grevilleaGrevillea spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
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.
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grevilleaGrevillea spp. & cvs.Shrub
grey honey-myrtleMelaleuca incanaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Grey Horizon emu bushEremophila glabra 'EREM1' Grey Horizon™Ground cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Guadalupe HazardiaHazardia canaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Guadalupe island rock daisyPerityle incanaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
guajilloAcacia berlandieri (Senegalia berlandieri)Shrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
GuayacanGuaiacum coulteriShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
hairy canary cloverDorycnium hirsutumShrub- NC×
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hairy Darling peaSwainsona greyanaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hairy Matilija poppyRomneya trichocalyxPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
hairy wattleAcacia vestitaShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hairy wedeliaWedelia texana (Zexmenia hispida) ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDM
halimiocistusX Halimiocistus wintonensisShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hardy fuchsiaFuchsia magellanicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
harlequin glory bowerClerodendrum trichotomumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Harry Lauder's walking stickCorylus avellana contortaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Hawaiian elf scheffleraSchefflera arboricolaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Hawaiian snow bushBreynia nivosa (distacha)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Hawaiian tiCordyline fruticosa (Cordyline terminalis)Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
heathErica spp.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
heath-leafed banksiaBanksia ericifoliaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
heavenly bambooNandina domestica and cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
heavenly bamboo (Nana)Nandina domestica 'Purpurea'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
hebeHebe spp.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
helwingiaHelwingia chinensisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Henry St. John's wortHypericum beaniiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
hens and chickensEcheveria spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, Succulent, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Hercules's clubAralia spinosaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
hesperaloe (changii)Hesperaloe changiiShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
hibbertia (aspera)Hibbertia asperaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hibbertia (pedunculata)Hibbertia pedunculataGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hibbertia (vestita)Hibbertia vestitaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
highland bambooChusquea foliosaShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Highlight (TM) ceanothusCeanothus thysiflorus var. griseus 'MATCEA01' (Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Highlights') (part shade)Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hillside gooseberryRibes californicumShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan blueberryVaccinium moupinenseShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Himalayan butterfly bushBuddleja crispaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan indigoIndigofera heteranthaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Himalayan leptodermisLeptodermis oblongaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hoary manzanitaArctostaphylos canescensShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
hoary peaTephrosia grandifloraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
holly sweetspireItea ilicifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
hollyleaf redberryRhamnus ilicifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
honey bushMelianthus minorShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
honey bushMelianthus villosusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
honey flowerMelianthus majorShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
honeybellsHermannia verticillataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
honeybushMelianthus pectinatusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
honeycupZenobia pulverulentaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hopseed bushDodonaea adenophoraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hopseed bushDodonaea boroniifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hopseed bushDodonaea viscosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Huckleberry OakQuercus vacciniifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Huntington Carpet RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Huntington Carpet'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
hybrid rockroseX Halimiocistus sahuciiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
hybrid witch hazelHamamelis intermediaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
hydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
hypericumHypericum empetrifolium nanumGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
hypericum (frondosum)Hypericum frondosumPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Iceberg roseRosa 'Korbin'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Icecap™ roseRosa 'Meiradena' - Icecap™ roseShrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Immigrant Forage KochiaBassia prostrata 'Immigrant'Shrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
improved banana shrubMagnolia x foggii (? Michelia unresolved)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Indian hawthorneRhaphiolepis indica ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Indian mallowAbutilon palmeriShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
indigo/pea bushDalea pulchraShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HDL
- LDL
inkberryIlex glabraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
interior golden bushEricameria linearifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Irish heathDaboecia cantabricaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Irish yewTaxus baccata 'Fastigiata'Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
island bristleweedHazardia detonsaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
island bush poppyDendromecon harfordiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
island bush snapdragonGambelia speciosa ssp. & cvs. (Galvezia speciosa & cvs.)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
island cape myrtlePhylica arboreaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
island ceanothusCeanothus arboreus & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
island manzanitaArctostaphylos insularisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
island mountain mahoganyCercocarpus betuloides var. blancheaeShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
