baboon flowerBabiana spp. and hybridsBulb- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
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baboon flowerBabiana spp. and hybridsBulb
baby bambooPogonatherum paniceumGround cover, Ornamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby bonnetsCoursetia axillarisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby bonnetsCoursetia glandulosaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby bonnetsCoursetia microphyllaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Baby Breeze™ LomandraLomandra longifolia x fluviatilis 'LM600' PP28260Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
baby's breathGypsophila cerastioidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
baby's breathGypsophila paniculataPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
baby's tearsSoleirolia soleirolii (SHADE)Ground cover, Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Bailey acaciaAcacia baileyanaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Baja bush-snapdragonGalvezia juncea & cvs.Shrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California buckeyeAesculus parryiShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
Baja California sageSalvia californicaShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California sennaSenna purpusiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California wild roseRosa minutifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja desert thornLycium brevipesShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja fairy dusterCalliandra californicaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Baja fairy dusterCalliandra peninsularisShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
Baja indigo bushDalea orcuttii (now Marina orcuttii)Ground cover- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Baja ruelliaRuellia peninsularisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Baja spurgeEuphorbia xantiShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baker's ManzanitaArctostaphylos bakeriShrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Baltic RushJuncus balticusOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
bamboo (Bambusa)Bambusa spp.Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bamboo (Phyllostachys)Phyllostachys spp.Shrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bamboo (Sasa)Sasa spp.Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
bamboo cycadCeratozamia hildaeShrub, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bamboo muhlyMuhlenbergia dumosaOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
bananaMusa spp. (shade in low desert)Perennial, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LDM
banana shrubMagnolia figo (Michelia figo)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
banana yuccaYucca baccataShrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
Barbados cherryMalpighia glabraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Barbeque RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
barberryBerberis x media & ssp. & cvs. (Mahonia)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
barberryBerberis x stenophylla 'Irwinii'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
barrel cactusEchinocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
barrel cactusFerocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
basin wild ryeElymus cinereus (Leymus cinereus)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
basket plantCallisia fragransPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
basket rushJuncus textilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bat-faced cupheaCuphea llaveaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Bauer''s dracenaCordyline baueriShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
baumeaBaumea rubiginosaPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bayberryMyrica pensylvanicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
beach asterErigeron glaucus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
beach evening primroseCamissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Oenothera cheiranthifolia)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Beach Morning GloryCalystegia soldanellaVine, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beach vitexVitex rotundifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornutaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beaked yuccaYucca rostrata ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
bean treeCatalpa bignonioidesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
bear grassNolina spp. & cvs. (CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bear grassXerophyllum tenaxPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bear's breechAcanthus mollis (shade in the desert) (dormant in summer in CV)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
bearded irisIris germanicaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bearded mapleAcer barbinerveTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
beauty berryCallicarpa bodinieriShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beauty berryCallicarpa japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
beauty bushKolkwitzia amabilisShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Beauverd''s widow's-thrillKalanchoe beauverdiiVine, Succulent- NC?
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Bee's Bliss sageSalvia 'Bee's Bliss'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
beefsteak plantPerilla 'Magilla'Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beesiaBeesia deltophyllaGround cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beetle lilyBaeometra unifloraBulb- NC?
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
begoniaBegonia & ssp. & cvs. (shade in the desert)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
bell agapanthusAgapanthus campanulatusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
bell flowerCampanula & spp. and cvs.Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
bell flower hesperaloeHesperaloe campanulata ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
bell malleeEucalyptus preissianaTree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Bella Donna abeliaAbelia x grandiflora 'Wevol1'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Belle Etoile mock orangePhiladelphus 'Belle Etoile'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Bellini raspberry crape myrtleLagerstroemia indica 'Conlagras' Bellini® RaspberryShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bellyache bushJatropha gossypiifoliaShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
Bergamboes bambooThamnocalamus tessellatusShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Bert Johnson manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bert Johnson'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
betonyStachys albotomentosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
betonyStachys maxima (S. maxima and S. minor may be compact selections of S. officinalis)*Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
bicolor monkshoodAconitum cammarumPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bicolor sageSalvia semiatrataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Bidwell's coral beanErythrina x bidwilliiTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
big berry manzanitaArctostaphylos glaucaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big betonyStachys macranthaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
big bluestemAndropogon gerardiiOrnamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
big cone sprucePseudotsuga macrocarpaTree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
big flowered foxgloveDigitalis grandifloraPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
big galleta grassHilaria rigida (Pleuraphis rigida)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
big leaf mapleAcer macrophyllumTree, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
big pod ceanothusCeanothus megacarpusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big red sageSalvia penstemonoidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
big sacatonSporobolus wrightii ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
big sagebrushArtemisia tridentataShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD×
Big Sur manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Bigelow sneezeweedHelenium bigeloviiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllusPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bigtooth mapleAcer grandidentatumTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Biokovo cranesbillGeranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
birchleaf pearPyrus betulifoliaTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bird of paradiseStrelitzia reginae (shade in desert)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bird's eye bushOchna serrulataShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bird's foot fernPellaea mucronataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bird's nest banksiaBanksia baxteriShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bird's nest fernAsplenium nidus (N. australasicum) (shade)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
birdsfoot trefoilLotus corniculatusGround cover- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bishop pinePinus muricataTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
bishop's hatEpimedium grandiflorumGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Bismarck palmBismarckia nobilisTree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
bitter gooseberryRibes amarumShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bitter rootLewisia cotyledonPerennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
bitter snakewoodCondalia globosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
