn, Del Mar.  Brownish dry-dormant Artemisia californica in mid-background.   Torrey Pine, center background.  Atriplex lentiformis left background, light grey foliage.  Assorted others in the further background.  Isocoma gets around 3 to 5 feet, both species of Baccharis get around 5 to 7 feet.

(Click on underlined title to see more) Gets about 2 feet all around, loose.  Blooms Spring to Summer.  Top Photo in Pt. Loma, with Torrey Pines, Adenostoma fasciculata, Artemisia californica, Lemonade Berry, and Rhamnus crocea(left front corner) being the most prominent other plants.  Weed non-native iceplant in foreground.  Bottom photo at Mt.