island snowflakeConstancea nevinii (Eriophyllum nevinii)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Italian buckthornRhamnus alaternusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Italian jasmineJasminum humileShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Italian Jerusalem sagePhlomis italicaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
ivory silk lilacSyringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Japanese araliaFatsia japonica (SHADE)Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Japanese aucubaAucuba japonica (SHADE)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDH
- LDH
Japanese boxwoodBuxus microphylla japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese cryptomeriaCryptomeria japonica ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese photiniaPhotinia glabraShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese plum yewCephalotaxus harringtonia & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Japanese privetLigustrum japonicumShrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese roseKerria japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Japanese roseRosa rugosaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Japanese skimmiaSkimmia japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese snowball/doublefileViburnum plicatumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Japanese ternstroemiaTernstroemia gymnantheraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Japanese viburnumViburnum japonicumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
jasmine (beesianum)Jasminum beesianumShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Jeffer's bottlebrushCallistemon 'Jeffers'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Jerusalem sagePhlomis fruticosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Joan Mirov ceanothusCeanothus 'Joan Mirov'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
John Dourley manzanitaArctostaphylos 'John Dourley'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
jojobaSimmondsia chinensis ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Jones bush mallowMalacothamnus jonesiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Joshua treeYucca brevifoliaShrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV×
- SC×
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Judas treeCercis siliquastrumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Judd viburnumViburnum x juddiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Julia Phelps ceanothusCeanothus 'Julia Phelps'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
jungle geraniumIxora coccineaShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCH
- SI?
- HD×
- LDM
juniperJuniperus spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
justicia (leonardii)Justicia leonardiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
kalanchoeKalanchoe spp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
Kalm's St. John's wortHypericum kalmianumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
kangaroo appleSolanum aviculareShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
kapukaGriselinia littoralisShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Kardinal Kolorscape® roseRosa 'KORsixkono'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Karla's sageSalvia 'Karla'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Karwinski's sageSalvia karwinskiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Kashmir sagePhlomis spectabilis (Phlomis cashmeriana)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Ken Taylor manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Ken Taylor'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
King's Celebration GrevilleaGrevillea 'Kings Celebration'Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
King's Fire GrevilleaGrevillea 'Kings Fire'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
King's mantleThunbergia erectaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
knife acaciaAcacia cultriformisShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Knock Out® RedRosa 'Radrazz' PP11836 CPBR0993Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Knock Out® WhiteRosa 'Radwhite' PP20273Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
kobus magnoliaMagnolia kobusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Korean lilacSyringa pubescens ssp. patula cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD×
Korean spice viburnumViburnum carlesiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
KowhaiSophora microphyllaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
kunzeaKunzea spp.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Kurt Zadnik Carmel CeanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Kurt Zadnik'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
La Barbe Bleue™ BluebeardCaryopteris x 'SMCIPG' PP31867Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lacecap hydrangeaHydrangea aspera villosaShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
lambertiaLambertia inermisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lance leaf sageSalvia lanceolataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lantanaLantana camara ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
large butterfly sweet pea shrubPolygala 'Alta Mariposa'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large firecracker plantCuphea 'David Verity' (all Hybrids)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large flower iochromaIochroma grandifloraShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
large spur flower bushPlectranthus eckloniiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
large wormwoodArtemisia arborescensShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Las Vegas Valley BuckwheatEriogonum corymbosum var. nilesiiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
laurel leaf cocculusCocculus laurifoliusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
laurel sumacMalosma laurina (Rhus laurina)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
laurustinusViburnum tinusShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
lavender beautyberryCallicarpa dichotomaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lavender cottonSantolina spp. & cvs.Ground cover, Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lavender star flowerGrewia occidentalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
leather oakQuercus durataShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
leatherleaf acaciaAcacia craspedocarpaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
leatherleaf mahoniaBerberis bealei (Mahonia bealei)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Leatherleaf MahoniaMahonia japonica 'Bealei'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
leatherleaf viburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Lehua of HawaiiMetrosideros collina and cvs.Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
lemon bottlebrushCalliandra lanceolatusShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Drift® roseRosa 'Meisentmil'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Fizz roseRosa 'KORfizzlem' Lemon Fizz Kolorscape®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lemon Lime nandinaNandina domestica 'Lemon-Lime' (50% Shade)Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon scented jasmineJasminum azoricum (sold as J.tortuosum)Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum petersoniiShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
