nageiaNageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi)Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Plants starting with N: 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.
nageiaNageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi)Tree
naked coral shrubErythrina herbaceaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
naked coral treeErythrina coralloidesTree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
naked ladyAmaryllis belladonnaBulb- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Narihira bambooSemiarundinaria fastuosaShrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Narrow Leaf Century PlantAgave striataSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
narrow leaf chalksticksSenecio cylindricus (Senecio vitalis)(nomen unresolved)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow leaf lilly pillySyzygium smithii (Acmena smithii)Tree- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
narrow leaf mule earsWyethia angustifoliaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Narrow Leaved Fleabane, Desert Yellow FleabaneErigeron linearisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow sedgeCarex brunnea (sold as Carex elegantissima)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
narrow-leafed bird of paradiseStrelitzia reginae var junceaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Narrowleaf Yerba SantaEriodictyon angustifoliumShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Nashville deer grassMuhlenbergia rigida 'Nashville'Ornamental grass- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Natal albucaAlbuca nelsoniiBulb- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Natal bottlebrushGreyia sutherlandiiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Natal coral treeErythrina humeanaTree- NC×
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Natal LilyClivia miniataPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Natal plumCarissa & spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Natal plumCarissa macrocarpa 'Prostrata'Ground cover- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
native fleabaneErigeron divergensPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
navelwortOmphalodes cappadocicaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nebraska sedgeCarex nebrascensisOrnamental grass, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
necklace podSophora tomentosaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
necklace treeSophora affinisTree- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
needle and thread grassStipa comataOrnamental grass, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
needleleaf acaciaAcacia rigensShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
neemAzadirachta indicaTree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nellie R. Stevens hollyIlex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
nemesiaNemesia caeruleaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nepal mahoniaMahonia napaulensis (Mahonia sikkimensis)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
nerineNerine spp. (summer growing)Bulb- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
nerineNerine spp. (winter growing)Bulb- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LDM
Nerium oleanderNierembergia caeruleaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
net bushCalothamnus quadrifidusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Netleaf OakQuercus rugosaTree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Nettle SpurgeJatropha spp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
nettle-leaved mulleinVerbascum chaixii 'Album'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nevada ephedraEphedra nevadensisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Nevin mahoniaBerberis neviniiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
New Caledonian pineAraucaria columnaris (A. cookii)Tree- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Gold lantanaLantana 'New Gold'Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
New Horizon elmUlmus 'New Horizon'Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Mexico AgaveAgave parryi var. neomexicanaShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
New Mexico Privet, Desert OliveForestiera neomexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD?
New South Wales macrozamiaMacrozamia mooreiShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand cabbage treeCordyline australisTree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
New Zealand cassia/sennaSenna bicapsularis (Cassia candolleana, Cassia bicapsularis)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDL
New Zealand Christmas treeMetrosideros excelsa (Metrosideros tomentosa)Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand flaxPhormium tenaxPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand laurelCorynocarpus laevigataTree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand myrtleLophomyrtus cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand tea treeLeptospermum scopariumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
New Zealand wind grassAnemanthele lessoniana (Stipa arundinacea)Ornamental grass- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nichol's willow leaf peppermintEucalyptus nicholiiTree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD?
night blooming cereusCereus hildmannianusShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
night jessamineCestrum nocturnumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
night phloxZaluzianskya ovataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Nikau palmRhopalostylis sapidaTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
ninebarkPhysocarpus capitatusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Nite Lights® YuccaHesperaloe x 'MSWNIvory Swan'Succulent- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Nizanda AgaveAgave nizandensisSucculent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Nootka roseRosa nutkana Nootka RoseShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Norfolk Island palmRhopalostylis baueriTree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Norfolk Island pineAraucaria heterophyllaTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
North American hay scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
northern pin oakQuercus ellipsoidalisTree- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Norway mapleAcer platanoidesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Norway sprucePicea abiesTree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
notable wattleAcacia notabilisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nude BuckwheatEriogonum nudumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Nuevo Leon RosewoodVauquelinia corymbosa var. heterodonShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Nutall's scrub oakQuercus dumosaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Nuttall's Island BedstrawGalium nuttallii ssp. insularePerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nuttall's SnapdragonAntirrhinum nuttallianumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 75 images from Wikimedia Commons
- nageia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- naked coral shrub: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- naked coral tree: Hernán García Crespo from DF, Mexico, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- naked lady: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Narihira bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Narrow Leaf Century Plant: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf chalksticks: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf lilly pilly: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow leaf mule ears: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Narrow Leaved Fleabane, Desert Yellow Fleabane: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow sedge: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- narrow-leafed bird of paradise: M108t, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Narrowleaf Yerba Santa: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nashville deer grass: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Natal albuca: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Natal bottlebrush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Natal coral tree: Fritz Georg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Natal Lily: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Natal plum: Shahriar Kabir Pavel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Natal plum: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- native fleabane: Wallace Keck, Public domain
- navelwort: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nebraska sedge: Sheri Hagwood, Public domain
- necklace pod: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- necklace tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- needle and thread grass: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- needleleaf acacia: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- neem: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Nellie R. Stevens holly: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- nemesia: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Nepal mahonia: Karsten Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- nerine: M108t, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- nerine: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nerium oleander: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- net bush: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Netleaf Oak: Bodofzt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nettle Spurge: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- nettle-leaved mullein: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nevada ephedra: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Nevin mahonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- New Caledonian pine: my LifeShow from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- New Gold lantana: Iuliia Malakhova, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- New Horizon elm: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- New Mexico Agave: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- New Mexico Privet, Desert Olive: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- New South Wales macrozamia: AYArktos, Public domain
- New Zealand cabbage tree: Kahuroa, Public domain
- New Zealand cassia/senna: BreakdownDiode, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- New Zealand Christmas tree: Ed323 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- New Zealand flax: Kahuroa, Public domain
- New Zealand laurel: Dominik Maximilián Ramík, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- New Zealand myrtle: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- New Zealand tea tree: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- New Zealand wind grass: Photo by Flickr user hortulus; heavily cropped by Hesperian, so don't blame h..., CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Nichol's willow leaf peppermint: HelloMojo at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- night blooming cereus: Roderick Cameron, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- night jessamine: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- night phlox: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Nikau palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- ninebark: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nite Lights® Yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nizanda Agave: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nootka rose: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Norfolk Island palm: Kahuroa, Public domain
- Norfolk Island pine: bertknot from scarborough, australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- North American hay scented fern: Jaknouse, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- northern pin oak: Sulfur at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Norway maple: Rabensteiner, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Norway spruce: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee (licence)
- notable wattle: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nude Buckwheat: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Nuevo Leon Rosewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nutall's scrub oak: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nuttall's Island Bedstraw: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nuttall's Snapdragon: Stickpen, 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.
- GuideRead a plant watering guide. Links appear for plants covered by our 1023 written guides.
- PlanBuild your personal watering plan. Put your plants and city together for monthly sprinkler minutes on a printable sheet.
Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf