deppeaDeppea splendensShrub- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Shrubs 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.
Page 3 of 8: deppea to Greenleaf Manzanita.
deppeaDeppea splendensShrub
desert almondPrunus fasciculataShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
desert bird of paradiseCaesalpinia gilliesiiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Desert BrickellbushBrickellia desertorumShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
desert broomBaccharis sarothroidesShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert cassiaSenna nemophila (Cassia nemophila)Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert ceanothusCeanothus greggiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
desert goldeneyeViguiera parishiiShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert honeysuckleAnisacanthus spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert lavenderCondea emoryi (Hyptis emoryi) & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
desert oliveForestiera pubescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert peachPrunus andersoniiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD×
Desert SennaSenna artemisioides filifoliaShrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
desert sennaSenna covesiiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
desert snowberrySymphoricarpos longiflorus (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
desert spoonDasylirion spp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
desert willowChilopsis linearis & ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
desert wolfberryLycium andersoniiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
Devil's RiverWedelia hispidaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dog roseBauera rubioidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dolomite sageSalvia dolomiticaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dombeyaDombeya spp.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Double Knock Out® roseRosa 'Radtko'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
double mock orangePhiladelphus x virginalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Douglas groundselSenecio flaccidus var. douglasiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dragon's head bambooFargesia dracocephalaShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Dragoon Dream SageLeucophyllum x 'MSWNRascon' PP33806Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDM
drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesianaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dunkled larchLarix x eurolepis 'Varied Directions'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dusty millerSenecio cineraria (Jacobaea maritima)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf bambooPleioblastus spp.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf carpet of starsRuschia lineolata 'Nana'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf coyote brushBaccharis pilularis & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
dwarf fothergillaFothergilla gardeniiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf jasmineJasminum parkeriShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf Korean lilacSyringa meyeri 'Palibin'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf pohutukawaMetrosideros kermadecensis 'Tahiti'Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf poincianaCaesalpinia pulcherrima (deciduous in desert)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
dwarf pomegranatePunica granatum & cultivarsShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
dwarf powderpuffCalliandra emarginataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf rice flowerPimelea humilis 'Small Fry'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
dwarf ruelliaRuellia 'Little Katie'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
dwarf St. John's WortHypericum aegypticumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
dwarf tea treeLeptospermum laevigatum 'Revesii'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Easter egg bushEremophila racemosaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Eastwood's manzanitaArctostaphylos glandulosaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Ebbinge's silverberryElaeagnus x ebbingeiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
El Dorado ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'El Dorado'Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
elderberrySambucus spp. & cvs. (CA native and non-native spp.)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
elephant's foodPortulacaria afra ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Emerald Carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Emerald Collonade hollyIlex x 'RutHol 1'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Emory's BaccharisBaccharis salicinaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDH
emu bushEremophila glabra ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Ground cover- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Emu bushEremophila laaniiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Encore® azaleaRhododendron hybrid cvs.Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
English boxwoodBuxus sempervirensShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
English hollyIlex aquifoliumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
English laurelPrunus laurocerasusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
English yewTaxus baccataShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
erect bottlebrushCallistemon rigidusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
escalloniaEscallonia spp.& cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
espinosillaLoeselia mexicana 'Red Eva'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
euonymusEuonymus kiautschovicusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
European cranberry bushViburnum opulusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
euryops/shrub daisyEuryops pectinatus ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Evan's philodendronPhilodendron x evansiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen currantRibes viburnifolium and cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen euonymusEuonymus japonicusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
evergreen huckleberryVaccinium ovatumShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
evergreen mock orangePhiladelphus mexicanusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
evergreen pittosporumPittosporum crassifoliumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Evergreen SumacRhus virensShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fairy dusterCalliandra eriophyllaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
fairy wax flowerPhilotheca verrucosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Fallbrook mock orangePhiladelphus 'Fallbrook'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
false cypressChamaecyparis spp. (CA native and non-native species)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
false heatherCuphea hyssopifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
false hiba cedarThujopsis dolabrata 'Nana'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
false indigobushAmorpha fruticosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
false mallowAnisodontea scabrosaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
false spireaSorbaria sorbifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fasciculariaFascicularia pitcairniifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
featherflowerVerticordia plumosa 'Pink Lace'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
featherheadPhylica pubescensShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
feathery cassia/sennaSenna artemisioides (Cassia artemisioides)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
February plum daphneDaphne x houtteana 'February Plum'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
festival bushCeratopetalum gummiferum 'Albery''s Red'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fierce lancewoodPseudopanax feroxShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
filbertCorylus maximaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fine-leafed malleeEucalyptus 'Moon Lagoon'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
firecracker flowerJatropha cardiophyllaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firespikeOdontonema strictumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
firethornPyracantha spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
firewood banksiaBanksia menziesiiShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flame bushAdenanthos cuneatus 'Coral Drift'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flame peaChorizema cordatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Flaming BellsTecoma x alata 'Flaming Bells'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
flaming glorybowerClerodendrum splendensShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
flannel bushFremontodendron spp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD×
Florida arrowrootZamia pumilaShrub, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Amber RoseRosa 'NOA97400A' PP17098Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Appleblossom RoseRosa x 'Noamel'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Coral RoseRosa 'Noala' PP14441Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Pink Splash RoseRosa x 'Noasplash' PP24359Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Pink Supreme RoseRosa x 'NOA168098F' PP19206Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Red RoseRosa x 'Noare' PP11308Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Scarlet RoseRosa x 'NOA83100B' PP17373Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® White RoseRosa x 'Noaschnee'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Flower Carpet® Yellow RoseRosa x 'Noalesa' PP13869Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
flowering almondPrunus glandulosaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
flowering mapleAbutilon vitifoliumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD?
flowering mapleAbutilon x hybridum ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
flowering quinceChaenomeles & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDL
- LDM
Flutterby Petite ® Tutti Fruitti Pink butterfly bushBuddleja (orth.var. Buddleia) 'Podaras #13'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven butterfly bushBuddleja (orth. var. Buddleia) 'Podaras #8'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forest bell bushMackaya bella (shade)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Formosa sugar palmArenga engleriShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forsythiaAbeliophyllum distichumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
forsythiaForsythia spp. and hybridsShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
forsythiaForsythia X intermediaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
forsythia sageSalvia madrensisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Fortune's mahoniaBerberis fortunei (Mahonia fortunei)nomen. unresolvedShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
fountain butterfly bushBuddleja alternifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI×
- HDM
- LDM
fox tail agaveAgave attenuata (and thin-leaved relatives)Perennial, Shrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
foxberryVaccinium vitis-idaeaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fragrant abeliaAbelia mosanensis 'Fragrant Abelia'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant burseraBursera fagaroidesShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Fragrant oliveOsmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant pitcher sageLepechinia fragransShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fragrant sarcococcaSarcococca ruscifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
fragrant snowballViburnum carlcephalumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
frangipaniPlumeria spp. and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
franklin treeFranklinia alatamaha (Gordonia alatamaha)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Fraser photiniaPhotinia x fraseriShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Fremont silk tasselGarrya fremontiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Fremont's bush mallowMalacothamnus fremontiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
fringe flowerLoropetalum chinense & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Fringed SageArtemisia frigidaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Frosty Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Frosty Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Ft. Bragg manzanitaArctostaphylos nummulariaShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsiaFuchsia thymifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
fuchsia flowering gooseberryRibes speciosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
furcraeaFurcraea spp.Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Galactic Pink chastetreeVitex agnus-castus 'Bailtextwo' Galactic Pink®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Galahad mock orangePhiladelphus 'Galahad'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
garden/kitchen sageSalvia officinalis and cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
gardeniaGardenia spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Gayle Nielson/Trident sageSalvia 'Gayle Nielson' (Salvia Trident TM)Perennial, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
Geraldton wax flowerChamelaucium uncinatumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
germanderTeucrium chamaedrys ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
ghostly manzanitaArctostaphylos silvicolaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
giant bird of paradiseStrelitzia nicolai (shade in desert)Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
giant thevetiaThevetia thevetioides (Cascabela thevetioides)Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
giant white sunflower treeRojasianthe superbaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
giant white yuccaYucca faxonianaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
giant yuccaYucca elephantipesShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Gilt Edge SilverberryElaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
glaucus scorpion vetchCoronilla valentina glaucaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Gloire de Versailles ceanothusCeanothus 'Gloire de Versailles'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
glory bushTibouchina heteromallaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
glossy abeliaAbelia x grandiflora ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Gold Coast® JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Aurea Improved'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
gold flowerHypericum X moserianumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
golden abundance mahoniaBerberis 'Golden Abundance' (Mahonia)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
golden coulter bushHymenolepis parviflora (Athanasia acerosa)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden currantRibes aureumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Golden CurrantRibes aureum var. gracillimumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD?
Golden Currant, Western Golden CurrantRibes aureum var. auremShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LD?
golden eyeBahiopsis deltoidea (Viguiera deltoidea)Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden fragrancePittosporum napaulenseShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden privetLigustrum x vicaryiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
golden sageSalvia africana-luteaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
golden sashayBrickellia grandifloraShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Golden Ticket ligustrumLigustrum Golden Ticket®Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden wattleAcacia linearifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
golden wonderSenna splendida (Cassia splendida)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
goldenbushIsocoma spp. & cvs. (Haplopappus)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDM
Goldman's senna/cassiaSenna polyantha (Cassia goldmanii)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Grace Smoke TreeCotinus x 'Grace'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Grampian's tea treeLeptospermum turbinatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Grande VerdePhlomis russeliana x fruticosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Grandiflora honeysuckleLonicera syringantha 'Grandiflora'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
granite honey-myrtleMelaleuca ellipticaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
grape scented sageSalvia melissodoraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
grape soda lupineLupinus excubitusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
grapefruit-scented sageSalvia dorisianaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
grassy bellsEdraianthus graminifoliusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Greek Jerusalem sagePhlomis samiaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green bark ceanothusCeanothus spinosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
green brittlebushEncelia frutescensShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
green euryopsEuryops pectinatus viridisPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
green mormon teaEphedra viridisShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
green screen bambooFargesia robusta & cvs.Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
green ti plantCordyline glaucaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Greenleaf ManzanitaArctostaphylos patulaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Photo credits, 196 images from Wikimedia Commons
- deppea: Stickpen, Public domain
- desert almond: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert bird of paradise: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Desert Brickellbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- desert broom: Stickpen, Public domain
- desert cassia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert goldeneye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert honeysuckle: Scott, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- desert lavender: manzanita dictionary from Los Angeles, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- desert olive: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert peach: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Desert Senna: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- desert senna: Mike, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert snowberry: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- desert spoon: Fritz Hochstätter, Public domain
- desert willow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- desert wolfberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Devil's River: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dog rose: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Dolomite sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- dombeya: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Double Knock Out® rose: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- double mock orange: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Douglas groundsel: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dragon's head bamboo: Cngodles at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Dragoon Dream Sage: Safdar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- drooping laurel: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- dunkled larch: Antony.sorrento at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dusty miller: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf carpet of stars: Abu Shawka, CC0 (licence)
- dwarf coyote brush: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dwarf fothergilla: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- dwarf jasmine: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf Korean lilac: Daderot, Public domain
- dwarf pohutukawa: Kahuroa, Public domain
- dwarf poinciana: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf pomegranate: Julianruizp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf powderpuff: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- dwarf rice flower: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf ruellia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- dwarf St. John's Wort: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- dwarf tea tree: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Easter egg bush: Stickpen, Public domain
- Eastwood's manzanita: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Ebbinge's silverberry: K. Thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- El Dorado ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elderberry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- elephant's food: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Emerald Carpet manzanita: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Emerald Collonade holly: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Emory's Baccharis: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- emu bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Emu bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Encore® azalea: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- English boxwood: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English holly: DidierFy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- English laurel: Karduelis, Public domain
- English yew: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- erect bottlebrush: 乌拉跨氪, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- escallonia: Sten Porse, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- espinosilla: Dvdb100, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euonymus: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- European cranberry bush: Waitblock, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- euryops/shrub daisy: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Evan's philodendron: Liné1, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- evergreen currant: Stickpen, Public domain
- evergreen euonymus: Qwert1234, Public domain
- evergreen huckleberry: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- evergreen mock orange: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- evergreen pittosporum: Original uploader was en:User:Pseudopanax at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Evergreen Sumac: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fairy duster: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- fairy wax flower: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Fallbrook mock orange: Homoarborea, CC0 (licence)
- false cypress: John B. from Highland Park, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- false heather: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- false hiba cedar: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false indigobush: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false mallow: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- false spirea: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fascicularia: hozdiamant, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- featherflower: Cygnis insignis, Public domain
- featherhead: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- feathery cassia/senna: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- February plum daphne: Sergei Kazantsev, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- festival bush: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- fierce lancewood: Kahuroa, Public domain
