daffodilNarcissus spp.Bulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Plants starting with D: water needs by California climate zone
Each plant shows its water use rating for each of the six California climate zones. Minutes opens the sprinkler calculator with the plant and a climate city preset.
daffodilNarcissus spp.Bulb
dahliaDahlia spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
daisy bushOlearia x scilloniensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
daisy treeMontanoa grandifloraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dalea (bicolor)Dalea bicolor ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dalea (capitata)Dalea capitata ssp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dalea (dorychnioides)Dalea dorycnoidesShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dalea (versicolor)Dalea versicolor ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Dame's RocketHesperis matronalisPerennial- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
damianita daisyChrysactinia mexicanaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dampieraDampiera diversifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dampieraDampiera trigonaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dana Point buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
daphne (caucasia)Daphne caucasicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dappled snowbushHaemanthus albiflosBulb- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
darcy sageSalvia darcyiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Dark Shadows tea treeLeptospermum 'Dark Shadows'Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Dark Star ceanothusCeanothus 'Dark Star'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Dark Violet Hybrid SkullcapScutellaria x 'Dark Violet'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Darwin's barberryBerberis darwiniiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
date palmPhoenix dactyliferaTree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Daubs Frosted JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Daub's Frosted'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
David viburnumViburnum davidiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
David's Choice SagebrushArtemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice'Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Dawson's magnoliaMagnolia dawsonianaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
day lilyHemerocallis spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
dayflowerCommelina coelestisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
dayflowerCommelina dianthifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
deer brushCeanothus integerrimusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
deer fernBlechnum spicant (shade in the low desert)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LDM
deer grassMuhlenbergia rigensOrnamental grass, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
deer weedAcmispon glaber (Lotus scoparius)Perennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
dekrietRhodocoma giganteaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Del Norte County IrisIris innominataPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Del Sol dwarf matt rushLomandra confertifolia 'LOLTCS08' Del SolOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
delphiniumDelphinium non-native spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Delta Blues(TM) chastetreeVitex agnus-castus 'PIIVAC-I'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Delta Eclipse™ crepe myrtleLagerstroemia indica 'Deleb'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
deodar cedarCedrus deodara & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
deppeaDeppea splendensShrub- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Desert AgaveAgave desertiSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
desert almondPrunus fasciculataShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
desert bird of paradiseCaesalpinia gilliesiiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Desert BrickellbushBrickellia desertorumShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
desert broomBaccharis sarothroidesShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert cassiaSenna nemophila (Cassia nemophila)Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert ceanothusCeanothus greggiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
desert figFicus brandegeei (palmeri)Tree- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
desert four o'clockMirabilis laevis var. villosa (Mirabilis bigelovii)Perennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
desert goldeneyeViguiera parishiiShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert grapeVitis girdianaVine, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
desert hackberryCeltis pallidaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
desert honeysuckleAnisacanthus spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert ironwoodOlneya tesotaTree, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert lavenderCondea emoryi (Hyptis emoryi) & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
desert mallow/globe mallowSphaeralcea spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
desert marigoldBaileya multiradiataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert milkweedAsclepias subulataPerennial, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Desert Museum palo verdeParkinsonia 'Desert Museum' (Cercidium)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
desert oliveForestiera pubescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert peachPrunus andersoniiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD×
desert roseAdenium obesumPerennial- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Desert SennaSenna artemisioides filifoliaShrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert sennaSenna covesiiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Desert Smoke TreeDalea spinosaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert snowberrySymphoricarpos longiflorus (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
desert spoonDasylirion spp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Desert StipaStipa (Achnatherum) speciosaOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
desert sweet acaciaVachellia farnesiana var. farnsiana (Acacia farnesiana farnesiana)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
desert willowChilopsis linearis & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
desert wolfberryLycium andersoniiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
desert zinniaZinnia acerosa- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Devil's RiverWedelia hispidaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
devil's trumpetDatura metel (fastuosa)Perennial- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Diablo HelianthellaHelianthella castaneaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Diamond Heights ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Diamond Heights'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dichondraDichondra micranthaGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dinosaur foodGunnera chilensisPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Dixie wood fernDryopteris x australisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dobo lilyCyrtanthus brachyscyphusBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dog roseBauera rubioidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dolomite sageSalvia dolomiticaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dombeyaDombeya spp.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Double Knock Out® roseRosa 'Radtko'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
double mock orangePhiladelphus x virginalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Douglas firPseudotsuga menziesiiTree, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Douglas groundselSenecio flaccidus var. douglasiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Douglas irisIris douglasianaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dove treeDavidia involucrataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
