La Barbe Bleue™ BluebeardCaryopteris x 'SMCIPG' PP31867Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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La Barbe Bleue™ BluebeardCaryopteris x 'SMCIPG' PP31867Shrub
Labrador violetViola labradoricaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
lace fernMicrolepia strigosaPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
lace parsnipLomatium dasycarpumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
lacebark pinePinus bungeanaTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lacecap hydrangeaHydrangea aspera villosaShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Lacey oakQuercus glaucoidesTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lady Banks roseRosa banksiaeVine- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
lady bellsAdenophora takedae 'Alba'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
lady's mantleAlchemilla mollisPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lamb's earsStachys byzantinaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
lamb's earsStachys lanata and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
lamb's tongueStomatium agninumPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lambertiaLambertia inermisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lance leaf sageSalvia lanceolataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lanceleaf tickseedCoreopsis lanceolataPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lantanaLantana camara ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lantern treeCrinodendron hookerianumTree- NC?
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large bell reedCannomois grandisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large butterfly sweet pea shrubPolygala 'Alta Mariposa'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large cape rushChondropetalum elephantinumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large firecracker plantCuphea 'David Verity' (all Hybrids)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large flower iochromaIochroma grandifloraShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large flower tickseedCoreopsis grandifloraPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
large flowered blue starAmsonia grandifloraPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large kleiniaSenecio aizoidesPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large spur flower bushPlectranthus eckloniiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large wormwoodArtemisia arborescensShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
large-leafed scillaLedebouria pauciflora (Scilla pauciflora)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Las Vegas Valley BuckwheatEriogonum corymbosum var. nilesiiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
laurel leaf cocculusCocculus laurifoliusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
laurel sumacMalosma laurina (Rhus laurina)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
laurustinusViburnum tinusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
lavender beautyberryCallicarpa dichotomaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lavender bellsPhysostegia leptophyllaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lavender cottonSantolina spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lavender mistThalictrum rochebrunnianum (nomen unresolved)Perennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lavender showerThalictrum delavayi (Thalictrum dipterocarpum)Perennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lavender star flowerGrewia occidentalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
leafy fleabaneErigeron foliosusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
leafy reed grassCalamagrostis foliosaOrnamental grass, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
leather leaf fernRumohra adiantiformisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
leather oakQuercus durataShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
leather rootHoita macrostachya (Psoralea macrostachya)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
leatherleaf acaciaAcacia craspedocarpaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
leatherleaf mahoniaBerberis bealei (Mahonia bealei)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Leatherleaf MahoniaMahonia japonica 'Bealei'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
leatherleaf viburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
leatherwoodEucryphia lucida (billardieri)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Lehua of HawaiiMetrosideros collina and cvs.Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Leia pineapple lilyEucomis 'Leia'Bulb- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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 bottlebrushCalliandra lanceolatusShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Drift® roseRosa 'Meisentmil'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Fizz roseRosa 'KORfizzlem' Lemon Fizz Kolorscape®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon flowered gumEucalyptus woodwardiiTree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lemon lilyLilium parryiBulb, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Lemon Lime nandinaNandina domestica 'Lemon-Lime' (50% Shade)Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon scented gumCorymbia citriodora (Eucalyptus citriodora)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
lemon scented jasmineJasminum azoricum (sold as J.tortuosum)Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum petersoniiShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum polygalifoliumShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Lemon ThymeThymus x citriodorus 'Lemon'Ground cover- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
lemon verbenaAloysia triphyllaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lemon-scented myrtleDarwinia citriodora 'Seaspray'Ground cover- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lemonade berryRhus integrifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
leopard lily and Wiggins lilyLilium pardalinumBulb, California native- NCM
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
leopard plantFarfugium japonicum cvs. (Ligularia tussilaginea cvs.)Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
leopard's baneDoronicum orientale (D. caucasium)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Leopold AgaveAgave x leopoldii- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Leslie Roy MesquiteProsopis x 'Leslie Roy' PP23,360Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Lesser Calamint, CatmintCalamintha nepetaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Lester Rountree manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Lester Rowntree'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
lewisiaLewisia hybrids (CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Leyland cypressX Cupressocyparis leylandii ssp. & cvs.Tree, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
liaotung oakQuercus liaotungensisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
libertiaLibertia spp. & cvs. (shade)Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
licorice mintAgastache rupestrisPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
licorice plantHelichrysum petiolarePerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
licorice plantHelichrysum thianschanicumShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lilacSyringa hybrids (including Descanso hybrids)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
lilacSyringa vulgarisShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
lilac verbenaGlandularia lilacina and cvs. (Verbena lilacina)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
lilac vineHardenbergia violaceaShrub, Vine, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
lilyLilium (garden hybrids)Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
lily magnoliaMagnolia liliifloraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Lily of the NileAgapanthus orientalisPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
lily tree magnoliaMagnolia ernestii (Michelia wilsonii)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lily-of-the-NileAgapanthus africanusPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
lily-of-the-valley shrubPieris japonica (taiwanensis)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