lemon scented tea treeLeptospermum polygalifoliumShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
lemon verbenaAloysia triphyllaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
lemonade berryRhus integrifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Lester Rountree manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Lester Rowntree'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
licorice plantHelichrysum thianschanicumShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lilacSyringa hybrids (including Descanso hybrids)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
lilacSyringa vulgarisShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
lilac vineHardenbergia violaceaShrub, Vine, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
lily magnoliaMagnolia liliifloraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lily-of-the-valley shrubPieris japonica (taiwanensis)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Limoncello roseRosa 'Meijecycka' Limoncello™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
linden viburnumViburnum dilatatumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lindheimer's senna/cassiaSenna lindheimeriana (Cassia lindheimeriana)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
linear-leaf yuccaYucca linearifoliaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lion's tailLeonotis leonurusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
Little John bottlebrushCallistemon 'Little John'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
little leaf cordiaCordia parvifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Little Ragu dwarf bayLaurus nobilis 'MonRik' Little Ragu®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
little-leaf sumacRhus microphyllaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
littleleaf mock orangePhiladelphus microphyllus ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
lizard's tailEriophyllum staechadifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly BushBuddleja x 'Blue Chip Jr.' PP26581 CPBRAFShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lo & Behold® Purple Haze Butterfly BushBuddleja x 'Purple Haze' PP24514Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
lobe-leafed alangiumAlangium platanifoliumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
loebner magnoliaMagnolia x loebneriShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Lone Star® roseRosa 'KORsteimm'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
long leaf wax flowerEriostemon myoporoides (Philotheca myoporoides)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Longleaf Bush LupineLupinus longifoliusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
longleaf mahoniaBerberis nervosa (Mahonia nervosa)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Louis Edmonds ceanothusCeanothus 'Louis Edmunds'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Louis Edmunds manzanitaArctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
luculiaLuculia gratissimaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
luculiaLuculia pinceanaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Ludgvan cross agapetesAgapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
Lydia woadwaxenGenista lydiaGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Lynn's everblooming Texas sageLeucophyllum langmaniae 'Lynn's legacy'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Photo credits, 196 images from Wikimedia Commons
- grevillea: Lord.of.the.Proterozoic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- grey honey-myrtle: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Grey Horizon emu bush: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Guadalupe Hazardia: (c) Casey H. Richart, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Guadalupe island rock daisy: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- guajillo: Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
- Guayacan: Travelian, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hairy canary clover: Hubert Laroche, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- hairy Darling pea: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hairy Matilija poppy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hairy wattle: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hairy wedelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- halimiocistus: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- hardy fuchsia: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- harlequin glory bower: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Harry Lauder's walking stick: MPF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Hawaiian elf schefflera: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Hawaiian snow bush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Hawaiian ti: Cliff, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- heath: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- heath-leafed banksia: John Moss, Public domain
- heavenly bamboo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- heavenly bamboo (Nana): Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hebe: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- helwingia: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Henry St. John's wort: Լիլիթ85, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hens and chickens: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Hercules's club: User:Richardelainechambers, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hesperaloe (changii): Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hibbertia (aspera): John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hibbertia (pedunculata): Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- hibbertia (vestita): Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- highland bamboo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Highlight (TM) ceanothus: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hillside gooseberry: Unknown author, Public domain
- Himalayan blueberry: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Himalayan butterfly bush: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan indigo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Himalayan leptodermis: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hoary manzanita: tom hilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- hoary pea: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- holly sweetspire: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hollyleaf redberry: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- honey bush: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- honey bush: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- honey flower: Teresa Grau Ros from Barcelona, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- honeybells: Nakengtsapoho, CC0 (licence)
- honeybush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- honeycup: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- hopseed bush: Murray Fagg, CC BY-SA 3.0 au (licence)
