Easter egg bushEremophila racemosaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Plants starting with E: 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.
Easter egg bushEremophila racemosaShrub
Easter lily vineBeaumontia grandifloraVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
eastern black walnutJuglans nigraTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
eastern dogwoodCornus floridaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
eastern redbudCercis canadensisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
eastern white oakQuercus albaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
eastern white pinePinus strobusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD×
Eastwood's manzanitaArctostaphylos glandulosaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Ebbinge's silverberryElaeagnus x ebbingeiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Eddie's white wonder dogwoodCornus 'Eddie's White Wonder'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
edible figFicus carica ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
edible pearPyrus communisTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Egyptian star flowerPentas lanceolataPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
eidelweissLeontopodium alpinumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
El Dorado ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'El Dorado'Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
eldarica pinePinus brutia ssp. eldaricaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
elderberrySambucus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
elephant grassPennisetum purpureumOrnamental grass- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
elephant treeOperculicarya decaryiTree- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
elephant treePachycormus discolorTree- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
elephant's foodPortulacaria afra ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
elk cloverAralia californica (SHADE)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Elliott's lovegrassEragrostis elliottii 'Tallahassee Sunset'Ornamental grass- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Elvira red hot pokerKniphofia ulvaria 'Elvira'Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Emerald Carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Emerald Collonade hollyIlex x 'RutHol 1'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Emerald Sunshine elmUlmus propinqua 'Emerald Sunshine'Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Emily Brown ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus 'Emily Brown'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Emory oakQuercus emoryiTree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Emory's BaccharisBaccharis salicinaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDH
empress treePaulownia tomentosaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
emu bushEremophila glabra ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Emu bushEremophila laaniiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Encore® azaleaRhododendron hybrid cvs.Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Engelmann daisyEngelmannia pinnatifidaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Engelmann sprucePicea engelmanniiTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Engelmann's HedgehogEchinocereus englemanniiSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
English boxwoodBuxus sempervirensShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
English daisyBellis perennisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
English hollyIlex aquifoliumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
English ivyHedera helixGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
English laurelPrunus laurocerasusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
English LavenderLavandula angustifolia ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
English oakQuercus roburTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
English walnutJuglans regia ssp. & cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
English yewTaxus baccataShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
epidendrumEpidendrum (reed stem hybrids)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
erect bottlebrushCallistemon rigidusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
escalloniaEscallonia spp.& cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
escarpment live oakQuercus fusiformisTree- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
espinosillaLoeselia mexicana 'Red Eva'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Etruscan honeysuckleLonicera etruscaVine- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
eucryphiaEucryphia x intermediaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
eulalia grassMiscanthus sinensis ssp. & cvsOrnamental grass, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
eumong/shoestring acaciaAcacia stenophyllaTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
euonymusEuonymus kiautschovicusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia seguieriana nicicianaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia x lomi cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia x martinii and cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
European ashFraxinus excelsiorTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
European beechFagus sylvaticaTree- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European chain fernWoodwardia radicansPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
European cranberry bushViburnum opulusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
European gray sedgeCarex divulsa (Carex tumulicola)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
European hackberryCeltis australisTree- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
European hornbeamCarpinus betulusTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European larchLarix deciduaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
European mountain ashSorbus aucupariaTree- NC×
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HDM
- LD×
European white birchBetula pendulaTree- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
euryops/shrub daisyEuryops pectinatus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Evan's philodendronPhilodendron x evansiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Ever Amethyst lily of the NileAgapanthus hybrid 'MP003' Ever Amethyst™Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Ever Midnight™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'SDB002' PP30164Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever Sapphire™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'Andbin' PP26336Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever Twilight™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'MDB001' PP30162Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever White™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'WP001' PP27357Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Everglades palmAcoelorraphe wrightiiTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen ashFraxinus uhdeiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen candy tuftIberis sempervirensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen clematisClematis armandiiVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen climbing hydrangeaHydrangea integrifoliaVine- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen coral treeErythrina falcataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen currantRibes viburnifolium and cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen dogwoodCornus capitataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen dogwoodCornus omeiense 'Summer Passion'Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen eulaliaMiscanthus transmorrisonensisOrnamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen euonymusEuonymus japonicusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen fountain grassPennisetum 'Fairy Tails'Ornamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen grapeRhoicissus capensisVine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
