West Coast Canada goldenrodSolidago elongata (Solidago canadensis spp. elongata)Perennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Perennials rated for California: water needs by climate zone
Each plant shows its water use rating for each of the six California climate zones. Minutes opens the sprinkler calculator with the plant and a climate city preset.
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West Coast Canada goldenrodSolidago elongata (Solidago canadensis spp. elongata)Perennial, California native
west Texas cobalt sageSalvia reptansPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western asterSymphyotrichum ascendens (Aster ascendens)Perennial, California native- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Western Blue FlagIris missouriensisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dichondraDichondra occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dog violetViola aduncaPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western goldenrodEuthamia occidentalisPerennial, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western marsh rosemaryLimonium californicumPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Western ragweedAmbrosia psilostachyaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
western snake rootAgeratina occidentalisPerennial, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western spiderwortTradescantia occidentalisPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western sword fernPolystichum munitumPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
white asphodelAsphodelus aestivusPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white evening primroseOenothera pallidaPerennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white ginger lilyHedychium coronariumPerennial- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
white harebellWahlenbergia congestaGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white hedgenettleStachys albensPerennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
white parahebeParahebe linifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
white rabbit's foot fernHumata tyermaniiPerennial- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white richmondensis begoniaBegonia acutifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
White sagebrushArtemisia ludovicianaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
whorled clarySalvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
whorlflowerMorina longifoliaPerennial- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wild gingerAsarum caudatumGround cover, Perennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wine cupsCallirhoe involucrataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
winter blooming bergeniaBergenia crassifoliaPerennial, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
wishbone bushMirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Mirabilis californica)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
wood fernDryopteris erythrosoraPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wood sage/germanderTeucrium scorodoniaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wood spurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesPerennial, Succulent- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woodland phaceliaPhacelia bolanderiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
woolly blue curlsTrichostema lanatumPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
woolly foxgloveDigitalis lanataPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Woolly LotusAcmispon heermanniiPerennial, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly senecioSenecio haworthii (nomen. unresolved)Perennial, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly sunflowerEriophyllum lanatum & cvsPerennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly yarrowAchillea tomentosaGround cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wrinkled agastacheAgastache rugosaPerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
yampahPerideridia kelloggiiPerennial, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
yarrowAchillea millefolium (CA native cultivars)Ground cover, Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
yarrow (non-native hybrids)Achillea millefolium (non-native hybrids)Ground cover, Perennial- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
yellow archangelLamiastrum galeobdolonGround cover, Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow butterfly gingerHedychium flavumPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
yellow gingerHedychium flavescensPerennial- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
yellow sand verbenaAbronia latifoliaPerennial, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yellow stachysStachys chrysanthaPerennial- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
yellow waxbellsKirengeshoma koreanaPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yellow waxbellsKirengeshoma palmataPerennial- NCH
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yerba buenaClinopodium douglasii (Satureja douglasii)Perennial, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
yerba mansaAnemopsis californicaGround cover, Perennial, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
zaluzinskyaZaluzianskya katherinaePerennial- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
zebra mallowMalva sylvestris 'Zebrina'Perennial- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 52 images from Wikimedia Commons
- West Coast Canada goldenrod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- west Texas cobalt sage: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- western aster: Robb Hannawacker, CC0 (licence)
- Western Blue Flag: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western dichondra: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- western dog violet: Thegreenj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western goldenrod: Unknown author, Public domain
- western marsh rosemary: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- Western ragweed: Krzysztof Ziarnek Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western snake root: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western spiderwort: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- western sword fern: Jami Dwyer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white asphodel: Luis nunes alberto, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white evening primrose: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white ginger lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- white harebell: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white hedgenettle: Unknown author, Public domain
- white parahebe: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white rabbit's foot fern: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- white richmondensis begonia: Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- White sagebrush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- whorled clary: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- whorlflower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wild ginger: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wine cups: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter blooming bergenia: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wishbone bush: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- wood fern: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wood sage/germander: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wood spurge: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- woodland phacelia: Stickpen, Public domain
- woolly blue curls: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly foxglove: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Woolly Lotus: Stickpen, Public domain
- woolly senecio: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- woolly sunflower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly yarrow: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wrinkled agastache: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- yampah: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- yarrow: O. Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yarrow (non-native hybrids): Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow archangel: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow butterfly ginger: Daderot, Public domain
- yellow ginger: Wilder Mendez aka. Lezumbalaberenjena at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- yellow sand verbena: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow stachys: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- yellow waxbells: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow waxbells: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yerba buena: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- yerba mansa: Calibas, Public domain
- zaluzinskya: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- zebra mallow: Alvesgaspar, 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.
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