Aaron's beardHypericum calycinumGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
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Aaron's beardHypericum calycinumGround cover, Shrub- NC×
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
Abyssinian bananaEnsete ventricosumShrub, Palm or cycad- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD?
Adam's needleYucca filamentosa ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
African boxwoodMyrsine africanaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
African bush daisyEuryops chrysanthemoides (Gamolepis chrysanthemoides)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
African milk bushSynadenium grantii 'Rubra'Shrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
African plumbagoCeratostigma abyssinicumShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
agapetes (serpens)Agapetes serpens (Pentapterygium)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Albany bottlebrushCallistemon speciosusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
Albany woolly bushAdenanthos x cunninghamiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Albury purple hypericumHypericum X inodorum 'Albury Purple'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Alice Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Alice Blue'Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
alkali heathFrankenia salinaShrub, California native- NCH
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
All Hallows Green horehoundMarrubium bourgaei 'All Hallows Green'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Allen Chickering sageSalvia 'Allen Chickering'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Allgold BroomCytisus x praecox 'Allgold'Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
aloeAloe spp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
aloysiaAloysia macrostachyaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
alpine plum yewPodocarpus alpinus cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
alpine totaraPodocarpus nivalisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
American arborvitaeThuja occidentalis ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
American dogwoodCornus sericea ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
American smoke treeCotinus obovatusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
anchor plantColletia paradoxaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
angel wing jasmineJasminum nitidumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
anise scented sageSalvia guaranitica (now S. coerulea) ssp, & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
anise treeIllicium floridanumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Anne Russel viburnumViburnum 'Anne Russell'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
antelope bitterbrushPurshia tridentataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Apache plumeFallugia paradoxaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
apple service berryAmelanchier x grandifloraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambacShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
Arabian lilacVitex trifolia 'Purpurea'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Argentine tecomaTecoma garrochaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Arizona mock orangeChoisya dumosa var. arizonicaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Arizona rosewoodVauquelinia californicaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Aromas salviaSalvia 'Aromas'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Arp RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Arp'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
arrow leaf sageSalvia sagittataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
arrowwoodViburnum dentatumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Arroyo de la Cruz ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ashy silktasselGarrya flavescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
ashyleaf buckwheatEriogonum cinereumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Asian star jasmineTrachelospermum asiaticumGround cover, Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Austin Griffiths manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Austin Griffiths'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Australian fuchsiaCorrea spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Australian heathEpacris gunniiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Australian indigoIndigofera australisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Australian pill flower bushOzothamnus rosmarinifolius (Helichrysum rosmarinifolius)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Australian saltbushAtriplex semibaccataGround cover, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDVL
Australian saltbushRhagodia spinescens (Rhagodia deltophylla)Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Australian senna/cassiaSenna australis (Cassia australis)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Australian tea treeLeptospermum laevigatumShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Australian tree fernSphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea cooperi)Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Autumn Bonfire azaleaRhododendron 'Robleza' Autumn Bonfire™Shrub- NC?
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
autumn sageSalvia greggii ssp., cvs. & hybridsPerennial, Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
autumn tea treeLeptospermum grandiflorumShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
awabuki viburnumViburnum awabukiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
azaleaRhododendron spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
baby bonnetsCoursetia axillarisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby bonnetsCoursetia glandulosaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
baby bonnetsCoursetia microphyllaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Baja bush-snapdragonGalvezia juncea & cvs.Shrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California buckeyeAesculus parryiShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
Baja California sageSalvia californicaShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California sennaSenna purpusiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja California wild roseRosa minutifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja desert thornLycium brevipesShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baja fairy dusterCalliandra californicaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Baja fairy dusterCalliandra peninsularisShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
Baja ruelliaRuellia peninsularisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Baja spurgeEuphorbia xantiShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Baker's ManzanitaArctostaphylos bakeriShrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
bamboo (Bambusa)Bambusa spp.Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bamboo (Phyllostachys)Phyllostachys spp.Shrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bamboo (Sasa)Sasa spp.Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
bamboo cycadCeratozamia hildaeShrub, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bananaMusa spp. (shade in low desert)Perennial, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LDM
banana shrubMagnolia figo (Michelia figo)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
banana yuccaYucca baccataShrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
Barbados cherryMalpighia glabraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
Barbeque RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
barberryBerberis x media & ssp. & cvs. (Mahonia)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
barberryBerberis x stenophylla 'Irwinii'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
barrel cactusEchinocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
barrel cactusFerocactus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
bat-faced cupheaCuphea llaveaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Bauer''s dracenaCordyline baueriShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
bayberryMyrica pensylvanicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
beach vitexVitex rotundifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornutaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beaked yuccaYucca rostrata ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
bear grassNolina spp. & cvs. (CA natives and non-natives)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bear's breechAcanthus mollis (shade in the desert) (dormant in summer in CV)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
beauty berryCallicarpa bodinieriShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
beauty berryCallicarpa japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
beauty bushKolkwitzia amabilisShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Bee's Bliss sageSalvia 'Bee's Bliss'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bell flower hesperaloeHesperaloe campanulata ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Bella Donna abeliaAbelia x grandiflora 'Wevol1'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Belle Etoile mock orangePhiladelphus 'Belle Etoile'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Bellini raspberry crape myrtleLagerstroemia indica 'Conlagras' Bellini® RaspberryShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bellyache bushJatropha gossypiifoliaShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
Bergamboes bambooThamnocalamus tessellatusShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Bert Johnson manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bert Johnson'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bicolor sageSalvia semiatrataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
big berry manzanitaArctostaphylos glaucaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big pod ceanothusCeanothus megacarpusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
big sagebrushArtemisia tridentataShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD×
Big Sur manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
bird of paradiseStrelitzia reginae (shade in desert)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
bird's eye bushOchna serrulataShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bird's nest banksiaBanksia baxteriShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bitter gooseberryRibes amarumShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bitter snakewoodCondalia globosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa var.elataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
black daleaDalea frutescens ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
black kangaroo pawMacropidia fuliginosaShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Black Tower elderberrySambucus nigra 'Eiffel 1'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
black/green sageSalvia mellifera ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blackbrushColeogyne ramosissimaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
bladder podCleome isomerisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bladderpodPeritoma arborea (Isomeris arborea)Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Blizzard mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii 'Blizzard'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blood twig dogwoodCornus sanguineaShrub- NCH
- CVH
- SC?