evergreen huckleberryVaccinium ovatumShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen hydrangeaDichroa febrifugaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen mapleAcer paxiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen mock orangePhiladelphus mexicanusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen pearPyrus kawakamiiTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen pittosporumPittosporum crassifoliumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Evergreen SumacRhus virensShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen wisteriaMillettia reticulataVine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
EverLast(TM) Orchid dianthusDianthus 'KLEDG10119'Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evolvulusEvolvulus pilosus (nuttallianus)Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
eyelash-leafed sageSalvia blepharophyllaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 100 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Easter egg bush: Stickpen, Public domain
- Easter lily vine: Colin Bradshaw, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- eastern black walnut: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- eastern dogwood: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- eastern redbud: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eastern white oak: Marty Aligata, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eastern white pine: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Eastwood's manzanita: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Ebbinge's silverberry: K. Thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Eddie's white wonder dogwood: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- edible fig: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- edible pear: Keith Weller, Public domain
- Egyptian star flower: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eidelweiss: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- El Dorado ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eldarica pine: Georges Jansoone, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elderberry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant grass: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- elephant tree: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant tree: Tomás Castelazo, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- elephant's food: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elk clover: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Elliott's lovegrass: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Elvira red hot poker: Linda Loffler, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emerald Carpet manzanita: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Emerald Collonade holly: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Emerald Sunshine elm: 禁樹なずな, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emily Brown ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Emory oak: User:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Emory's Baccharis: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- empress tree: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- emu bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emu bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Encore® azalea: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Engelmann daisy: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Engelmann spruce: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- English boxwood: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English daisy: m.dolores paderne sa…, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- English holly: DidierFy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English laurel: Karduelis, Public domain
- English Lavender: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- English oak: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Public domain
- English walnut: surrealpenguin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- English yew: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- epidendrum: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- erect bottlebrush: 乌拉跨氪, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- escallonia: Sten Porse, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- escarpment live oak: Rei at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- espinosilla: Dvdb100, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Etruscan honeysuckle: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eucryphia: Cristian Ordenes, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- eulalia grass: 松岡明芳, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- eumong/shoestring acacia: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- euonymus: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euphorbia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euphorbia: Daderot, Public domain
- euphorbia: NRahmi (WMID), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European ash: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- European beech: Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European chain fern: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European cranberry bush: Waitblock, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European gray sedge: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European hackberry: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European hornbeam: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- European larch: Sciadopitys from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- European mountain ash: Eeno11, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European white birch: Percita at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- euryops/shrub daisy: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Evan's philodendron: Liné1, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Ever Amethyst lily of the Nile: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Midnight™ Lily of the Nile: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Sapphire™ Lily of the Nile: KKPCW（Kyu3）, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Twilight™ Lily of the Nile: EyeTrick, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Ever White™ Lily of the Nile: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Everglades palm: Mmcknight4, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen ash: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen candy tuft: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen clematis: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen climbing hydrangea: Lomilia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen coral tree: Penarc, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen currant: Stickpen, Public domain
- evergreen dogwood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen dogwood: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen eulalia: Miya.m, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen euonymus: Qwert1234, Public domain
- evergreen fountain grass: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen grape: Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen huckleberry: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen hydrangea: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen maple: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen mock orange: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen pear: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen pittosporum: Original uploader was en:User:Pseudopanax at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Evergreen Sumac: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen wisteria: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- EverLast(TM) Orchid dianthus: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evolvulus: Tasseophile, CC0 (licence)
- eyelash-leafed sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (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.
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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