Christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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Christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoidesPerennial
Christmas/Lenten roseHelleborus orientalis and hybridsPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
cinnamon fernOsmunda cinnamomeaPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
cinquefoilPotentilla gracilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
citrus scented marigoldTagetes nelsoniiPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Clark lily turfOphiopogon clarkei SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Clary sageSalvia sclareaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
clasping heliotropeHeliotropium amplexicaule (H. anchusaefolium)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cliff desert dandelionMalacothrix saxatilis implicataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cliff vygieScopelogena verruculataPerennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
climbing fernLygodium japonicumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Clubmoss IvesiaIvesia lycopodiodesPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
clustered field sedgeCarex praegracilisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coast angelicaAngelica hendersoniiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
coast woodmintStachys chamissonisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Coastal California PoppyEschscholzia californica var. maritimaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD×
coastal gum plantGrindelia strictaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Coastal LotusAcmispon maritimus (salsuginosus)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Coastal SagewortArtemisia pycnocephalaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
coastal wood fernDryopteris argutaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Cobb Mountain LupineLupinus sericatusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coffee fernPellaea andromedifoliaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
columbia lewisiaLewisia columbiana rupicolaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
columbineAquilegia spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Columbine hybridsAquilegia hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
comfreySymphytum azureum (shade)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
comfreySymphytum rubrum (shade)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common bluebeardCaryopteris incanaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common everlastingChrysocephalum apiculatumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
common heliotropeHeliotropium arborescensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common rasp fernDoodia mediaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Common SandasterLessingia filaginifolia and cvs. (Corethrogyne)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common sunroseHelianthemum nummularium & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cone flowerEchinacea spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
coneflowerRudbeckia spp. and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Coolvista flax lilyDianella revoluta ‘Allyn-Citation’ Coolvista™Perennial- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coral bellsHeuchera sanguineaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
coral bells cultivarsHeuchera hybrids, ssp. & cvs. ( CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coral pokerKniphofia galpiniiPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Corsican helleboreHelleborus argutifoliusPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Corsican violetViola corsicaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Costa Rica blue sageSalvia 'Costa Rica Blue'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cotulaCotula 'Silver Mound'Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Coville's lip fernCheilanthes covillei (Myriopteris covillei)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coyote mintMonardella villosaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
crane's billErodium x kolbianumPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cranesbillGeranium spp.Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
cranesbill (chrysanthum)Erodium chrysanthumGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
crassulaCrassula spp.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
creek mat rushLomandra hystrixPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
creeping baby's breathGypsophila repensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
creeping borageBorago pygmaeaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
creeping buttercupRanunculus spp. (summer growing)Perennial, Bulb- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
creeping forget-me-notOmphalodes vernaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
creeping globe daisyGlobularia cordifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
creeping spurgeEuphorbia myrsinitesPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
creeping zinniaSanvitalia speciosa 'Sunbini'Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
crepe fernTodea barbaraPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
crested gentianGentiana septemfidaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
crevice alum rootHeuchera micranthaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
crisp monardellaMonardella undulata subsp. crispa (Monardella crispa)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
cupid's dartCatananche caeruleaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
curly top sedgeCarex buchananiiPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
curry plantHelianthus debilisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cushion spurgeEuphorbia polychroma (epithymoides)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cypress spurgeEuphorbia cyparissiasPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dahliaDahlia spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Dame's RocketHesperis matronalisPerennial- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dampieraDampiera diversifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dampieraDampiera trigonaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
darcy sageSalvia darcyiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Dark Violet Hybrid SkullcapScutellaria x 'Dark Violet'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
David's Choice SagebrushArtemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice'Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
day lilyHemerocallis spp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
dayflowerCommelina coelestisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
dayflowerCommelina dianthifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
deer fernBlechnum spicant (shade in the low desert)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LDM
deer weedAcmispon glaber (Lotus scoparius)Perennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
dekrietRhodocoma giganteaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Del Norte County IrisIris innominataPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
delphiniumDelphinium non-native spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
desert four o'clockMirabilis laevis var. villosa (Mirabilis bigelovii)Perennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
desert mallow/globe mallowSphaeralcea spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
desert marigoldBaileya multiradiataPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert milkweedAsclepias subulataPerennial, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert roseAdenium obesumPerennial- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
devil's trumpetDatura metel (fastuosa)Perennial- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Diablo HelianthellaHelianthella castaneaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
dinosaur foodGunnera chilensisPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Dixie wood fernDryopteris x australisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Douglas irisIris douglasianaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
DoveweedCroton setigerusPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
downy wood fernThelypteris puberulaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dragon headDracocephalum ruyschianumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
drooping agapanthusAgapanthus inapertus majorPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
drooping cliviaClivia nobilisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dropwortFilipendula vulgaris (Filipendula hexapetala)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Drummond''s patersoniaPatersonia drummondiiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
drumsticksCraspedia globosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dudleyaDudleya spp. & cvs.Perennial, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
dune restioIschyrolepis subverticillataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dune tansyTanacetum bipinnatum (Tanacetum camphoratum)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Dunn's lobeliaLobelia dunii var. serrataPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Dunn's lobeliaLobelia dunniiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
dusty millerSenecio viraviraPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