- filbert: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- fine-leafed mallee: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- firecracker flower: PapiPijuan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- firespike: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- firethorn: Nirajan pant, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- firewood banksia: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au (licence)
- flame bush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flame pea: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- Flaming Bells: Enziee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flaming glorybower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- flannel bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Florida arrowroot: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Amber Rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Appleblossom Rose: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Coral Rose: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Pink Splash Rose: When reusing, please credit me as author: Adam Kliczek, http://memoriesstay.c..., CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Pink Supreme Rose: Юрий Д.К., CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Red Rose: Helge Klaus Rieder, CC0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Scarlet Rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® White Rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Flower Carpet® Yellow Rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering almond: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- flowering maple: crabchick from Bristol, England, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- flowering maple: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- flowering quince: Izvora, CC0 (licence)
- Flutterby Petite ® Tutti Fruitti Pink butterfly bush: Joaquin Asad, CC0 (licence)
- Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven butterfly bush: Especies-mendoza-23, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forest bell bush: PD Photo.org, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Formosa sugar palm: Tangopaso, Public domain
- forsythia: © William Crochot / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forsythia: Seha bs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- forsythia: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- forsythia sage: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fortune's mahonia: Ing floral park haiku, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fountain butterfly bush: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- fox tail agave: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- foxberry: Jonas Bergsten, Public domain
- fragrant abelia: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fragrant bursera: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fragrant olive: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant pitcher sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant sarcococca: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- fragrant snowball: Mbrickn, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- frangipani: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- franklin tree: Francine Riez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fraser photinia: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- Fremont silk tassel: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Fremont's bush mallow: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- fringe flower: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Fringed Sage: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
- Frosty Blue ceanothus: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ft. Bragg manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- fuchsia: Ivo Antušek, Public domain
- fuchsia flowering gooseberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- furcraea: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Galactic Pink chastetree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Galahad mock orange: Homoarborea, CC0 (licence)
- garden/kitchen sage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- gardenia: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Gayle Nielson/Trident sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Geraldton wax flower: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- germander: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ghostly manzanita: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- giant bird of paradise: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant thevetia: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- giant white sunflower tree: Renato Lopez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant white yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- giant yucca: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Gilt Edge Silverberry: Jean-Jacques MILAN 10:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- glaucus scorpion vetch: Vassil, Public domain
- Gloire de Versailles ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- glory bush: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- glossy abelia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Gold Coast® Juniper: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- gold flower: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden abundance mahonia: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- golden coulter bush: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden currant: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Golden Currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Golden Currant, Western Golden Currant: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- golden eye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden fragrance: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden privet: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- golden sage: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- golden sashay: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Golden Ticket ligustrum: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- golden wattle: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- golden wonder: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- goldenbush: user:pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Goldman's senna/cassia: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Grace Smoke Tree: LIght Dim, CC0 (licence)
- Grampian's tea tree: Stickpen, Public domain
- Grande Verde: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Grandiflora honeysuckle: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- granite honey-myrtle: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape scented sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- grape soda lupine: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- grapefruit-scented sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- grassy bells: Kor!An (Андрей Корзун), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greek Jerusalem sage: Blik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green bark ceanothus: Anthony J. Valois, Public domain
- green brittlebush: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- green euryops: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green mormon tea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- green screen bamboo: Filostachys, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- green ti plant: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Greenleaf Manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_001.jpg){kind=link}
_(4077215888).jpg){kind=link}
_%E2%80%93_Mediterranean_Symbol_in_Shkod%C3%ABr.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_001.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_Meise_Nationale_Plantentuin.jpg){kind=link}
_001.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
,_Western_Holiday_Lodge,_flower.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_01.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_Loropetalum_chinense_f._rubrum_-_Flowers_and_leaves.jpg){kind=link}
_Meise_Nationale_Plantentuin.jpg){kind=link}
_I.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_Nutt._var._ramulosus_(Syn_C._ramulosus)_(13334121324).jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
_H._S._Irwin_%5E_Barneby_-_Flickr_-_Alex_Popovkin,_Bahia,_Brazil.jpg){kind=link}
_001.jpg){kind=link}
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