gaillardiaGaillardia spp., hybrids and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
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gaillardiaGaillardia spp., hybrids and cvs.Perennial
Galactic Pink chastetreeVitex agnus-castus 'Bailtextwo' Galactic Pink®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Galahad mock orangePhiladelphus 'Galahad'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Gambel oakQuercus gambeliiTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
garden geraniumPelargonium x hortorum and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
garden monkshoodAconitum napellusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
garden valerianValeriana officinalisPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
garden/kitchen sageSalvia officinalis and cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
gardeniaGardenia spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
garland lilyCalostemma purpureumBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
garnet flowerAcaena pinnatifida var. californicaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
gasteriaGasteria spp. (shade)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
gauraGaura lindheimeri ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
gay featherLiatris spicataPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Gayle Nielson/Trident sageSalvia 'Gayle Nielson' (Salvia Trident TM)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
gentianGentiana scabra procumbensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
gentian sageSalvia patensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Geraldton wax flowerChamelaucium uncinatumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
germanderTeucrium chamaedrys ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
germander (hyrcanicum)Teucrium hyrcanicumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
ghost gumCorymbia papuana (Eucalyptus papuana)Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
ghostly manzanitaArctostaphylos silvicolaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
giant bird of paradiseStrelitzia nicolai (shade in desert)Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant Burmese honeysuckleLonicera hildebrandianaVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
giant Burmese timber bambooDendrocalamus asperTree, Bamboo- NC×
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant cape restioRhodocoma capensisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant chain fernWoodwardia fimbriataPerennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
giant dogwoodCornus controversaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
giant fishtail palmCaryota gigas (obtusa)Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
giant gunneraGunnera manicataPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
giant hyssopAgastache auranticaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
giant lily turfOphiopogon jaburan SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
giant marsh marigoldCaltha polypetalaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
giant millet reedChondropetalum mucronatumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
giant needle grassStipa giganteaOrnamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
giant pineapple lilyEucomis pallidiflora ssp. pole-evansiiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant red lobeliaLobelia tupaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant scillaScilla peruviana (Scilla hughii)Bulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
giant sea hollyEryngium pandanifoliumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
giant sequoiaSequoiadendron giganteumTree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
giant thevetiaThevetia thevetioides (Cascabela thevetioides)Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
giant vetchVicia giganteaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant white sunflower treeRojasianthe superbaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
giant white yuccaYucca faxonianaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
giant wild ryeElymus condensatus and cvs. (Leymus condensatus)Ornamental grass, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
giant woolly starEriastrum densifolium elongatumPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
giant yuccaYucca elephantipesShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Gibraltar candytuftIberis gibraltaricaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Gilt Edge SilverberryElaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
gimletEucalyptus salubrisTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ginger lilyHedychium cvsPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gladiolusGladiolus hybrids & selectionsBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gladiolusGladiolus watsonius (Homoglossum)Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
glaucus scorpion vetchCoronilla valentina glaucaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
globe thistleEchinops exaltatusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Gloire de Versailles ceanothusCeanothus 'Gloire de Versailles'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gloriosa lilyGloriosa rothschildianaBulb- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
glory bushTibouchina heteromallaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
glossy abeliaAbelia x grandiflora ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
glossy privetLigustrum lucidumTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Glowing Magenta Evening PrimroseOenothera kunthiana 'Glowing Magenta'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
goat's beardAruncus dioicusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
goblet flowerCypella coelestisBulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
goblet flowerCypella peruvianaBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Gold Coast® JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Aurea Improved'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
gold coin, Canary Island daisyPallenis maritima (Asteriscus maritimus) (Odontospermum) ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
gold flowerHypericum X moserianumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
gold medallion treeCassia leptophyllaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
golden abundance mahoniaBerberis 'Golden Abundance' (Mahonia)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
golden angel japanese shrub mintLeucosceptrum japonicumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden bannerThermopsis montanaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden chain treeLaburnum x watereriTree- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
golden coulter bushHymenolepis parviflora (Athanasia acerosa)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden currantRibes aureumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Golden CurrantRibes aureum var. gracillimumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD?
Golden Currant, Western Golden CurrantRibes aureum var. auremShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD?
golden eyeBahiopsis deltoidea (Viguiera deltoidea)Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
golden flame honeysuckleLonicera x heckrottiVine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden fleeceThymophylla pentachaeta (Dyssodia pentachaeta)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Golden Flowered Century PlantAgave chrysanthaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
golden foxtailAlopecurus pratensis 'Aureus'Ornamental grass, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden fragrancePittosporum napaulenseShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden larchPseudolarix kaempferi ''Golden Larch''Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
golden leadball treeLeucaena retusaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
golden lotus bananaMusella lasiocarpaPerennial- NC?