lily-of-the-valley treeCrinodendron pataguaTree, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
lilyleaf ladybellsAdenophora liliifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lilyturfLiriope spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
limber pinePinus flexilis ssp. & cvs.Tree, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lime Spritz™ PPAFLomandra hybridPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lime Tuff dwarf mat rushLomandra longifolia 'Lomlon'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Limoncello roseRosa 'Meijecycka' Limoncello™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
linden viburnumViburnum dilatatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lindheimer muhlyMuhlenbergia lindheimeri ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Lindheimer's senna/cassiaSenna lindheimeriana (Cassia lindheimeriana)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
linear-leaf yuccaYucca linearifoliaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis leonurusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis menthifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis nepetifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
little betonyStachys minorPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Little Blue Fountain™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'Brilliant Blue' PP25966Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
little bluestemAndropogon scopariusOrnamental grass- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium ssp. & cvs.Ornamental grass- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HDL
- LD?
little cabbage treeCussonia paniculataTree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
little elephant treeBursera microphyllaTree, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Little John bottlebrushCallistemon 'Little John'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little leaf cordiaCordia parvifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
little leaf lindenTilia cordataTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
little leaf palo verdeParkinsonia microphylla (Cercidium microphyllum)Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
little leaf pussy toesAntennaria microphyllaPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
little pickles ice plantOthonna capensisPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Little Ragu dwarf bayLaurus nobilis 'MonRik' Little Ragu®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little Tyler/blue starsAristea eckloniiPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
little white soldiersDrimiopsis maculataBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little-leaf sumacRhus microphyllaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
littleleaf mock orangePhiladelphus microphyllus ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lizard's tailEriophyllum staechadifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly BushBuddleja x 'Blue Chip Jr.' PP26581 CPBRAFShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lo & Behold® Purple Haze Butterfly BushBuddleja x 'Purple Haze' PP24514Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lob lolly bayGordonia lasianthusTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lobe-leafed alangiumAlangium platanifoliumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lobelia (chinensis)Lobelia chinensisPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
loblolly pinePinus taedaTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
lobster flowerPlectranthus neochilusGround cover, Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
locustRobinia x ambiguaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
loebner magnoliaMagnolia x loebneriShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
log fernDryopteris celsaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lombardy poplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
London planePlatanus x hispanica and cvs. (Platanus x acerfolia)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
Lone Star® roseRosa 'KORsteimm'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
long flowered marlockEucalyptus macrandraTree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
long leaf wax flowerEriostemon myoporoides (Philotheca myoporoides)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
long leaf yellow woodPodocarpus henkeliiTree- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Long-brachted SedgeCarex athrostachyaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
long-rayed brodiaeaTriteleia peduncularisBulb, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Longleaf Bush LupineLupinus longifoliusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
longleaf mahoniaBerberis nervosa (Mahonia nervosa)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
loquatEriobotrya japonicaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDM
lotungensis magnoliaMagnolia lotungensis (Parakmeria lotungensis)Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Louis Edmonds ceanothusCeanothus 'Louis Edmunds'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Louis Edmunds manzanitaArctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Louisiana irisIris Louisiana hybridsPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LDH
low bull rushIsolepis cernua (Scirpus cernuus) (water plant)Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
luculiaLuculia gratissimaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
luculiaLuculia pinceanaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Ludgvan cross agapetesAgapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Lydia woadwaxenGenista lydiaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Lynn's everblooming Texas sageLeucophyllum langmaniae 'Lynn's legacy'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lyre-leaf sageSalvia lyrataPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 156 images from Wikimedia Commons
- La Barbe Bleue™ Bluebeard: ISAKA Yoji ( cory ) [ Recent works / Other works ], CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Labrador violet: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lace fern: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lace parsnip: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- lacebark pine: Integral, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr (licence)
- lacecap hydrangea: Mutante, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lacey oak: Manuel Duran Guzman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lady Banks rose: T.Kiya from Aichi, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- lady bells: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- lady's mantle: Photo by and (c)2007 Jina Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lamb's ears: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lamb's ears: Алексей Ябс, CC0 (licence)
- lamb's tongue: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lambertia: MainlandQuokka, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lance leaf sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lanceleaf tickseed: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lantern tree: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large bell reed: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large butterfly sweet pea shrub: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- large cape rush: Andrew massyn, Public domain
- large firecracker plant: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large flower iochroma: LUFJARD, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- large flower tickseed: docentjoyce, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- large flowered blue star: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large kleinia: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large spur flower bush: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large wormwood: H Brisse (upload by Abalg), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large-leafed scilla: MATHIAS, M H from Guaratinguetá, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Las Vegas Valley Buckwheat: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- laurel leaf cocculus: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- laurel sumac: Justin Taylor from Encinitas, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- laurustinus: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lavender beautyberry: Photo (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lavender bells: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender cotton: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender mist: Shadow Ayush, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lavender shower: Epibase, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender star flower: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- leafy fleabane: Stickpen, Public domain
