Aaron's beardHypericum calycinumGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Ground covers rated for California: water needs by 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.
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Aaron's beardHypericum calycinumGround cover, Shrub
African daisyOsteospermum spp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Algerian ivyHedera canariensisGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
alpine geraniumErodium reichardii (Erodium chaemedryoides)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Anchor Bay ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus 'Anchor Bay'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
angel's hairArtemisia spp. (herbaceous)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Apricot Drift roseRosa 'Meimirrote' Apricot Drift®Ground cover- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Asian star jasmineTrachelospermum asiaticumGround cover, Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Aussie Flat Bush RhagodiaRhagodia spinescens 'SAB01' Aussie Flat Bush™Ground cover- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Australian saltbushAtriplex semibaccataGround cover, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDVL
Australian violetViola hederaceaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
baby bambooPogonatherum paniceumGround cover, Ornamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby's tearsSoleirolia soleirolii (SHADE)Ground cover, Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Baja indigo bushDalea orcuttii (now Marina orcuttii)Ground cover- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
barberryBerberis x stenophylla 'Irwinii'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
bat-faced cupheaCuphea llaveaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
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×
Bee's Bliss sageSalvia 'Bee's Bliss'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
beesiaBeesia deltophyllaGround cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bell flowerCampanula & spp. and cvs.Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
Bert Johnson manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bert Johnson'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Big Sur manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Biokovo cranesbillGeranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
birdsfoot trefoilLotus corniculatusGround cover- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bishop's hatEpimedium grandiflorumGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
blue chalksticksSenecio serpensGround cover, Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue moneywortLindernia grandiflora (Ilysanthes)Ground cover- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue star creeperIsotoma fluviatilis (Laurentia fluviatilis)Ground cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
bog rosemaryAndromeda polifoliaGround cover, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Boston ivyParthenocissus tricuspidataGround cover, Vine- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bougainvilleaBougainvillea & spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Vine- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Bruce Dickenson buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
bunchberryCornus canadensisGround cover, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Buxifolia manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Buxifolia'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California beach asterLessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' (Corethrogyne)Ground cover, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Canyon Gray sagebrushArtemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
cape weedArctotheca prostrata (Arctotheca calendula)Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Carmel Creeper CeanothusCeanothus griseusGround cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Carmel Creeper ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus var griseus 'Carmel Creeper'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
carpet bugleAjuga reptans (shade)Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
carpet geraniumGeranium incanumGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
carpet rosesRosa hybrids..ground coversGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Centennial ceanothusCeanothus 'Centennial'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
ceratostigma (minus)Ceratostigma minusGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
chamomileChamaemelum nobile (Anthemis nobilis)Ground cover- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
compact Oregon grape hollyBerberis aquifolium 'Compacta'Ground cover, Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDH
Coral Drift® roseRosa 'Meiradriflora'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coral vineAntigonon leptopusGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
cotoneasterCotoneaster spp.(ground covers)Ground cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
cranesbillGeranium spp.Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
cranesbill (chrysanthum)Erodium chrysanthumGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
creeping coprosmaCoprosma x kirkiiGround cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
creeping mahoniaBerberis aquifolium var. repens (shade)Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
Creeping MyoporumMyoporum pacificumGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
creeping pratiaLobelia angulata (Pratia angulata)Ground cover, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
creeping raspberryRubus rolfeiGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
creeping snowberrySymphoricarpos mollis (shade in SD)Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
creeping St. John's wortHypericum reptansGround cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
creeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbensGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
creeping wire vineMuehlenbeckia axillarisGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
crinkled creeperRubus calycinoidesGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dalea (capitata)Dalea capitata ssp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dampieraDampiera diversifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dana Point buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- 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×
dwarf bambooPleioblastus spp.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf coyote brushBaccharis pilularis & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Dwarf germanderTeucrium chamaedrys 'Nanum'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf plumbagoCeratostigma plumbaginoidesGround cover, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dymondiaDymondia margaretaeGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Emerald Carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Emily Brown ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus 'Emily Brown'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
emu bushEremophila glabra ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
English ivyHedera helixGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen currantRibes viburnifolium and cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fairy fanScaevola aemulaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fairy wingsEpimedium pinnatum (SHADE)Ground cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fan flowerScaevola 'Mauve Clusters'Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
firethornPyracantha spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Fleshy Jaumea, Marsh JaumeaJaumea carnosaGround cover, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
freckled mazusMazus radicansGround cover- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Frosty Dawn ceanothusCeanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
germanderTeucrium chamaedrys ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
glossy abeliaAbelia x grandiflora ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green carpetHerniaria glabraGround cover- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Green Supreme manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Green Supreme'Ground cover, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Grey Horizon emu bushEremophila glabra 'EREM1' Grey Horizon™Ground cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- 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
hairy seed false goldfieldsBahia absinthifoliaGround cover- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hardy ice plantDelosperma cooperi ssp & cvs.Ground cover, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Heart's Desire ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus 'Heart's Desire'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
heathErica spp.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
hibbertia (pedunculata)Hibbertia pedunculataGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Highlight (TM) ceanothusCeanothus thysiflorus var. griseus 'MATCEA01' (Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Highlights') (part shade)Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan ivyHedera nepalensisGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hoary vervainVerbena strictaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
hopseed bush (procumbens)Dodonaea procumbensGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hummingbird/pitcher sageSalvia spathacea and cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid lantanaLantana hybridsGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
hybrid soapwortSaponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei'Ground cover, Perennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hypericumHypericum empetrifolium nanumGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
ice plant (Aptenia)Aptenia cordifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ice plant (Carpobrotus)Carpobrotus spp.Ground cover- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
ice plant (Cephalophyllum)Cephalophyllum spp.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
ice plant (Delosperma)Delosperma spp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
ice plant (Drosanthemum)Drosanthemum spp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
ice plant (Lampranthus)Lampranthus spp.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ice plant (Maleophora)Malephora spp. & cvs.Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
ice plant (Red Apple)Aptenia 'Red Apple'Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Indian mock strawberryDuchesnea indicaGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
inside-out flowerVancouveria spp. (shade)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Irish mossSagina subulata (Arenaria)Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
ivy geraniumPelargonium peltatumGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese ardesia, marlberryArdisia japonicaGround cover- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonicaGround cover, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese spurgePachysandra terminalisGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Joyce Coulter ceanothusCeanothus 'Joyce Coulter'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
juniperJuniperus spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Keller hypericumHypericum kelleriGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Ken Taylor manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Ken Taylor'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Kenilworth ivyCymbalaria muralisGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Kew broomCytisus x kewensisGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HDM
- LD?
kleiniaSenecio mandraliscae (Kleinia mandraliscae)Ground cover, Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
knotweedPersicaria affinisGround cover- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
knotweedPersicaria capitata (Shade in San Diego)Ground cover- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Labrador violetViola labradoricaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
lantanaLantana camara ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lavender cottonSantolina spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Lemmon's wild gingerAsarum lemmonii (shade)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
lemon balmMelissa officinalisGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Drift® roseRosa 'Meisentmil'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon ThymeThymus x citriodorus 'Lemon'Ground cover- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
lemon-scented myrtleDarwinia citriodora 'Seaspray'Ground cover- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lobster flowerPlectranthus neochilusGround cover, Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Lydia woadwaxenGenista lydiaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Majorcan germanderTeucrium cossoniiGround cover, Perennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
manzanita Carmel Sur etc.Arctostaphylos edmundsii & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
marbled wild gingerAsarum hartwegii (SHADE)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Massachussetts manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'Ground cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
matted pratiaLobelia pedunculata cvs. (Pratia pedunculata)Ground cover, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mazusMazus reptansGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican evening primroseOenothera speciosa (Oenothera berlandieri)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
miniature brass buttonsLeptinella gruveriGround cover- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mintMentha spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Missouri evening primroseOenothera macrocarpaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Montara sagebrushArtemisia californica 'Montara'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Monterey carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Monterey Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
moss pinkPhlox subulataGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mother-of-thymeThymus praecoxGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mountain miseryChamaebatia foliolosaGround cover, California native- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Mrs. Beard sageSalvia 'Mrs. Beard'Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Mundi coast rosemaryWestringia fruticosa 'NFL25'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
myoporumMyoporum parvifolium & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Natal plumCarissa macrocarpa 'Prostrata'Ground cover- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
New Gold lantanaLantana 'New Gold'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
O'Conner's legumeTrifolium fragiferum O'Connor (revegetation use)Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
O'Connor's legumeTrifolium fragiferum O'Connor (landscape use)Ground cover- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Okame-Zaza bambooShibataea kumasasaGround cover, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Oso Easy Double Pink roseRosa Oso Easy® Double PinkGround cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pacific Mist manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
pacifica saltbushMyoporum X 'Pacificum'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Peach Drift roseRosa 'Meiggili' Peach Drift®Ground cover- NC?
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
periwinkleVinca majorGround cover, Perennial- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
periwinkleVinca minorGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Phyla nodiflora (Lippia nodiflora) cvs.Phyla nodiflora (Lippia nodiflora) cvs.Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Pink Drift® roseRosa 'Meijocos' Pink Drift®Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink iceplantOscularia deltoidesGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Pink KurapiaLippia 'ECOLOPIA2' Pink Kurapia®Ground cover- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Supreme Flower Carpet roseRosa 'NOA168098F' Flower Carpet® Pink SupremeGround cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Platt's black brass buttonsLeptinella x 'Platt's Black'Ground cover- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Point Sierra ceanothusCeanothus maritimus 'Point Sierra'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Popcorn CA lilacCeanothus maritimus 'Popcorn'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
poverty weedIva hayesianaGround cover, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
prairie zinniaZinnia grandifloraGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Prostrate AcaciaAcacia redolens 'Prostrata'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Prostrate RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Pt. Reyes manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Point Reyes'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
purple New Zealand burrAcaena inermis 'Purpurea'Ground cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple winter creeperEuonymus fortunei ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Radiant manzanitaArctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Radiant'Ground cover, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Red Drift® roseRosa 'Meigalpio'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red leafed mukdiniaMukdenia rossiiGround cover- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rock cotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisGround cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
rock isotomaIsotoma axillarisGround cover- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rock soapwortSaponaria ocymoidesGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Rock VerbenaGlandularia pulchellaGround cover- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Photo credits, 190 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron's beard: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- African daisy: Jon Sullivan, Public domain
- Algerian ivy: Bernd Sauerwein, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- alpine geranium: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Anchor Bay ceanothus: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- angel's hair: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Apricot Drift rose: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Asian star jasmine: Jackie, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Aussie Flat Bush Rhagodia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Australian saltbush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Australian violet: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- baby bamboo: IKAl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- baby's tears: Hugo.arg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja indigo bush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- barberry: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bat-faced cuphea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- bearberry cotoneaster: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bearberry cotoneaster: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- Bee's Bliss sage: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- beesia: Stickpen, Public domain
- bell flower: Wilson44691, CC0 (licence)
- Bert Johnson manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Big Sur manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Biokovo cranesbill: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- birdsfoot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bishop's hat: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue chalksticks: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- blue moneywort: Renjusplace, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue star creeper: Stitchingbushwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bog rosemary: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Boston ivy: Gohachiyasu1214, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bougainvillea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Bruce Dickenson buckwheat: Ciar, Public domain
- bunchberry: JohnHarvey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Buxifolia manzanita: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- California beach aster: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Canyon Gray sagebrush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cape weed: Missvain, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Carmel Creeper Ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Carmel Creeper ceanothus: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- carpet bugle: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- carpet geranium: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- carpet roses: NPS Staff, Public domain
- Centennial ceanothus: iNaturalist user: amthinkia, CC0 (licence)
- ceratostigma (minus): Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- chamomile: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- compact Oregon grape holly: The original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coral Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coral vine: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cotoneaster: Atriplexmedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cranesbill: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cranesbill (chrysanthum): Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping coprosma: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- creeping mahonia: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Creeping Myoporum: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- creeping pratia: gbohne from Berlin, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- creeping raspberry: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping snowberry: Unknown author, Public domain
- creeping St. John's wort: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- creeping wintergreen: Wing-Chi Poon, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- creeping wire vine: Daderot, Public domain
- crinkled creeper: The original uploader was J.smith at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:us..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dalea (capitata): Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dampiera: mrpbps, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Dana Point buckwheat: Steve Berardi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Diamond Heights ceanothus: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dichondra: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf coyote brush: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Dwarf germander: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain
- dwarf plumbago: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dymondia: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emerald Carpet manzanita: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Emily Brown ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- emu bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen currant: Stickpen, Public domain