dusty miller (cineraria)Centaurea cinerariaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf bambooPleioblastus spp.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf chamomileAnthemis carpatica 'Karpatenschnee'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf coreopsisCoreopsis auriculata 'Nana'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf germanderTeucrium x lucidrys (nomen. unresolved)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf lamb's earsStachys thirkeiPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Dwarf Mexican MarigoldTagetes 'Gold Medal'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
dwarf red masterwortAstrantia carniolicaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf snapdragonChaenorhinum glareosumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf soapwortSaponaria pumilioPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf spanish foxgloveDigitalis dubiaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf tree fernBlechnum gibbum (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dyce's hybrid holly fernPolystichum x dyceiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
dymondiaDymondia margaretaeGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Egyptian star flowerPentas lanceolataPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
eidelweissLeontopodium alpinumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
elephant's foodPortulacaria afra ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
elk cloverAralia californica (SHADE)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Elvira red hot pokerKniphofia ulvaria 'Elvira'Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Engelmann daisyEngelmannia pinnatifidaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
English daisyBellis perennisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
English LavenderLavandula angustifolia ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
epidendrumEpidendrum (reed stem hybrids)Perennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia seguieriana nicicianaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia x lomi cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euphorbiaEuphorbia x martinii and cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
European chain fernWoodwardia radicansPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
European gray sedgeCarex divulsa (Carex tumulicola)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
euryops/shrub daisyEuryops pectinatus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Ever Amethyst lily of the NileAgapanthus hybrid 'MP003' Ever Amethyst™Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Ever Midnight™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'SDB002' PP30164Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever Sapphire™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'Andbin' PP26336Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever Twilight™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'MDB001' PP30162Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Ever White™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus 'WP001' PP27357Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
evergreen candy tuftIberis sempervirensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen hydrangeaDichroa febrifugaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
EverLast(TM) Orchid dianthusDianthus 'KLEDG10119'Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
evolvulusEvolvulus pilosus (nuttallianus)Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
eyelash-leafed sageSalvia blepharophyllaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fairy fanScaevola aemulaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fairy irisDietes grandiflora and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fairy lanternProsartes hookeri (Disporum hookeri) (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
fairy lanternProsartes smithii (Disporum smithii) (shade)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
fairy wandDierama spp.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false indigoBaptisia australisPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
false mallowSidalcea spp.Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
false Soloman's sealMaianthemum racemosum (Smilacina racemosa)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
false sunflowersHeliopsis cvs.Perennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false tillandsiaAechmea recurvata var. recurvataPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fame flowerTalinum calycinumPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fan flowerScaevola 'Mauve Clusters'Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
felt fernPyrrosia spp.Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fernBlechnum brasiliense (SHADE)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fern AsparagusAsparagus setaceusPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fern leaf geraniumPelargonium fruticosumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
fern leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulinaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
feverfewTanacetum parthenium (Chrysanthemum parthenium)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Flat-bladed RushJuncus xiphioidesPerennial- NC×
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flaxLinum spp. & cvs.Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaxPhormium hybridsPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flax leaf monardellaMonardella linoidesPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flax leaf pimpernelAnagallis monelliPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
flax lilyDianella revoluta cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaxleaf boucheaBouchea linifoliaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fleabaneErigeron formosissimusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fleabaneErigeron karvinskianusPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
flowering tobaccoNicotiana sylvestrisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
foamy bellsX Heucherella cvs. (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
foothill sedgeCarex tumulicolaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
forest sedgeCarex sylvaticaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fortnight lilyDietes bicolor and cvsPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
fortnight lilyDietes iridioides and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
fortune's holly fernCyrtomium fortuneiPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fountain rushElegia capensisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
four o'clockMirabilis jalapaPerennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
four o'clockMirabilis multifloraPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
four-nerve daisyTetraneuris scaposaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
fox tail agaveAgave attenuata (and thin-leaved relatives)Perennial, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Photo credits, 184 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Christmas fern: Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Christmas/Lenten rose: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cinnamon fern: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- cinquefoil: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- citrus scented marigold: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- Clark lily turf: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Clary sage: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- clasping heliotrope: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cliff desert dandelion: miheco, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- cliff vygie: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- climbing fern: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Clubmoss Ivesia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- clustered field sedge: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- coast angelica: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coast woodmint: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Coastal California Poppy: Artslave, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coastal gum plant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coastal Lotus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Coastal Sagewort: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coastal wood fern: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Cobb Mountain Lupine: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coffee fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- columbia lewisia: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- columbine: Retro Lenses, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Columbine hybrids: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- comfrey: Finchj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- comfrey: en:Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- common bluebeard: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- common everlasting: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- common heliotrope: Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- common rasp fern: Daderot, Public domain
- Common Sandaster: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- common sunrose: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cone flower: Ulf Eliasson, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- coneflower: Dcoetzee, CC0 (licence)
- Coolvista flax lily: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coral bells: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coral bells cultivars: A. Köhler, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coral poker: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Corsican hellebore: Picture taken by User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Corsican violet: Cardioceras, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Costa Rica blue sage: alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cotula: Stephen Lea, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coville's lip fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coyote mint: NPS, Public domain
