foxgloveDigitalis purpurea cvsPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
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foxgloveDigitalis purpurea cvsPerennial
foxgloveDigitalis x mertonensisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Fragile Sheath SedgeCarex fractaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fragrant SnakerootAgeratina herbaceaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Friendship SageSalvia gauranitica x gesneriiflora 'Amistad'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
frilly bergeniaBergenia ciliataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fringe cupsTellima grandifloraPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fringe lilyThysanotus multiflorusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
frosty curls hair sedgeCarex albulaPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fuchsiaFuchsia hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsia begoniaBegonia fuchsoides roseaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Fuji Snow sageSalvia 'Fuji Snow'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
fumewortCorydalis flexuosaPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
gaillardiaGaillardia spp., hybrids and cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
garden geraniumPelargonium x hortorum and cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
garden monkshoodAconitum napellusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
garden valerianValeriana officinalisPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
garden/kitchen sageSalvia officinalis and cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
garnet flowerAcaena pinnatifida var. californicaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
gasteriaGasteria spp. (shade)Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
gauraGaura lindheimeri ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
gay featherLiatris spicataPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Gayle Nielson/Trident sageSalvia 'Gayle Nielson' (Salvia Trident TM)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
gentianGentiana scabra procumbensPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
gentian sageSalvia patensPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
germanderTeucrium chamaedrys ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
germander (hyrcanicum)Teucrium hyrcanicumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant cape restioRhodocoma capensisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant chain fernWoodwardia fimbriataPerennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
giant gunneraGunnera manicataPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
giant hyssopAgastache auranticaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
giant lily turfOphiopogon jaburan SHADE in desertPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
giant marsh marigoldCaltha polypetalaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
giant millet reedChondropetalum mucronatumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
giant red lobeliaLobelia tupaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant sea hollyEryngium pandanifoliumPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
giant vetchVicia giganteaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
giant woolly starEriastrum densifolium elongatumPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Gibraltar candytuftIberis gibraltaricaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ginger lilyHedychium cvsPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
globe thistleEchinops exaltatusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Glowing Magenta Evening PrimroseOenothera kunthiana 'Glowing Magenta'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
goat's beardAruncus dioicusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
gold coin, Canary Island daisyPallenis maritima (Asteriscus maritimus) (Odontospermum) ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
golden angel japanese shrub mintLeucosceptrum japonicumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden bannerThermopsis montanaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden fleeceThymophylla pentachaeta (Dyssodia pentachaeta)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
golden lotus bananaMusella lasiocarpaPerennial- NC?
- CVH
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
golden margueriteCota tinctoria (Anthemis tinctoria)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Mist wood fernDryopteris labordei 'Golden Mist'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden rocketLigularia stenocephalaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
golden scabweedRaoulia australisPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden sundropsKneiffia fruticosa (Oenothera fruticosa)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
golden sunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides scabraPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden yarrowEriophyllum confertiflorumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
golden-eyed grassSisyrinchium californicumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
goldenrodSolidago spp. & hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
goldfussaStrobilanthes anisophyllus 'Purpurea'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
gopher spurgeEuphorbia rigidaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
graptopetalumGraptopetalum spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
graptosedumX Graptosedum cultivarsPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
grass treeXanthorrhoea spp.Perennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
grassy bellsEdraianthus pumilioPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
great blanket flowerGaillardia aristataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
great blue lobeliaLobelia siphiliticaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
great valley gum plantGrindelia camporumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
greater masterwortAstrantia majorPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Grecian foxgloveDigitalis laevigataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Grecian horehoundBallota pseudodictamnusPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Greek yarrowAchillea ageratifoliaPerennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
green cliff brakePellaea viridisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green dreamMathiasella bupleuroidesPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green euryopsEuryops pectinatus viridisPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
green grass reedRestio festuciformisPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos viridisPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Greenstone vegetable sheepRaoulia x 'Greenstone'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Griffith's spurgeEuphorbia griffithiiPerennial, Succulent- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- 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?
groundselBrachyglottis greyi (Senecio greyi)Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Guatemalan blue sageSalvia cacaliaefoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hairy golden asterHeterotheca villosa (Chrysopsis villosa)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hairy gum plantGrindelia hirsutulaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hairy lip fernCheilanthes lanosaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hairy Matilija poppyRomneya trichocalyxPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
hairy poppyPapaver pilosumPerennial- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hammock fernBlechnum occidentalePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
hard shield fernPolystichum aculeatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hardy alyssum/basket of goldAurinia saxatilisPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hardy begoniaBegonia grandisPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
hardy gloxiniaIncarvillea delavayiPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hardy petuniaRuellia elegans 'Ragin Cajun'Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hardy/straw foxgloveDigitalis luteaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Hart's tongue fernAsplenium scolopendrium (Phyllitis scolopendrium)Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Hartweg's Iris, Rainbow IrisIris hartwegiiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Hawaiian Blue EyesEvolvulus ruttalianusPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
Hawaiian tree fernCibotium glaucumPerennial- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
haworthiaHaworthia spp.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
heart leaf fernHemionitis arifoliaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
heart of fireBromelia balansaePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
heartleaf geraniumPelargonium cordifoliumPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
heath-leafed banksiaBanksia ericifoliaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
heavenly blueLithodora diffusaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
hechtiaHechtia spp and cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hedge nettleStachys bullata (shade)(S. californica)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hens and chickensEcheveria spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
heron's billErodium corsicumPerennial- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan gingerRoscoea alpinaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan gloxiniaIncarvillea argutaPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan windflowerAnemone rivularisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hoary vervainVerbena strictaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Honey EuryopsEuryops virgineus 'Tali'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Hooker's evening primroseOenothera elata (E. hookeri)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
horkeliaHorkelia californicaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
horned poppyGlaucium flavumPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
horned spurgeEuphorbia ceratocarpaPerennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
horsetailEquisetum spp. & cvs. (native and non-native spp.)Perennial, California native- NC×
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
horsetail restioElegia equisetaceaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hot lips turtle headChelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
house leekSempervivum spp. & cvs.Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Hummingbird MintAgastache 'Wildfire'Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hummingbird plantDicliptera suberectaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hummingbird/pitcher sageSalvia spathacea and cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hyacinth orchidBletilla striataPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid bergeniaBergenia hybridsPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid cliviaClivia & ssp., hybrids & cvs. (shade)Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
hybrid crane's billErodium x variabile cvs.Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid rose leaf sageSalvia pulchella x involucrataPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid soapwortSaponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei'Ground cover, Perennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hypericum (frondosum)Hypericum frondosumPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
ice plant (Aptenia)Aptenia cordifoliaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ice plant (Red Apple)Aptenia 'Red Apple'Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Idyllwild rock flowerHeuchera hirsutissimaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Indian hempApocynum cannabinumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Indian holly fernArachniodes simplicior (SHADE)Perennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Indigo Frost™ Lily of the NileAgapanthus AMBIC001' ('Twister') PP25519Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
indigo woodland sageSalvia forskaohleiPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
inside-out flowerVancouveria spp. (shade)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
inulaInula ensifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
inyouchikuzokuHibanobambusa tranquillansPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Irish mossSagina subulata (Arenaria)Ground cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
island alum rootHeuchera maximaPerennial, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Island Rush RoseCrocanthemum (Helianthemum) greeneiPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Island Sage BrushArtemisia nesioticaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Island TarweedHemizonia clementinaPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
island wallflowerErysimum insularePerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Italian arumArum italicumPerennial- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
ivy geraniumPelargonium peltatumGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Jacob's ladderPolemonium spp.Perennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Jacob's rod/kings spearAsphodeline luteaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese anemoneAnemone hupehensis var. japonica (SHADE)Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese anemoneAnemone X hybridaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese bamboo fernConiogramme japonicaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese beech fernThelypteris decursive-pinnataPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese bottlebrushSanguisorba obtusaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese holly fernCyrtomium falcatumPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese irisIris ensataPerennial- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese knotweedFallopia japonica (potentially invasive weed)Perennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese lace fernPolystichum polyblepharumPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese sedgeCarex oshimensis & ssp. & cvs.Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
jewels of OparTalinum paniculatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
jubilee wallflowerErysimum 'Jubilee'Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Kahili gingerHedychium gardnerianumPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Kanga Red Kangaroo PawAnigozanthos 'Kanga Red'Perennial- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
kangaroo fernMicrosorum pustulatumPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
kangaroo pawAnigozanthos flavidusPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Karla's sageSalvia 'Karla'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Keller hypericumHypericum kelleriGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
kellerii achilleaAchillea x kellereriPerennial- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Kenilworth ivyCymbalaria muralisGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
kidney-leaved pelargoniumPelargonium reniformePerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
kleiniaSenecio mandraliscae (Kleinia mandraliscae)Ground cover, Perennial, Succulent- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
knobby club rushIsolepis nodosaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Korean rock fernPolystichum tsus-simensePerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Kudos™ Coral Dwarf AgastacheAgastache 'Kudos Coral' PP25613Perennial- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Kudos™ Gold Dwarf AgastacheAgastache 'Kudos Gold' PP26410Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Kunth's evening primroseOenothera kunthianaPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Labrador violetViola labradoricaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
lace fernMicrolepia strigosaPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
lace parsnipLomatium dasycarpumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
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×
Photo credits, 184 images from Wikimedia Commons
- foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- foxglove: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Fragile Sheath Sedge: no rights reserved, CC0 (licence)
- Fragrant Snakeroot: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Friendship Sage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- frilly bergenia: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fringe cups: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- fringe lily: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- frosty curls hair sedge: Stickpen, Public domain
- fuchsia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fuchsia begonia: Juni from Kyoto, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Fuji Snow sage: Nostradame2, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fumewort: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gaillardia: Photograph taken by and (c)2007 Johnathan J. Stegeman (Midimacman), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- garden geranium: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- garden monkshood: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- garden valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- garden/kitchen sage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- garnet flower: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- gasteria: HelenaH, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gaura: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gay feather: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gayle Nielson/Trident sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gentian: ~~, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gentian sage: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- germander: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- germander (hyrcanicum): Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant cape restio: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant chain fern: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- giant gunnera: Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates. The original uploader was Naboko..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant hyssop: Potentillarecta, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- giant lily turf: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant marsh marigold: carol, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant millet reed: Daderot, Public domain
- giant red lobelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant sea holly: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant vetch: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- giant woolly star: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- Gibraltar candytuft: Toromedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ginger lily: Kristi Denby/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- globe thistle: McIntosh Natura, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Glowing Magenta Evening Primrose: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- goat's beard: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- gold coin, Canary Island daisy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden angel japanese shrub mint: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden banner: Sheri Hagwood @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- golden fleece: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden lotus banana: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden marguerite: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- Golden Mist wood fern: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- golden rocket: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- golden scabweed: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- golden sundrops: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden sunflower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden yarrow: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- golden-eyed grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goldenrod: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- goldfussa: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- gopher spurge: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- graptopetalum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- graptosedum: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grass tree: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grassy bells: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great blanket flower: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great blue lobelia: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- great valley gum plant: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- greater masterwort: Audrius Meskauskas, Public domain
- Grecian foxglove: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Grecian horehound: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greek yarrow: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green cliff brake: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green dream: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- green euryops: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green grass reed: Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green kangaroo paw: Lennix3, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Greenstone vegetable sheep: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Griffith's spurge: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ground ivy: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ground ivy sage: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- groundsel: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Guatemalan blue sage: Cindy Gustafson, Public domain
- hairy golden aster: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- hairy gum plant: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- hairy lip fern: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hairy Matilija poppy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hairy poppy: Misolonax, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hammock fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- hard shield fern: MPF, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- hardy alyssum/basket of gold: Crusier, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hardy begonia: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hardy gloxinia: This Photo was taken by FredrikLähnn All my photos are public domain, but if..., Public domain
- hardy petunia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hardy/straw foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Hart's tongue fern: Erwin Gruber from Frohnleiten, Österreich, Steiermark, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Hartweg's Iris, Rainbow Iris: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Hawaiian Blue Eyes: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Hawaiian tree fern: Hermann Luyken, CC0 (licence)
- haworthia: Abu Shawka, CC0 (licence)
- heart leaf fern: Niha khan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- heart of fire: Zaida Machado, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- heartleaf bergenia: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- heartleaf geranium: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- heath-leafed banksia: John Moss, Public domain
- heavenly blue: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hechtia: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hedge nettle: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hens and chickens: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- heron's bill: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan ginger: Roscoea_alpina_120819.jpg: Peter coxhead derivative work: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan gloxinia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan windflower: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hoary vervain: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain
- Honey Euryops: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Hooker's evening primrose: by User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- horkelia: Scott Loarie, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- horned poppy: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- horned spurge: Naevus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- horsetail: Matti Virtala, CC0 (licence)
- horsetail restio: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hot lips turtle head: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- house leek: Bouba, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Hummingbird Mint: Benh LIEU SONG - Hoverfly identification by Lycaon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hummingbird plant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hummingbird/pitcher sage: Taken by Antandrus, Public domain
- hyacinth orchid: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid bergenia: Christian Hummert (Ixitixel), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid clivia: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid crane's bill: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid rose leaf sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hybrid soapwort: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain
- hypericum (frondosum): Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Aptenia): KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ice plant (Red Apple): Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Idyllwild rock flower: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Indian hemp: SB Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Indian holly fern: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Indigo Frost™ Lily of the Nile: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- indigo woodland sage: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- inside-out flower: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- inula: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- inyouchikuzoku: Daderot, Public domain
- Irish moss: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- island alum root: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Island Rush Rose: Unknown author, Public domain
- Island Sage Brush: Daderot, Public domain
- Island Tarweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- island wallflower: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- Italian arum: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ivy geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jacob's ladder: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jacob's rod/kings spear: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese anemone: Kuruman from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Japanese anemone: Digigalos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese bamboo fern: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese beech fern: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese bottlebrush: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese holly fern: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese iris: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Japanese knotweed: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese lace fern: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Japanese sedge: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- jewels of Opar: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- jubilee wallflower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kahili ginger: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kanga Red Kangaroo Paw: gérard from Nouméa, (Nouvelle-Calédonie), CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- kangaroo fern: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- kangaroo paw: Cygnis insignis, Public domain
- Karla's sage: Rob Hille, Public domain
- Keller hypericum: Ashish8460, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- kellerii achillea: Patrick Standish from Aurora, Colorado, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Kenilworth ivy: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- kidney-leaved pelargonium: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- kleinia: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- knobby club rush: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Korean rock fern: Daderot, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Kudos™ Coral Dwarf Agastache: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Kudos™ Gold Dwarf Agastache: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Kunth's evening primrose: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (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
- 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)
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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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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