burning bushEuonymus alatusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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burning bushEuonymus alatusShrub
BurrobrushHymenoclea salsola (Ambrosia)Shrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
burrow bushAmbrosia monogyra (Hymenoclea monogyra)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
bush anemoneCarpenteria californicaShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Bush flame peaChorizema ''Bush Flame''Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bush germanderTeucrium fruticans ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
bush mallowLavatera maritimaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
bush mallowMalacothamnus fasciculatusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
bush morning gloryConvolvulus cneorumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
bush violetBarleria obtusaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
bushrueCneoridium dumosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
butterfly bushBuddleja davidii and hybridsShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
butterfly bushClerodendrum ugandenseShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
butterfly palmDypsis lutescens (Areca)Shrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
button bushCephalanthus occidentalisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
buttonbushBerzelia lanuginosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Buxifolia manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Buxifolia'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
cactusEspostoa guentheri (Vatricania, (Cephalocereus))Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
California AdolphiaAdolphia californicaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDVL
California blackberryRubus ursinusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
California false indigo bushAmorpha californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California goldenbushEricameria ericoidesShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
California holly grapeBerberis pinnata & ssp. & cvs. (Mahonia pinnata)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
California juniperJuniperus californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
California MahoniaBerberis (Mahonia) dictyotaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
California privetLigustrum ovalifoliumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
California RosewoodVauquelinia californica paucifloraShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
California sagebrushArtemisia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
California scrub oakQuercus berberidifoliaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
California wild roseRosa californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
California Yerba SantaEriodictyon californicumShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
callistemon (subulatus)Callistemon subulatusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
camelliaCamellia japonica (SHADE IN DESERT)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Canadian lilacSyringa x hyacinthifloraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Canary Island echiumEchium handienseShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Canary Island SageSalvia canariensisShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
canary-bird bushCrotalaria agatifloraShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
candy cane bambooHimalayacalamus falconeri Damarapa'Shrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
candy corn plantCuphea micropetalaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Cane's hybrid bottlebrushCallistemon 'Cane's hybrid'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
canyon gooseberryRibes menziesiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Canyon Pink BuckeyeAesculus californica 'Canyon Pink'Shrub, California native, Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cape fuchsiaPhygelius x rectusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
cape myrtlePhylica plumosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cape plumbagoPlumbago auriculata (capensis) ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
caper bushCapparis spinosaShrub- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cardboard fern/palmZamia furfuraceaShrub, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Carolina allspiceCalycanthus floridusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Carolina wild petuniaRuellia carolinensisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Carribean copper plantEuphorbia cotinifoliaShrub, Tree, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
cashmere bouquetClerodendrum bungei (SHADE)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Cassia eremophila (Senna nemophila)Cassia eremophila (Senna nemophila)Shrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Cat ClawSenegalia greggiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
cat tails euphorbiaEuphorbia leucodendronShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Catalina cherryPrunus ilicifolia lyoniiShrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Catalina CrossosomaCrossosoma californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Catalina Island Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus traskiaeShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Catalina manzanitaArctostaphylos catalinaeShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
catclaw acaciaAcacia greggii (Senegalia greggii)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Cayuga,Chesapeake, Eskimo ViburnumViburnum carlesii cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Cedros Island SageSalvia cedrosensisShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Centennial baccharisBaccharis 'Centennial'Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Center Stage red crape myrtleLagerstroemia Center Stage® RedShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
century plantAgave americana (and thick-leaved relatives)Perennial, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
ceratostigma (minus)Ceratostigma minusGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
chakte vigaCaesalpinia platylobaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
chamaedoreaChamaedorea spp.Shrub, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
chaparral currantRibes malvaceumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
chaparral honeysuckleLonicera interruptaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Charity MahoniaMahonia x media 'Charity'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chelsea girl and other cvsArgyranthemum gracileShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chenile honey-myrtleMelaleuca huegeliiShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
chenille plantAcalypha hispidaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cherry/Graham sageSalvia microphylla (Salvia grahamii) ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Chi roseRosa 'Baillim' Chi™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chicagoland Blues™Vitex agnus castus x rotundifolia 'Daniel Searle' PP31659Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Chihuahuan RosewoodVauquelinia corymbosa angustifoliaShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Chilean feather bambooChusquea culeou (C. breviglumis)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Chilean jessamineCestrum parquiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chilean lobeliaLobelia excelsaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chilean potato treeSolanum crispumShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese abeliaAbelia chinensis (Linnaea chinensis)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese hat plantHolmskioldia sanguineaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese hibiscusHibiscus rosa-sinensisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Chinese holly grapeMahonia oiwakensis (Mahonia lomariifolia)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Chinese indigoIndigofera decora (incarnata)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese lilacSyringa x chinensisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Chinese photiniaPhotinia serratifolia (P. serrulata)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Chinese pierisPieris formosa var.forrestiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese plumbagoCeratostigma willmottianumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese snowballViburnum macrocephalumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese stranvaesiaStranvaesia davidiana var davidianaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese strawberry treeMyrica rubraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Chinese wax shrubCalycanthus sinensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
chocolate bambooFargesia fungosa (Borinda fungosa)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
chokecherryPrunus virginianaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Christmas prideRuellia macranthaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
chuparosaJusticia californica (Beloperone californica)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDVL
chuparosa del caboJusticia purpusiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cigar plantCuphea igneaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa ssp. & cvs. (Potentilla fruticosa)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
clay wattleAcacia glaucopteraShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
cliff buckwheatEriogonum parvifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cliff rosePurshia stansburyana (Cowania mexicana, Purshia mexicana)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cliff spurgeEuphorbia miseraShrub, Succulent, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
climbing hydrangeaHydrangea anomala petiolarisShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVH
- SC×
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
climbing penstemonKeckiella cordifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
clustered fishtail palmCaryota mitisShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Coahuila sageSalvia coahuilensisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Coahuilan hesperaloeHesperaloe funiferaShrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
coast buckwheatEriogonum latifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
coast leucothoeLeucothoe axillarisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coast myoporumMyoporum laetum ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
coast rock roseHalimium commutatumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coast rosemaryWestringia fruticosa (rosmariniformis) & hybrids and cvsShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
coast silktasselGarrya elliptica ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
coast sunflowerEncelia californicaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDVL
coastal bush lupineLupinus arboreusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
coastal woolly bushAdenanthos sericeusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
cockspur coral treeErythrina crista-galliShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
common bluebeardCaryopteris incanaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common guavaPsidium guajavaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
common jasmineJasminum officinale f. grandiflorum (Jasminum grandiflorum)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
common manzanitaArctostaphylos manzanitaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
common nine barkPhysocarpus opufolius ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Common Sun RoseHelianthemum scopariumShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
common witch hazelHamamelis virginianaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
compact goldenbushEricameria cuneataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
compact Oregon grape hollyBerberis aquifolium 'Compacta'Ground cover, Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDH
Concha ceanothusCeanothus 'Concha'Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
confederate roseHibiscus mutabilisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Convent Texas RangerLeucophyllum x 'Convent'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDM
Cool Glow Lime dwarf heavenly bambooNandina domestica 'Zhnan102' Cool Glow™ LimeShrub- NC?
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Cool Glow Peach dwarf heavenly bambooNandina domestica 'Zhnan28' Cool Glow™ PeachShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Cool Glow Pomegranate dwarf heavenly bambooNandina domestica 'Zhnan53' Cool Glow™ PomegranateShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
copper leafAcalypha californicaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
copper leafAcalypha wilkesianaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
coppertone loquatEriobotrya 'Coppertone'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
coral beanErythrina flabelliformisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coral creeperBarleria repensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Coral Drift® roseRosa 'Meiradriflora'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coral fountainRusselia equisetiformisShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Coral Knock Out roseRosa 'Radral' Coral Knock Out®Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coral plantBerberidopsis corallinaShrub, Vine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
coral shrubOzothamnus coralloidesShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
coralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus (SHADE)Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cordyline & ssp., hybrids & cvs.Cordyline hybrids and cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
corokiaCorokia x virgataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
corrugated sageSalvia corrugataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Costa Rica blue sageSalvia 'Costa Rica Blue'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
cotoneasterCotoneaster spp. (shrubs)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Coville arrow weedPluchea sericeaShrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
coyote brushBaccharis pilularis ssp. consanguineaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Cranberry cotoneasterCotoneaster apiculatusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
crape myrtleLagerstroemia spp., hybrids & cvs.Shrub, Tree, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
crassulaCrassula spp.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Cream(TM) Veranda® roseRosa 'KORfloci01'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
creeping coprosmaCoprosma x kirkiiGround cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
creeping mahoniaBerberis aquifolium var. repens (shade)Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
creeping raspberryRubus rolfei (R. pentalobus, R. calcynioides)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
creosoteLarrea tridentata ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
Cretan phlomisPhlomis creticaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Crete Jerusalem sagePhlomis lanataShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
crown of thornsEuphorbia miliiShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
curl-leaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus ledifoliusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
currant of TexasBerberis trifoliata (Mahonia trifoliata)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
curve leaf yuccaYucca recurvifoliaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDM
cushion bushLeucophyta brownii (Calocephalus brownii)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
cut leaf Guinea flowerHibbertia cuneiformisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
cut-leaf banksiaBanksia praemorsaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
cut-leaf chaste treeVitex negundo 'Heterophylla'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
cutleaf lilacSyringa x laciniataShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Cynthia Postan ceanothusCeanothus 'Cynthia Postan'Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
daisy bushOlearia x scilloniensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
daisy treeMontanoa grandifloraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dalea (bicolor)Dalea bicolor ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dalea (dorychnioides)Dalea dorycnoidesShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dalea (versicolor)Dalea versicolor ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
damianita daisyChrysactinia mexicanaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
daphne (caucasia)Daphne caucasicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dark Shadows tea treeLeptospermum 'Dark Shadows'Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Dark Star ceanothusCeanothus 'Dark Star'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Darwin's barberryBerberis darwiniiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Daubs Frosted JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Daub's Frosted'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
David viburnumViburnum davidiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
deer brushCeanothus integerrimusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Delta Blues(TM) chastetreeVitex agnus-castus 'PIIVAC-I'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Delta Eclipse™ crepe myrtleLagerstroemia indica 'Deleb'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
deodar cedarCedrus deodara & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Photo credits, 190 images from Wikimedia Commons
- burning bush: Chris Barton/Gif absarnt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Burrobrush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- burrow bush: Steve Hurst, Public domain
- bush anemone: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Bush flame pea: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bush germander: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bush mallow: Franco christophe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bush mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bush morning glory: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- bush violet: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- bushrue: Stickpen, Public domain
- butterfly bush: --IKAl 15:22, 23 July 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- butterfly bush: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- butterfly palm: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- button bush: Rufino Osorio (also known as Desmodium), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- buttonbush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Buxifolia manzanita: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- cactus: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California Adolphia: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California blackberry: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- California buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California false indigo bush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- California goldenbush: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- California holly grape: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California juniper: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- California Mahonia: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- California privet: Daniel Fuchs, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- California Rosewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- California sagebrush: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- California scrub oak: Photographed and uploaded by :en:Geographer (talk | contribs), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- California wild rose: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- California Yerba Santa: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- callistemon (subulatus): Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- camellia: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Canadian lilac: Patche99z, Public domain
- Canary Island echium: Claude PERON, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Canary Island Sage: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- canary-bird bush: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- candy cane bamboo: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- candy corn plant: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- Cane's hybrid bottlebrush: Amos T Fairchild, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- canyon gooseberry: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Canyon Pink Buckeye: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cape fuchsia: Lochhead, Lynette, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cape myrtle: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cape plumbago: ErgoSum88, Public domain
- caper bush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- cardboard fern/palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Carolina allspice: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Carolina wild petunia: Surya Prakash.S.A., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Carribean copper plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- cashmere bouquet: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- Cassia eremophila (Senna nemophila): Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Cat Claw: Sue in az, Public domain
- cat tails euphorbia: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Catalina cherry: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Catalina Crossosoma: John Game, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Catalina Island Mountain Mahogany: Stickpen, Public domain