- crane's bill: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cranesbill: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cranesbill (chrysanthum): Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- crassula: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- creek mat rush: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping baby's breath: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- creeping borage: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping buttercup: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping forget-me-not: Afanasovich, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- creeping globe daisy: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- creeping spurge: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping zinnia: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- crepe fern: Daderot, Public domain
- crested gentian: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- crevice alum root: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- crisp monardella: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- cupid's dart: Ltshears - Trisha M Shears, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- curly top sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- curry plant: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- cushion spurge: Roland.aprent, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cypress spurge: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Dame's Rocket: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- dampiera: mrpbps, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dampiera: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- darcy sage: Jeffdelonge, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dark Violet Hybrid Skullcap: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- David's Choice Sagebrush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- day lily: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- dayflower: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dayflower: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- deer fern: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- deer weed: NPS, Public domain
- dekriet: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Del Norte County Iris: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- delphinium: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert four o'clock: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert mallow/globe mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert marigold: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert milkweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert rose: ZSM, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- devil's trumpet: Shu Suehiro, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Diablo Helianthella: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dinosaur food: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Dixie wood fern: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Douglas iris: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Doveweed: Unknown author, Public domain
- downy wood fern: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- dragon head: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- drooping agapanthus: Andrew Massyn, Public domain
- drooping clivia: Rotational, Public domain
- dropwort: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Drummond''s patersonia: Marie Phillips, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- drumsticks: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dudleya: Geography Luskin at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- dune restio: Andrew massyn, Public domain
- dune tansy: USFWS - Pacific Region, Public domain
- Dunn's lobelia: Snowyyyhi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dunn's lobelia: George Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dusty miller: Jebulon, CC0 (licence)
- dusty miller (cineraria): JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf chamomile: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf coreopsis: Dr. Thomas G. Barnes - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
- dwarf germander: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf lamb's ears: Batsv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Dwarf Mexican Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf red masterwort: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si (licence)
- dwarf snapdragon: Javier martin, Public domain
- dwarf soapwort: Josef F. Stuefer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf spanish foxglove: Sdrasvuitie, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf tree fern: Daderot, Public domain
- Dyce's hybrid holly fern: Martine Lapointe, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- dymondia: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Egyptian star flower: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- eidelweiss: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant's food: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elk clover: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Elvira red hot poker: Linda Loffler, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Engelmann daisy: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- English daisy: m.dolores paderne sa…, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- English Lavender: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- epidendrum: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- euphorbia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euphorbia: Daderot, Public domain
- euphorbia: NRahmi (WMID), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European chain fern: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- European gray sedge: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euryops/shrub daisy: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Ever Amethyst lily of the Nile: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Midnight™ Lily of the Nile: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Sapphire™ Lily of the Nile: KKPCW（Kyu3）, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ever Twilight™ Lily of the Nile: EyeTrick, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Ever White™ Lily of the Nile: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evergreen candy tuft: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen hydrangea: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- EverLast(TM) Orchid dianthus: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- evolvulus: Tasseophile, CC0 (licence)
- eyelash-leafed sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy fan: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fairy iris: Rojer Wisner, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy lantern: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fairy lantern: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy wand: Epibase, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- false indigo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false Soloman's seal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false sunflowers: United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program of..., Public domain
- false tillandsia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fame flower: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fan flower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- felt fern: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fern: Remember, Public domain
- Fern Asparagus: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fern leaf geranium: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fern leaf yarrow: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- feverfew: aslam karachiwala, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Flat-bladed Rush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- flax: The original uploader was Denis Barthel at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flax: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flax leaf monardella: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- flax leaf pimpernel: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flax lily: Sam Genas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flaxleaf bouchea: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fleabane: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fleabane: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- flowering tobacco: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- foamy bells: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foothill sedge: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- forest sedge: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forget-me-not: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fortnight lily: Mazarbulrin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fortnight lily: Amada44, Public domain
- fortune's holly fern: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fountain rush: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- four o'clock: Khalid Mahmood at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- four o'clock: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- four-nerve daisy: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- fox tail agave: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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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