- leafy reed grass: Stickpen, Public domain
- leather leaf fern: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- leather oak: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- leather root: Unknown author, Public domain
- leatherleaf acacia: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf mahonia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Leatherleaf Mahonia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf viburnum: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherwood: nestmaker, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Lehua of Hawaii: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Leia pineapple lily: Jean-Jacques MILAN 18:05, 29 May 2005 (UTC), 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 bottlebrush: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire p..., CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Lemon Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lemon Fizz rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lemon flowered gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- lemon lily: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Lemon Lime nandina: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lemon scented gum: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lemon scented jasmine: Daniel Feliciano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Lemon Thyme: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lemon verbena: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon-scented myrtle: Joy, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lemonade berry: Oabjf34Q (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leopard lily and Wiggins lily: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leopard plant: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leopard's bane: Włodzimierz Wysocki, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Leopold Agave: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Leslie Roy Mesquite: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Lesser Calamint, Catmint: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lester Rountree manzanita: NPS, Public domain
- lewisia: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Leyland cypress: W.Baumgartner, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- liaotung oak: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- libertia: Velela, Public domain
- licorice mint: photo by Charlie McDonald; uploaded by Xiaphias, Public domain
- licorice plant: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- licorice plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lilac: Marisa DeMeglio from NYC, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- lilac verbena: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lilac vine: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily magnolia: Thilo Machotta (Benutzer: thiloma), CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- Lily of the Nile: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily tree magnolia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-Nile: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley shrub: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley tree: sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- lilyleaf ladybells: The original uploader was Berwianr at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lilyturf: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- limber pine: doug, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Lime Spritz™ PPAF: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lime Tuff dwarf mat rush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Limoncello rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- linden viburnum: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lindheimer muhly: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Lindheimer's senna/cassia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- linear-leaf yucca: G. Köhres, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lion's tail: Urban, Public domain
- lion's tail: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lion's tail: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little betony: Dandarmkd, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Little Blue Fountain™ Lily of the Nile: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- little bluestem: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- little bluestem: Montrealais, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- little cabbage tree: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little elephant tree: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Little John bottlebrush: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- little leaf cordia: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little leaf linden: ImreKiss, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- little leaf palo verde: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little leaf pussy toes: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- little pickles ice plant: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Little Ragu dwarf bay: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little Tyler/blue stars: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- little white soldiers: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little-leaf sumac: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- littleleaf mock orange: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lizard's tail: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush: Walter H. P. Moschen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lo & Behold® Purple Haze Butterfly Bush: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lob lolly bay: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- lobe-leafed alangium: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lobelia (chinensis): Lokionly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- loblolly pine: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lobster flower: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- locust: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- loebner magnolia: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- log fern: James Emery, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Lombardy poplar: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- London plane: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lone Star® rose: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- long flowered marlock: HelloMojo at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- long leaf wax flower: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- long leaf yellow wood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Long-brachted Sedge: Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich., Public domain
- long-rayed brodiaea: Amada44, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Longleaf Bush Lupine: The Marmot, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- longleaf mahonia: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- loquat: Illusive255, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lotungensis magnolia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Louis Edmonds ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Louis Edmunds manzanita: Daderot, Public domain
- Louisiana iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- low bull rush: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- luculia: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- luculia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ludgvan cross agapetes: Gyeltshen, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Lydia woadwaxen: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lynn's everblooming Texas sage: This picture is a work by Emmanuel Douzery. Please credit this with: Picture..., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lyre-leaf sage: Kaldari, Public domain
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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