black alderAlnus glutinosaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
black boxEucalyptus largiflorensTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa var.elataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
black coral peaKennedia nigricansVine- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black cottonwoodPopulus trichocarpa (Populus balsamifera)Tree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD×
black daleaDalea frutescens ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
black eyed susanThunbergia alataVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
black kangaroo pawMacropidia fuliginosaShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
black locustRobinia pseudoacaciaTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
black mondo grassOphiopogon planiscapus var. nigrescens SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
black pennisetumPennisetum alopecuroides ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
black rampionPhyteuma nigrumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black salleeEucalyptus stellulataTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black sallyEucomis comosa cvs.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Black Spined AgaveAgave macroacanthaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
black sprucePicea marianaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
black teaMelaleuca lanceolataTree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Black Tower elderberrySambucus nigra 'Eiffel 1'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black/green sageSalvia mellifera ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Blackbird spurgeEuphorbia 'Blackbird'Perennial, Succulent- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blackbrushColeogyne ramosissimaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
blackfoot daisyMelampodium leucanthumPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
blackrootVeronicastrum virginicumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blackwood acaciaAcacia melanoxylonTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
bladder podCleome isomerisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bladderpodPeritoma arborea (Isomeris arborea)Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
blanket flowerGaillardia x grandiflora ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
bleeding heartDicentra spp. (CA native and non-native species)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
bleeding heart vineClerodendrum speciosumVine- NC×
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Blizzard mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii 'Blizzard'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blood grassImperata cylindrica ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass- NC×
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
blood lilyScadoxus multiflorus subsp. katherinae (Haemanthus katherinae)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blood red trumpet vineDistictis buccinatoriaVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
blood twig dogwoodCornus sanguineaShrub- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
bloodleafIpomoea fistulosa carneaVine- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bloody sorrelRumex sanguineus ssp sanguineusPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue AgaveAgave tequilana & ssp. & cvs.Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
blue angels's trumpetAcnistus australis (Iochroma australis)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
blue bambooHimalayacalamus hookerianus cvs.Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue bird hydrangeaHydrangea serrataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Blue BlossomCeanothus thyrsiflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue boy/girl etc. cvs.Ilex x meserveaeShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue bush lupineLupinus propinquus (nomenclature status unresolved)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
blue bush sageSalvia uricaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue cape peaOtholobium fruticansPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue chalksticksKleinia repens (Senecio repens)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue chalksticksSenecio serpensGround cover, Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue corydalisCorydalis elataPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Blue Dawn Morning GloryIpomoea acuminataPerennial, Vine- NC×
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
blue dicksDichelostemma spp.Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Diddley chastetreeVitex agnus-castus Blue Diddley®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue dracaena palmCordyline indivisaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Dwarf Japanese Stone PinePinus pumila 'Blue Dwarf'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Emu BushEremophila hygrophana 'Blue Bells™'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
blue eyed grassSisyrinchium angustifoliumPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
blue fescueFestuca glauca ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
blue fingerSenecio talinoides and cvs. (nomenclature unresolved)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue flagOrthrosanthus multiflorusPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Flame AgaveAgave shawii x attenuata 'Blue Flame'Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Blue Flame AgaveAgave x 'Blue Flame'- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
blue flax lilyDianella caerulea ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue fountain bambooFargesia nitida (Sinarundinaria nitida) (BAMBOO)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue gingerDichorisandra thyrsifloraPerennial- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Blue Glow AgaveAgave attenuata x ocahui 'Blue Glow'Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Blue Glow AgaveAgave x 'Blue Glow'- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
blue gumEucalyptus globulusTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
blue hair grassKoeleria glaucaOrnamental grass- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
blue hesper palmBrahea armataTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
blue hibiscusAlyogyne huegeliiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Blue Hummingbird MintAgastache 'Blue Boa'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Jeans ceanothusCeanothus 'Blue Jeans'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue leaf isu treeDistylium myricoidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue leaf wattleAcacia salignaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
blue lechenaultiaLechenaultia bilobaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 186 images from Wikimedia Commons
- baboon flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- baby bamboo: IKAl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Gaiacoyote, CC0 (licence)
- Baby Breeze™ Lomandra: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- baby's breath: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- baby's breath: PiPi, Public domain
- baby's tears: Hugo.arg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bailey acacia: Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Baja bush-snapdragon: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Baja California buckeye: marcus_t, CC0 (licence)
- Baja California sage: Refondata, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Baja California senna: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Baja California wild rose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja desert thorn: Stickpen, Public domain
- Baja fairy duster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja fairy duster: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Baja indigo bush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baja ruellia: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baja spurge: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baker's Manzanita: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baltic Rush: Matti Virtala, CC0 (licence)
- bamboo (Bambusa): Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo (Phyllostachys): Samuel Wantman Uploaded by Sam at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo (Sasa): Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo cycad: PeregrinusX, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo muhly: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- banana: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- banana shrub: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- banana yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Barbados cherry: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Barbeque Rosemary: Fausta Samaritani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- barberry: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- barberry: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- basin wild rye: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- basket plant: Phó Nháy, Public domain
- basket rush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- bat-faced cuphea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Bauer''s dracena: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- baumea: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bayberry: rockerBOO, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- beach aster: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beach evening primrose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Beach Morning Glory: User:Strobilomyces, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beach vitex: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Beaked Hazelnut: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beaked yucca: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bean tree: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear grass: NPS Photo, Public domain
- bear's breech: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bearberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- bearberry cotoneaster: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bearberry cotoneaster: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- bearded iris: Mancane- M, CC0 (licence)
- bearded maple: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beauty berry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beauty berry: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beauty bush: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Beauverd''s widow's-thrill: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bee's Bliss sage: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- beefsteak plant: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beesia: Stickpen, Public domain
- beetle lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- begonia: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bell agapanthus: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bell flower: Wilson44691, CC0 (licence)
- bell flower hesperaloe: Fritz Hochstätter, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- bell mallee: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Bella Donna abelia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Belle Etoile mock orange: Mjrmtg, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Bellini raspberry crape myrtle: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- bellyache bush: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bergamboes bamboo: (c) Nick Helme, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bert Johnson manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- betony: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- betony: Dandarmkd, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bicolor monkshood: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- bicolor sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Bidwell's coral bean: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- big berry manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- big betony: Ecelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- big bluestem: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- big cone spruce: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- big flowered foxglove: Florian Grossir, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- big galleta grass: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- big leaf maple: Angilbas at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- big pod ceanothus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- big red sage: ElleAnónime, CC0 (licence)
- big sacaton: CK Kelly, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- big sagebrush: Peemus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Big Sur manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bigelow sneezeweed: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- bigleaf lupine: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bigtooth maple: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Biokovo cranesbill: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- birchleaf pear: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird of paradise: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird's eye bush: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bird's foot fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird's nest banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- bird's nest fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- birdsfoot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bishop pine: garmonb0zia, CC0 (licence)
- bishop's hat: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bismarck palm: Mmcknight4, Public domain
- bitter gooseberry: George Williams, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- bitter root: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bitter snakewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black alder: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- black box: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- black chokeberry: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black coral pea: User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- black cottonwood: Thereidshome, Public domain
- black dalea: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- black eyed susan: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- black kangaroo paw: SeanMack, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- black locust: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but ple..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black mondo grass: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- black pennisetum: Daderot, Public domain
- black rampion: Vachovec1, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black sallee: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- black sally: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Black Spined Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black spruce: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- black tea: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Black Tower elderberry: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- black/green sage: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif., CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blackbird spurge: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blackbrush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blackfoot daisy: Sue in az, Public domain
- blackroot: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blackwood acacia: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bladder pod: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bladderpod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blanket flower: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bleeding heart: Amos Oliver Doyle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bleeding heart vine: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blizzard mock orange: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blood grass: GearedBull at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- blood lily: Nikhilb239, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blood red trumpet vine: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blood twig dogwood: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bloodleaf: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bloody sorrel: Hinko Talsma, Public domain
- Blue Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue angels's trumpet: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue bamboo: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- blue bird hydrangea: Laitche, Public domain
- Blue Blossom: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue boy/girl etc. cvs.: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- blue bush lupine: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue bush sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue cape pea: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue chalksticks: Marianne Perdomo from Gran Canaria, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- blue chalksticks: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- blue corydalis: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Blue Dawn Morning Glory: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue dicks: Calibas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Diddley chastetree: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue dracaena palm: tanetahi, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Dwarf Japanese Stone Pine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Emu Bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- blue eyed grass: Hugowolf, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- blue fescue: Opioła Jerzy (Poland), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- blue finger: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- blue flag: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Flame Agave: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Flame Agave: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- blue flax lily: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue fountain bamboo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue ginger: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Blue Glow Agave: Stickpen, Public domain
- Blue Glow Agave: Mbigul, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue gum: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue hair grass: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue hesper palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue hibiscus: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Cygnis insi..., Public domain
- Blue Hummingbird Mint: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Jeans ceanothus: unknown author, USFWS, Public domain
- blue leaf isu tree: Doctoroftcm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue leaf wattle: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue lechenaultia: Dinkum, CC0 (licence)
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Zones: NC North-Central Coastal, CV Central Valley, SC South Coastal, SI South Inland, HD High and Intermediate Desert, LD Low Desert. Ratings: VL very low water, L low, M moderate, H high, ? not rated for that zone, × not suited to that zone. Ratings are the University of California WUCOLS IV list.
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Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf