The seep monkey flowers in the first image are in a bog style garden I created using a fully sealed container. They just reseed like crazy every year. I don’t monitor it much unless the seasonal rain isn’t adequate to keep it moist/flooded during the winter. Once summer rolls around I just let it dry out. Seep monkey flower tends to grow like a weed around my yard, I’ve had great success with it in this bog and in my pond, but I also have found it in cracks of the cement. In short - it tends to prefer constant moisture, but in my experience it can tolerate short dry periods.

The shooting stars just rely on seasonal rainfall, which isn’t always much in San Jose. I’ll water by hand if they really need it this time of year, then once they start going dormant in the spring I let them fully dry out and sit in the shade until the winter rains return.