- CVH
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
golden margueriteCota tinctoria (Anthemis tinctoria)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Mist wood fernDryopteris labordei 'Golden Mist'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden privetLigustrum x vicaryiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
golden rain treeKoelreuteria paniculataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
golden rocketLigularia stenocephalaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
golden sageSalvia africana-luteaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden sashayBrickellia grandifloraShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden scabweedRaoulia australisPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Spined CereusBergerocactus emoryi, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden starsBloomeria croceaBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
golden sundropsKneiffia fruticosa (Oenothera fruticosa)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
golden sunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides scabraPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden tiaraClematis tanguticaVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Ticket ligustrumLigustrum Golden Ticket®Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden trumpet treeHandroanthus chrysotrichus (Tabebuia chrysotricha)Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
golden trumpet vineAllamanda catharticaVine- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
golden trumpet vineAllamanda williamsiiVine- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden wattleAcacia linearifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden wonderSenna splendida (Cassia splendida)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Wonder SennaCassia splendida 'Golden'Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden wood milletMilium effusumOrnamental grass- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden yarrowEriophyllum confertiflorumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
golden-eyed grassSisyrinchium californicumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
goldenbushIsocoma spp. & cvs. (Haplopappus)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDM
goldenrodSolidago spp. & hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
goldfussaStrobilanthes anisophyllus 'Purpurea'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Goldman's senna/cassiaSenna polyantha (Cassia goldmanii)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Goodding's black willowSalix gooddingiiTree, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
gopher spurgeEuphorbia rigidaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
gordoniaGordonia axillarisTree- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Gowen cypressHesperocyparis goveniana (Cupressus goveniana)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Grace Smoke TreeCotinus x 'Grace'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Grampian's tea treeLeptospermum turbinatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Grande VerdePhlomis russeliana x fruticosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Grandiflora honeysuckleLonicera syringantha 'Grandiflora'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
granite honey-myrtleMelaleuca ellipticaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
grape hyacinthMuscari macrocarpumBulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
grape ivyCissus alata (C. rhombifolia)Vine- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
grape scented sageSalvia melissodoraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
grape soda lupineLupinus excubitusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
grapefruit-scented sageSalvia dorisianaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
graptopetalumGraptopetalum spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
graptosedumX Graptosedum cultivarsPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
grass treeXanthorrhoea spp.Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
grassy bellsEdraianthus graminifoliusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
grassy bellsEdraianthus pumilioPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
graythornZiziphus obtusifoliaTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
great blanket flowerGaillardia aristataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
great blue lobeliaLobelia siphiliticaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
great valley gum plantGrindelia camporumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
greater masterwortAstrantia majorPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Grecian foxgloveDigitalis laevigataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Grecian horehoundBallota pseudodictamnusPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Greek Jerusalem sagePhlomis samiaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Greek strawberry treeArbutus andrachneTree, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Greek yarrowAchillea ageratifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica cvs.Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green bark ceanothusCeanothus spinosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
green brittlebushEncelia frutescensShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
green carpetHerniaria glabraGround cover- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
green cliff brakePellaea viridisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green dreamMathiasella bupleuroidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green euryopsEuryops pectinatus viridisPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
green grass reedRestio festuciformisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos viridisPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
green mormon teaEphedra viridisShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
green screen bambooFargesia robusta & cvs.Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Green Supreme manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Green Supreme'Ground cover, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
green ti plantCordyline glaucaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
green wattleAcacia decurrensTree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Greenleaf ManzanitaArctostaphylos patulaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Greenstone vegetable sheepRaoulia x 'Greenstone'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Greg lead treeLeucaena greggiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
grevilleaGrevillea spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
grey honey-myrtleMelaleuca incanaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Grey Horizon emu bushEremophila glabra 'EREM1' Grey Horizon™Ground cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Griffith ashFraxinus griffithiiTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Griffith's spurgeEuphorbia griffithiiPerennial, Succulent- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Gro-Low Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
ground ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
ground ivy sageSalvia glechomifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
ground morning gloryConvolvulus mauritanicusGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
groundselBrachyglottis greyi (Senecio greyi)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Guadalupe HazardiaHazardia canaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Guadalupe Island cypressHesperocyparis guadalupensis (Cupressus guadalupensis)Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Guadalupe island rock daisyPerityle incanaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Guadalupe palmBrahea edulisTree, Palm or cycad, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
guajilloAcacia berlandieri (Senegalia berlandieri)Shrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
Guatemalan blue sageSalvia cacaliaefoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Guatemalan hollyOlmediella betschleranaTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
GuayacanGuaiacum coulteriShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Guinea gold vineHibbertia scandensVine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
gum myrtleAngophora costata (Angophora cordifolia)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Gypsum AgaveAgave gypsophilaSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Photo credits, 179 images from Wikimedia Commons
- gaillardia: Photograph taken by and (c)2007 Johnathan J. Stegeman (Midimacman), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Galactic Pink chastetree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Galahad mock orange: Homoarborea, CC0 (licence)
- Gambel oak: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- garden geranium: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- garden monkshood: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- garden valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- garden/kitchen sage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gardenia: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- garland lily: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- garnet flower: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- gasteria: HelenaH, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gaura: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gay feather: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gayle Nielson/Trident sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gentian: ~~, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gentian sage: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Geraldton wax flower: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- germander: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- germander (hyrcanicum): Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ghost gum: Prince Roy, Taipei, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- ghostly manzanita: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- giant bird of paradise: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant Burmese honeysuckle: Stickpen, Public domain
- giant Burmese timber bamboo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant cape restio: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant chain fern: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- giant dogwood: Daderot, Public domain
