African corn lilyIxia spp.Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
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African corn lilyIxia spp.Bulb
alliumAllium spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
alliumAllium spp. mostly from CA or MediterraneanBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDM
alpine lilyLilium parvum var. crocatumBulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
alstroemeria (ligtu)Alstroemeria ligtu ssp., hybrids & cvs.Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
amaryllisHippeastrum spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
autumn crocusColchicum agrippinumBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
autumn snowflakeLeucojum autumnale (shade)Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Aztec lilySprekelia formosissimaBulb, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
baboon flowerBabiana spp. and hybridsBulb- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
beetle lilyBaeometra unifloraBulb- NC?
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black sallyEucomis comosa cvs.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blood lilyScadoxus multiflorus subsp. katherinae (Haemanthus katherinae)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue dicksDichelostemma spp.Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
blue squillScilla natalensisBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
brodiaeaBrodiaea spp.Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
bulbinellaBulbinella nutansBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bulbinellaBulbinella robustaBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
camasCamassia quamashBulb, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
cannaCanna spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
cape cowslipLachenalia spp.Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cat's tail lilyBulbinella elegansBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
checker lilyFritillaria affinisBulb, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
chincherincheeOrnithogalum thyrsoidesBulb- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cobra lilyChasmanthe aethiopicaBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Columbia lilyLilium columbianumBulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
Cooper's false scillaLedebouria cooperiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
creeping buttercupRanunculus spp. (summer growing)Perennial, Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
crinodonnaX Amarcrinum memoria-corsiiBulb- NCL
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
crinum lily, spider lilyCrinum spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Cusick's QuamashCamassia cusickiiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
cypellaPhalocallis coelestis (Cypella plumbea)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
daffodilNarcissus spp.Bulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
dappled snowbushHaemanthus albiflosBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
dobo lilyCyrtanthus brachyscyphusBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Dutch irisIris x hollandicaBulb- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
fire lilyCyrtanthus purpureusBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fire lilyCyrtanthus sanguineusBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forest lilyVeltheimia bracteataBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Formosan lilyLilium formosanumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
freesiaFreesia spp.Bulb- NCVL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDM
garland lilyCalostemma purpureumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
giant pineapple lilyEucomis pallidiflora ssp. pole-evansiiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant scillaScilla peruviana (Scilla hughii)Bulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
gladiolusGladiolus hybrids & selectionsBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gladiolusGladiolus watsonius (Homoglossum)Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
gloriosa lilyGloriosa rothschildianaBulb- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
goblet flowerCypella coelestisBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
goblet flowerCypella peruvianaBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
golden starsBloomeria croceaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
grape hyacinthMuscari macrocarpumBulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
habranthusHabranthus tubispathus (Habranthus andersonii, Habranthus texanus)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
hardy cyclamenCyclamen coum (shade)Bulb- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Harlequin flowerSparaxis spp.Bulb- NCVL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Herbert's goblet flowerCypella herbertiiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Humboldt lilyLilium humboldtiiBulb, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
hyacinthHyacinthus spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
hyacinth squillScilla hyacinthoidesBulb- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid cyrtanthusCyrtanthus hybridsBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
ifafa lilyCyrtanthus mackenii ssp. cooperiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Ithuriel's spearTriteleia laxaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
ivy leaf cyclamenCyclamen hederifoliumBulb, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Knysna lilyCyrtanthus obliquusBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large-leafed scillaLedebouria pauciflora (Scilla pauciflora)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Leia pineapple lilyEucomis 'Leia'Bulb- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon lilyLilium parryiBulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
leopard lily and Wiggins lilyLilium pardalinumBulb, California native- NCM
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lilyLilium (garden hybrids)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
little white soldiersDrimiopsis maculataBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
long-rayed brodiaeaTriteleia peduncularisBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Maori onionBulbinella hookeriBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mexican shell flowerTigridia pavoniaBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
moraeaMoraea spp. (summer growing)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
moraeaMoraea spp.(winter growing)Bulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
naked ladyAmaryllis belladonnaBulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Natal albucaAlbuca nelsoniiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
nerineNerine spp. (summer growing)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
nerineNerine spp. (winter growing)Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
ornithogalumOrnithogalum regale (Galtonia regalis)Bulb- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
oxbaneBoophone distichaBulb- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pampas lilyHabranthus robustus (Zephyranthes robusta)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Persian cyclamenCyclamen persicum and hybrids (shade)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Persian ranunculusRanunculus spp. (winter growing)Bulb- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
Peruvian lilyAlstroemeria spp., hybrids & cvs.Bulb- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
pineapple lilyEucomis autumnalisBulb- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pineapple lilyEucomis bicolor hybridsBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
poppy-flowered anemoneAnemone coronariaBulb- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
red argentine amaryllisRhodophiala bifidaBulb, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
red clintoniaClintonia andrewsiana (shade)Bulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
river lilyHesperantha coccinea (Schizostylis)SHADEBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
rose grassRhodohypoxis spp.Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rush leaved albucaAlbuca juncifoliaBulb- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sand lilyVeltheimia capensisBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
sea squillDrimia maritimaBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
small yellow albucaAlbuca shawiiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
soap plantChlorogalum pomeridianumBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Spanish irisIris xiphiumBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
spring star flowerIpheion uniflorumBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
star lilyToxicoscordion fremontii (Zigadenus fremontii)Bulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
star of BethlehemOrnithogalum arabicumBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
starfish irisFerraria crispaBulb- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
stenomessonStenomesson miniatum (Urceolina)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
stenomessonStenomesson variegatumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
summer hyacinthGaltonia candicansBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
summer snowflakeLeucojum aestivumBulb- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
the queen amaryllisPhaedranassa carmioliBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tiger lilyLilium tigrinumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
tritoniaTritonia spp.Bulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