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
blue angels's trumpetAcnistus australis (Iochroma australis)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
blue bambooHimalayacalamus hookerianus cvs.Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue bird hydrangeaHydrangea serrataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Blue BlossomCeanothus thyrsiflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue boy/girl etc. cvs.Ilex x meserveaeShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue bush lupineLupinus propinquus (nomenclature status unresolved)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
blue bush sageSalvia uricaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Diddley chastetreeVitex agnus-castus Blue Diddley®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue dracaena palmCordyline indivisaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Dwarf Japanese Stone PinePinus pumila 'Blue Dwarf'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Emu BushEremophila hygrophana 'Blue Bells™'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
blue fountain bambooFargesia nitida (Sinarundinaria nitida) (BAMBOO)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue hibiscusAlyogyne huegeliiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Blue Jeans ceanothusCeanothus 'Blue Jeans'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue leaf isu treeDistylium myricoidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue leaf wattleAcacia salignaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
blue lechenaultiaLechenaultia bilobaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
blue margueriteFelicia amelloidesShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
blue mist/dark nightCaryopteris x clandonensis & ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
blue salviaSalvia thymoidesPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Blue Spires RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Blue Spires'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
blue witchSolanum umbelliferum and cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
blue witchSolanum xanti and cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
blue witches hatsPycnostachys urticifoliaShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
blue yuccaYucca rigida ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
bluebeardCaryopteris odorataPerennial, Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Bodnant viburnumViburnum x bodnantenseShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bog rosemaryAndromeda polifoliaGround cover, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
boojumFouquieria columnarisShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDVL
book-leaf malleeEucalyptus kruseanaShrub- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Bordeaux® RoseRosa 'KORelamba'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
bottle brushCallistemon citrinusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
bottle palmBeaucarnea stricta (Nolina stricta)Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
bougainvilleaBougainvillea & spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Vine- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
box honeysuckleLonicera nitidaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
box thornLycium californicumShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
box-leaved hollyIlex crenataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
boxthornLycium exsertumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bracelet honey-myrtleMelaleuca armillarisShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
bramble (lineatus)Rubus lineatusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Brazilian plume flowerJusticia carneaShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD?
Brazilian sky flowerDuranta stenostachyaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
bread cycadEncephalartos spp.Shrub, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
breath of heavenColeonema pulchellum (C. pulchrum)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Brick House roseRosa 'Meitraligh' Brick House™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
brickellbushBrickellia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
brightbead cotoneasterCotoneaster glaucophyllusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
brittle bushEncelia farinosaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Bronx green forsythiaForsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
bronze butterflyBrachysema praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
broom (Cytisus)Cytisus spp. & cvs.Shrub- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
broom (Genista)Genista spp.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
broomstick treeSenecio praecox (Pittocaulon praecox )Shrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
brown dogwoodCornus glabrataShrub, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
buckbrushCeanothus cuneatusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Buckley's quill mock orangePhiladelphus x 'Buckley's Quill'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
buckwheatEriogonum spp. (CA native and non-native spp.)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Burford hollyIlex cornuta 'Burfordii'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Burkwood daphneDaphne x burkwoodiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Burkwood viburnumViburnum x burkwoodiiShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Burmese plumbagoCeratostigma griffithiiShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Photo credits, 187 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron's beard: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Abyssinian banana: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Adam's needle: Sten at Danish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- African boxwood: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- African bush daisy: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- African milk bush: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- African plumbago: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- agapetes (serpens): Daderot, Public domain
- Albany bottlebrush: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Albany woolly bush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Albury purple hypericum: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Alice Blue ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- alkali heath: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- All Hallows Green horehound: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Allen Chickering sage: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Allgold Broom: Original uploader was Sten Porse at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- aloe: Harald Süpfle, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- aloysia: TDogg310, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- alpine plum yew: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- alpine totara: Meneerke bloem, Public domain
- American arborvitae: Daniel Dumais, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- American dogwood: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- American smoke tree: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- anchor plant: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- angel wing jasmine: Rajasekhar1961, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- anise scented sage: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- anise tree: Tim Ross, Public domain
- Anne Russel viburnum: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- antelope bitterbrush: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Apache plume: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- apple service berry: BlueCanoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Arabian lilac: Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Argentine tecoma: Enziee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Arizona mock orange: Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Arizona rosewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Aromas salvia: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Arp Rosemary: Assianir, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- arrow leaf sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- arrowwood: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society/James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Arroyo de la Cruz ceanothus: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- ashy silktassel: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ashyleaf buckwheat: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Asian star jasmine: Jackie, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Austin Griffiths manzanita: Dcskagirl, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Australian fuchsia: David Midgley (en:User:MidgleyDJ), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Australian heath: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Australian indigo: Eug, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Australian pill flower bush: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Australian saltbush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Australian saltbush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Australian senna/cassia: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Australian tea tree: Stephen Bain, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Australian tree fern: Amanda Grobe, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Autumn Bonfire azalea: Erisimo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- autumn sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- autumn tea tree: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- awabuki viburnum: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- azalea: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- baby bonnets: Gaiacoyote, CC0 (licence)
- Baja bush-snapdragon: cultivar413, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Baja California buckeye: marcus_t, CC0 (licence)
- Baja California sage: Refondata, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Baja California senna: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Baja California wild rose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja desert thorn: Stickpen, Public domain
- Baja fairy duster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Baja fairy duster: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Baja ruellia: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baja spurge: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Baker's Manzanita: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bamboo (Bambusa): Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo (Phyllostachys): Samuel Wantman Uploaded by Sam at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo (Sasa): Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bamboo cycad: PeregrinusX, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- banana: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- banana shrub: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- banana yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Barbados cherry: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Barbeque Rosemary: Fausta Samaritani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- barberry: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- barberry: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- barrel cactus: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- bat-faced cuphea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Bauer''s dracena: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bayberry: rockerBOO, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- beach vitex: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Beaked Hazelnut: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beaked yucca: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear grass: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bear's breech: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bearberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- beauty berry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beauty berry: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- beauty bush: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bee's Bliss sage: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- bell flower hesperaloe: Fritz Hochstätter, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- Bella Donna abelia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Belle Etoile mock orange: Mjrmtg, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Bellini raspberry crape myrtle: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- bellyache bush: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bergamboes bamboo: (c) Nick Helme, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Bert Johnson manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- bicolor sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- big berry manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- big pod ceanothus: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- big sagebrush: Peemus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Big Sur manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird of paradise: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bird's eye bush: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bird's nest banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- bitter gooseberry: George Williams, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- bitter snakewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black chokeberry: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- black dalea: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- black kangaroo paw: SeanMack, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Black Tower elderberry: Willow, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- black/green sage: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif., CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blackbrush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bladder pod: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bladderpod: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blizzard mock orange: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blood twig dogwood: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue angels's trumpet: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue bamboo: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- blue bird hydrangea: Laitche, Public domain
- Blue Blossom: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue boy/girl etc. cvs.: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- blue bush lupine: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue bush sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Diddley chastetree: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue dracaena palm: tanetahi, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Dwarf Japanese Stone Pine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Blue Emu Bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- blue fountain bamboo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue hibiscus: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Cygnis insi..., Public domain
- Blue Jeans ceanothus: unknown author, USFWS, Public domain
- blue leaf isu tree: Doctoroftcm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue leaf wattle: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue lechenaultia: Dinkum, CC0 (licence)
- blue marguerite: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue mist/dark night: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- blue salvia: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Blue Spires Rosemary: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- blue witch: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- blue witch: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- blue witches hats: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- blue yucca: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bluebeard: Amarbileg Shajbalidir, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Bodnant viburnum: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bog rosemary: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- boojum: Tomas Castelazo, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- book-leaf mallee: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bordeaux® Rose: M0tty, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bottle brush: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bottle palm: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bougainvillea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- box honeysuckle: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- box thorn: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- box-leaved holly: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- boxthorn: Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bracelet honey-myrtle: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bramble (lineatus): George Chernilevsky, Public domain
- Brazilian plume flower: PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Brazilian sky flower: tanakawho from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- bread cycad: Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- breath of heaven: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Brick House rose: Laitche, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- brickellbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- brightbead cotoneaster: Stickpen, Public domain
- brittle bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bronx green forsythia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bronze butterfly: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- broom (Cytisus): LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- broom (Genista): Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- broomstick tree: Bodofzt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- brown dogwood: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- buckbrush: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Buckley's quill mock orange: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- buckwheat: User:Toiyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Burford holly: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Burkwood daphne: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Burkwood viburnum: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Burmese plumbago: Lovelocker, 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.
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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