- Catalina manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- catclaw acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cayuga,Chesapeake, Eskimo Viburnum: Flocci Nivis, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Cedros Island Sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- Centennial baccharis: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Center Stage red crape myrtle: Naryiitmandi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- century plant: Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ceratostigma (minus): Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- chakte viga: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chamaedorea: Kahuroa, Public domain
- chaparral currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chaparral honeysuckle: David Fischer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Charity Mahonia: Clara Cartier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chelsea girl and other cvs: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chenile honey-myrtle: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- chenille plant: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- cherry/Graham sage: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chi rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Chicagoland Blues™: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Chihuahuan Rosewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chilean feather bamboo: Lin linao, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chilean jessamine: You may select the license of your choice., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Chilean lobelia: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Chilean potato tree: The original uploader was Ramin Nakisa at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese abelia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese hat plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese hibiscus: Aravindan Shanmugasundaram, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese holly grape: Tequila 14:05, 24 June 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese indigo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese lilac: You may select the license of your choice., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Chinese photinia: Javier martin, Public domain
- Chinese pieris: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese plumbago: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese snowball: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese stranvaesia: Yiqunchen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Chinese strawberry tree: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Chinese wax shrub: Humoyun Mehridinov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- chocolate bamboo: Djlayton4, Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chokecherry: Nadiatalent, Public domain
- Christmas pride: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- chuparosa: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- chuparosa del cabo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cigar plant: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cinquefoil: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- clay wattle: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- cliff buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cliff rose: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cliff spurge: Stickpen, Public domain
- climbing hydrangea: Alexandar Vujadinovic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- climbing penstemon: Unknown author, Public domain
- clustered fishtail palm: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coahuila sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Coahuilan hesperaloe: Daderot, Public domain
- coast buckwheat: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
- coast leucothoe: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coast myoporum: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coast rock rose: Lumbar (Carsten Niehaus)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coast rosemary: [User:Eug]], CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coast silktassel: daveincamas, CC0 (licence)
- coast sunflower: Kong of Lasers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coastal bush lupine: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coastal woolly bush: me, Public domain
- cockspur coral tree: Pablo Bombín, CC0 (licence)
- common bluebeard: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- common guava: Fuadsyazwan (talk), Public domain
- common jasmine: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- common manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- common nine bark: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Common Sun Rose: Unknown author, Public domain
- common witch hazel: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- compact goldenbush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- compact Oregon grape holly: The original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Concha ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- confederate rose: User ???? on zh.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Convent Texas Ranger: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cool Glow Lime dwarf heavenly bamboo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Cool Glow Peach dwarf heavenly bamboo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Cool Glow Pomegranate dwarf heavenly bamboo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- copper leaf: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- copper leaf: Arun nagarajan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coppertone loquat: M sh شراونة محمد, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coral bean: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coral creeper: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Coral Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coral fountain: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Coral Knock Out rose: JDP90 (Joydeep)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coral plant: ashley BALSAM baz, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- coral shrub: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- coralberry: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- cordyline & ssp., hybrids & cvs.: Digigalos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- corokia: Homoarborea, CC0 (licence)
- corrugated sage: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Costa Rica blue sage: alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cotoneaster: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Coville arrow weed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- coyote brush: The original uploader was J.smith at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:us..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cranberry cotoneaster: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- crape myrtle: Lepetro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- crassula: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Cream(TM) Veranda® rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping coprosma: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- creeping mahonia: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creeping raspberry: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- creosote: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cretan phlomis: Christer T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Crete Jerusalem sage: Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- curl-leaf mountain mahogany: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- currant of Texas: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- curve leaf yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- cushion bush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- cut leaf Guinea flower: Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- cut-leaf banksia: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- cut-leaf chaste tree: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- cutleaf lilac: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Cynthia Postan ceanothus: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- daisy bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- daisy tree: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dalea (bicolor): Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (licence)
- dalea (dorychnioides): sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dalea (versicolor): Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- damianita daisy: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- daphne (caucasia): Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dark Shadows tea tree: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Dark Star ceanothus: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Darwin's barberry: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Daubs Frosted Juniper: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- David viburnum: Kris Miller from Issaquah, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- deer brush: Dawn Endico, Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Delta Blues(TM) chastetree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Delta Eclipse™ crepe myrtle: Gabriel Collares, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- deodar cedar: Paul Evans from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (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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- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
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