DoveweedCroton setigerusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
downy wood fernThelypteris puberulaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dragon fruitHylocereus undatusVine- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dragon headDracocephalum ruyschianumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dragon treeDracaena dracoTree- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
dragon's head bambooFargesia dracocephalaShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dragoon Dream SageLeucophyllum x 'MSWNRascon' PP33806Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDM
dregeaDregea sinensisVine- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
drooping agapanthusAgapanthus inapertus majorPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
drooping cliviaClivia nobilisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesianaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dropwortFilipendula vulgaris (Filipendula hexapetala)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Drummond''s patersoniaPatersonia drummondiiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
drumsticksCraspedia globosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Dubius Rush, Mariposa RushJuncus dubiusOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
dudleyaDudleya spp. & cvs.Perennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Dudleys SedgeCarex nudataOrnamental grass, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dune restioIschyrolepis subverticillataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dune tansyTanacetum bipinnatum (Tanacetum camphoratum)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dunkled larchLarix x eurolepis 'Varied Directions'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Dunn's lobeliaLobelia dunii var. serrataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Dunn's lobeliaLobelia dunniiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Durango AgaveAgave durangensisSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
dusky coral peaKennedia rubicundaVine- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dusty millerSenecio cineraria (Jacobaea maritima)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dusty millerSenecio viraviraPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
dusty miller (cineraria)Centaurea cinerariaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Dutch irisIris x hollandicaBulb- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
Dutchman's pipeAristolochia duriorVine- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf bambooPleioblastus spp.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dwarf Blue AgaveAgave pygmae & ssp & cvs.Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
dwarf carpet of starsRuschia lineolata 'Nana'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf chamomileAnthemis carpatica 'Karpatenschnee'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf Chusan palmTrachycarpus wagnerianusTree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf coreopsisCoreopsis auriculata 'Nana'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf coyote brushBaccharis pilularis & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dwarf fescueFestuca eskiaOrnamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf fothergillaFothergilla gardeniiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Dwarf germanderTeucrium chamaedrys 'Nanum'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf germanderTeucrium x lucidrys (nomen. unresolved)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf heavenly bambooNandina domestica dwarf cvs. (shade)- NC×
- CVL
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf jasmineJasminum parkeriShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf Korean lilacSyringa meyeri 'Palibin'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf lamb's earsStachys thirkeiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Dwarf Mexican MarigoldTagetes 'Gold Medal'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
dwarf plumbagoCeratostigma plumbaginoidesGround cover, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf pohutukawaMetrosideros kermadecensis 'Tahiti'Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf poincianaCaesalpinia pulcherrima (deciduous in desert)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
dwarf pomegranatePunica granatum & cultivarsShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf powderpuffCalliandra emarginataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf red masterwortAstrantia carniolicaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf rice flowerPimelea humilis 'Small Fry'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf ruelliaRuellia 'Little Katie'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
Dwarf Smooth AgaveAgave desmettianaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
dwarf snapdragonChaenorhinum glareosumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf soapwortSaponaria pumilioPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf spanish foxgloveDigitalis dubiaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf St. John's WortHypericum aegypticumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf tea treeLeptospermum laevigatum 'Revesii'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf tree fernBlechnum gibbum (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dyce's hybrid holly fernPolystichum x dyceiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
dymondiaDymondia margaretaeGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Photo credits, 151 images from Wikimedia Commons
- daffodil: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- daisy bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- daisy tree: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dalea (bicolor): Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- dalea (capitata): Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dalea (dorychnioides): sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dalea (versicolor): Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- Dame's Rocket: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- damianita daisy: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dampiera: mrpbps, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dampiera: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dana Point buckwheat: Steve Berardi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- daphne (caucasia): Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dappled snowbush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- darcy sage: Jeffdelonge, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dark Shadows tea tree: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dark Star ceanothus: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dark Violet Hybrid Skullcap: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Darwin's barberry: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- date palm: EJ Burns, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Daubs Frosted Juniper: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- David viburnum: Kris Miller from Issaquah, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- David's Choice Sagebrush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Dawson's magnolia: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- day lily: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- dayflower: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dayflower: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- deer brush: Dawn Endico, Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- deer fern: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- deer grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- deer weed: NPS, Public domain