- giant fishtail palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant gunnera: Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates. The original uploader was Naboko..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant hyssop: Potentillarecta, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant lily turf: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant marsh marigold: carol, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant millet reed: Daderot, Public domain
- giant needle grass: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant pineapple lily: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant red lobelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant scilla: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- giant sea holly: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant sequoia: Mike Murphy (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant thevetia: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- giant vetch: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- giant white sunflower tree: Renato Lopez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant white yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant wild rye: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- giant woolly star: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- giant yucca: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Gibraltar candytuft: Toromedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gilt Edge Silverberry: Jean-Jacques MILAN 10:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gimlet: Sydney Oats, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- ginger lily: Kristi Denby/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gladiolus: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- glaucus scorpion vetch: Vassil, Public domain
- globe thistle: McIntosh Natura, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gloire de Versailles ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- gloriosa lily: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- glory bush: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- glossy abelia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- glossy privet: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Glowing Magenta Evening Primrose: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- goat's beard: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- goblet flower: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0 (licence)
- goblet flower: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Gold Coast® Juniper: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gold coin, Canary Island daisy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gold flower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gold medallion tree: Ligia Prado, Public domain
- golden abundance mahonia: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden angel japanese shrub mint: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden banner: Sheri Hagwood @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- golden chain tree: Salix, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden coulter bush: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden currant: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Golden Currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Golden Currant, Western Golden Currant: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- golden eye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden flame honeysuckle: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- golden fleece: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Golden Flowered Century Plant: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden foxtail: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden fragrance: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden larch: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) and released und..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden leadball tree: Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office, Public domain
- golden lotus banana: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden marguerite: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- Golden Mist wood fern: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- golden privet: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- golden rain tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden rocket: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- golden sage: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- golden sashay: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden scabweed: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Golden Spined Cereus: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- golden stars: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden sundrops: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden sunflower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden tiara: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Golden Ticket ligustrum: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden trumpet tree: José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- golden trumpet vine: Muhamad Izzul Fiqih, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden trumpet vine: SK.Keerthiga, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden wattle: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- golden wonder: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Golden Wonder Senna: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- golden wood millet: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden yarrow: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- golden-eyed grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goldenbush: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goldenrod: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goldfussa: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Goldman's senna/cassia: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Goodding's black willow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gopher spurge: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gordonia: Robyn Jay from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Gowen cypress: JOE BLOWE from Oakland, Usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Grace Smoke Tree: LIght Dim, CC0 (licence)
- Grampian's tea tree: Stickpen, Public domain
- Grande Verde: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Grandiflora honeysuckle: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- granite honey-myrtle: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape hyacinth: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape ivy: Agnaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- grape scented sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape soda lupine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- grapefruit-scented sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- graptopetalum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- graptosedum: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grass tree: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grassy bells: Kor!An (Андрей Корзун), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grassy bells: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- graythorn: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great blanket flower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great blue lobelia: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great valley gum plant: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- greater masterwort: Audrius Meskauskas, Public domain
- Grecian foxglove: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Grecian horehound: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greek Jerusalem sage: Blik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Greek strawberry tree: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greek yarrow: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green ash: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green bark ceanothus: Anthony J. Valois, Public domain
- green brittlebush: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- green carpet: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green cliff brake: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green dream: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- green euryops: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green grass reed: Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green kangaroo paw: Lennix3, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green mormon tea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green screen bamboo: Filostachys, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Green Supreme manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- green ti plant: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green wattle: J Brew, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Greenleaf Manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Greenstone vegetable sheep: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greg lead tree: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- grevillea: Lord.of.the.Proterozoic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- grey honey-myrtle: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Grey Horizon emu bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Griffith ash: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Griffith's spurge: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ground ivy: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ground ivy sage: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ground morning glory: Galia ^, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- groundsel: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe Hazardia: (c) Casey H. Richart, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe Island cypress: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe island rock daisy: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe palm: © Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- guajillo: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Guatemalan blue sage: Cindy Gustafson, Public domain
- Guatemalan holly: Lecheminlu, Public domain
- Guayacan: Travelian, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Guinea gold vine: Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- gum myrtle: Margaret Donald from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Gypsum Agave: Drew Avery, 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.
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- 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