urn flowerUrceolina urceolataBulb- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
violet squillLedebouria socialis (Scilla violacea)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wallichianum lilyLilium wallichianumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
water orchidCypella aquatilisBulb- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
watsoniaWatsonia spp.Bulb- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
white brodiaeaTriteleia hyacinthinaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
white rain lilyZephyranthes candidaBulb, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow cat tailBulbinella floribundaBulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
yellow eyed grassSisyrinchium striatumBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
zephyr flowerZephyranthes spp.Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
Photo credits, 118 images from Wikimedia Commons
- African corn lily: Vtaylor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- allium: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- allium: aslam karachiwala, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- alpine lily: John Loganecker, Public domain
- alstroemeria (ligtu): Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- amaryllis: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- autumn crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- autumn snowflake: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Aztec lily: JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- baboon flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beetle lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- black sally: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blood lily: Nikhilb239, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue dicks: Calibas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue squill: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- brodiaea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bulbinella: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bulbinella: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- camas: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- canna: Nicholas Gemini, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cape cowslip: Epibase, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cat's tail lily: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- checker lily: DHochmayr, Public domain
- chincherinchee: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- cobra lily: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Columbia lily: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cooper's false scilla: Dysmorodrepanis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- creeping buttercup: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- crinodonna: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- crinum lily, spider lily: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cusick's Quamash: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cypella: Jean-Michel Moullec from Vern sur Seiche (35, Bretagne), France, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- daffodil: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dappled snowbush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dobo lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dutch iris: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fire lily: Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain
- fire lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forest lily: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Formosan lily: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- freesia: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- garland lily: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant pineapple lily: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant scilla: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gladiolus: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gloriosa lily: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goblet flower: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0 (licence)
- goblet flower: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- golden stars: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape hyacinth: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- habranthus: GTBacchus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hardy cyclamen: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Harlequin flower: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Herbert's goblet flower: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0 (licence)
- Humboldt lily: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hyacinth squill: Chenspec, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid cyrtanthus: Masaki Ikeda, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ifafa lily: Karen Wiebe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Ithuriel's spear: First Light (talk), CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- ivy leaf cyclamen: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Knysna lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large-leafed scilla: MATHIAS, M H from Guaratinguetá, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Leia pineapple lily: Jean-Jacques MILAN 18:05, 29 May 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon lily: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- leopard lily and Wiggins lily: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little white soldiers: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- long-rayed brodiaea: Amada44, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Maori onion: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican shell flower: Lorbeer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- moraea: Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- moraea: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- naked lady: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Natal albuca: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- nerine: M108t, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- nerine: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ornithogalum: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl (licence)
- oxbane: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pampas lily: [https://www.flickr.com/people/43206694@N03 M�rcia Stefani], CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Persian cyclamen: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Persian ranunculus: Cardioceras, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Peruvian lily: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pineapple lily: Eucomis_autumnalis_2.jpg: Ton Rulkens derivative work: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pineapple lily: Jean-Jacques MILAN 18:07, 29 May 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- poppy-flowered anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red argentine amaryllis: Gabriela F. Ruellan, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red clintonia: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- river lily: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rose grass: Guérin Nicolas (messages), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rush leaved albuca: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sand lily: Charlie Marshall from Bristol UK, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- sea squill: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- small yellow albuca: Annie's Annuals & Perennials, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- soap plant: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Spanish iris: User:Florean Fortescue, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- spring star flower: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- star lily: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- star of Bethlehem: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- starfish iris: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- stenomesson: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- stenomesson: Rosario, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- summer hyacinth: Keith Edkins, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- summer snowflake: Malcolm Gin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- the queen amaryllis: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tiger lily: Laitche, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tritonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- urn flower: Video13, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- violet squill: Dysmorodrepanis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wallichianum lily: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- water orchid: Cellosuite, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- watsonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white brodiaea: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white rain lily: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow cat tail: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- yellow eyed grass: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- zephyr flower: Hopeoflight, CC BY-SA 3.0 (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.
How to use this list
- MinutesOpen the calculator with this plant set. The preset city is in a zone where WUCOLS rates the plant. Set your sprinkler type and watering days.
- GuideRead a plant watering guide. Links appear for plants covered by our 1023 written guides.
- PlanBuild your personal watering plan. Put your plants and city together for monthly sprinkler minutes on a printable sheet.
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