- fairy fan: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fairy wings: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fan flower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- firethorn: Nirajan pant, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Fleshy Jaumea, Marsh Jaumea: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- freckled mazus: Velella, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Frosty Dawn ceanothus: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- germander: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- glossy abelia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green carpet: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Green Supreme manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Grey Horizon emu bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (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)
- hairy seed false goldfields: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- hardy ice plant: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Heart's Desire ceanothus: Megan Hansen from Portland, OR, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- heath: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hibbertia (pedunculata): Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Highlight (TM) ceanothus: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan ivy: Daderot, Public domain
- hoary vervain: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain
- hopseed bush (procumbens): Maree Goods, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hummingbird/pitcher sage: Taken by Antandrus, Public domain
- hybrid lantana: روتانا, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- hybrid soapwort: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain
- hypericum: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Aptenia): KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Carpobrotus): Debivort at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Cephalophyllum): Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- ice plant (Delosperma): Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Drosanthemum): LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Lampranthus): Bilby, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Maleophora): Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Red Apple): Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Indian mock strawberry: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- inside-out flower: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Irish moss: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ivy geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese ardesia, marlberry: Hamachidori, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese honeysuckle: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese spurge: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Joyce Coulter ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- juniper: Júlio Reis (Tintazul), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Keller hypericum: Ashish8460, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ken Taylor manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- Kenilworth ivy: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Kew broom: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- kleinia: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- knotweed: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- knotweed: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Labrador violet: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender cotton: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lemmon's wild ginger: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon balm: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lemon Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lemon Thyme: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lemon-scented myrtle: Joy, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lobster flower: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lydia woadwaxen: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Majorcan germander: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- manzanita Carmel Sur etc.: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- marbled wild ginger: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Massachussetts manzanita: El gato Tito, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- matted pratia: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mazus: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican evening primrose: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- miniature brass buttons: Plantdance937, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mint: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Missouri evening primrose: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
- Montara sagebrush: Bri Weldon, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Monterey carpet manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- moss pink: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mother-of-thyme: Schreckgespenst, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mountain misery: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mrs. Beard sage: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mundi coast rosemary: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- myoporum: Stickpen, Public domain
- Natal plum: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- New Gold lantana: Iuliia Malakhova, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- O'Conner's legume: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- O'Connor's legume: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Okame-Zaza bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Oso Easy Double Pink rose: Laitche, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Pacific Mist manzanita: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pacifica saltbush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Peach Drift rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- periwinkle: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- periwinkle: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- Phyla nodiflora (Lippia nodiflora) cvs.: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Drift® rose: R.P. Braun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pink iceplant: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Pink Kurapia: Surething, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Supreme Flower Carpet rose: Aathavan jaffna, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Platt's black brass buttons: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Point Sierra ceanothus: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Popcorn CA lilac: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- poverty weed: Stickpen, Public domain
- prairie zinnia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Prostrate Acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Prostrate Rosemary: Javier martin, Public domain
- Pt. Reyes manzanita: Jan Eckstein, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple New Zealand burr: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple winter creeper: Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Radiant manzanita: Jan Eckstein, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Red Drift® rose: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red leafed mukdinia: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock cotoneaster: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rock isotoma: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rock soapwort: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Rock Verbena: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
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