The down-side of this issue is that natives are not made for garden soils. This is not often a big problem, but it does happen that some of the more sensitive native plants can be finicky when they are planted in garden soil that has been highly fertilized. For example, the local wild lilac (Ceanothus verrucosus) seems more sensitive to garden soils than Coyote Brush (Baccharis), Sagebrush (Artemesia Californica), or Lotus scoparius, which often function as pioneer species in establishing a native plant community. Over time, and as more native plants get established in the garden, the soil problems lessen.