- dekriet: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Del Norte County Iris: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Del Sol dwarf matt rush: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- delphinium: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Delta Blues(TM) chastetree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Delta Eclipse™ crepe myrtle: Gabriel Collares, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- deodar cedar: Paul Evans from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- deppea: Stickpen, Public domain
- Desert Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert almond: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert bird of paradise: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Desert Brickellbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- desert broom: Stickpen, Public domain
- desert cassia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert fig: איתן פרמן 14:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC), Public domain
- desert four o'clock: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert goldeneye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert grape: Stickpen, Public domain
- desert hackberry: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert honeysuckle: Scott, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- desert ironwood: Rufous-crowned Sparrow, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert lavender: manzanita dictionary from Los Angeles, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- desert mallow/globe mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert marigold: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert milkweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Desert Museum palo verde: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- desert olive: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert peach: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- desert rose: ZSM, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Desert Senna: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert senna: Mike, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Desert Smoke Tree: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- desert snowberry: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- desert spoon: Fritz Hochstätter, Public domain
- Desert Stipa: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- desert sweet acacia: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert willow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert wolfberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert zinnia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Devil's River: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- devil's trumpet: Shu Suehiro, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Diablo Helianthella: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Diamond Heights ceanothus: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dichondra: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dinosaur food: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Dixie wood fern: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dobo lily: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dog rose: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Dolomite sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- dombeya: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Double Knock Out® rose: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- double mock orange: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Douglas fir: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Douglas groundsel: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Douglas iris: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dove tree: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Doveweed: Unknown author, Public domain
- downy wood fern: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- dragon fruit: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dragon head: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dragon tree: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dragon's head bamboo: Cngodles at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Dragoon Dream Sage: Safdar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dregea: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- drooping agapanthus: Andrew Massyn, Public domain
- drooping clivia: Rotational, Public domain
- drooping laurel: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dropwort: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Drummond''s patersonia: Marie Phillips, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- drumsticks: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Dubius Rush, Mariposa Rush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- dudleya: Geography Luskin at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Dudleys Sedge: Daniel Levitis, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- dune restio: Andrew massyn, Public domain
- dune tansy: USFWS - Pacific Region, Public domain
- dunkled larch: Antony.sorrento at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dunn's lobelia: Snowyyyhi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dunn's lobelia: George Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Durango Agave: Juan Ignacio 1976, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dusky coral pea: Sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dusty miller: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dusty miller: Jebulon, CC0 (licence)
- dusty miller (cineraria): JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dutch iris: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dutchman's pipe: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- dwarf bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dwarf Blue Agave: Hallo3800, CC0 (licence)
- dwarf carpet of stars: Abu Shawka, CC0 (licence)
- dwarf chamomile: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf Chusan palm: Simon Thomas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf coreopsis: Dr. Thomas G. Barnes - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
- dwarf coyote brush: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dwarf fescue: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf fothergilla: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- Dwarf germander: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain
- dwarf germander: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf heavenly bamboo: karol m from arizona, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dwarf jasmine: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf Korean lilac: Daderot, Public domain
- dwarf lamb's ears: Batsv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dwarf Mexican Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf plumbago: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf pohutukawa: Kahuroa, Public domain
- dwarf poinciana: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf pomegranate: Julianruizp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf powderpuff: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf red masterwort: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si (licence)
- dwarf rice flower: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf ruellia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dwarf Smooth Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf snapdragon: Javier martin, Public domain
- dwarf soapwort: Josef F. Stuefer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf spanish foxglove: Sdrasvuitie, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf St. John's Wort: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dwarf tea tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf tree fern: Daderot, Public domain
- Dyce's hybrid holly fern: Martine Lapointe, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- dymondia: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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