- hopseed bush: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- hopseed bush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Huckleberry Oak: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Huntington Carpet Rosemary: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- hybrid rockrose: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- hybrid witch hazel: Dirk Liesch, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- hydrangea: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- hypericum: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- hypericum (frondosum): Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Iceberg rose: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Icecap™ rose: R.P. Braun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Immigrant Forage Kochia: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- improved banana shrub: Danneckc, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Indian hawthorne: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Indian mallow: This photography was created by Mariluna. Other photos see here., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- indigo/pea bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- inkberry: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- interior golden bush: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Irish heath: -Merce- from Madrid, España, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Irish yew: Athantor, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- island bristleweed: Stickpen, Public domain
- island bush poppy: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- island bush snapdragon: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- island cape myrtle: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- island ceanothus: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- island manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- island mountain mahogany: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- island snowflake: Stickpen, Public domain
- Italian buckthorn: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Italian jasmine: Shu Suehiro, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Italian Jerusalem sage: Raulsintes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ivory silk lilac: Herman, D. E., et al. (1996). North Dakota tree handbook., Public domain
- Japanese aralia: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese aucuba: Callum1234, Public domain
- Japanese barberry: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese boxwood: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Japanese cryptomeria: Yosemite, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese photinia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese plum yew: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese privet: José Luis Gálvez, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Japanese rose: Syced, CC0 (licence)
- Japanese rose: Vihljun, Public domain
- Japanese skimmia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese snowball/doublefile: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- Japanese ternstroemia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Japanese viburnum: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- jasmine (beesianum): A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jeffer's bottlebrush: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jerusalem sage: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Joan Mirov ceanothus: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- John Dourley manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- jojoba: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Jones bush mallow: Stickpen, Public domain
- Joshua tree: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Judas tree: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Judd viburnum: Humoyun Mehridinov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Julia Phelps ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- jungle geranium: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- juniper: Júlio Reis (Tintazul), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- justicia (leonardii): Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- kalanchoe: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kalm's St. John's wort: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- kangaroo apple: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- kapuka: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Kardinal Kolorscape® rose: Abderitestatos, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Karla's sage: Rob Hille, Public domain
- Karwinski's sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Kashmir sage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ken Taylor manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- King's Celebration Grevillea: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- King's Fire Grevillea: jeans_Photos, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- King's mantle: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- knife acacia: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Knock Out® Red: JDP90 (Joydeep), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Knock Out® White: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- kobus magnolia: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Korean lilac: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Korean spice viburnum: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Kowhai: Andy McKay, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- kunzea: Benjamint444, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Kurt Zadnik Carmel Ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- La Barbe Bleue™ Bluebeard: ISAKA Yoji ( cory ) [ Recent works / Other works ], CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lacecap hydrangea: Mutante, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lambertia: MainlandQuokka, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lance leaf sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large butterfly sweet pea shrub: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- large firecracker plant: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- large flower iochroma: LUFJARD, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- large spur flower bush: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- large wormwood: H Brisse (upload by Abalg), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Las Vegas Valley Buckwheat: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- laurel leaf cocculus: Júlio Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- laurel sumac: Justin Taylor from Encinitas, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- laurustinus: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lavender beautyberry: Photo (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- lavender cotton: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lavender star flower: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- leather oak: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf acacia: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf mahonia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Leatherleaf Mahonia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- leatherleaf viburnum: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lehua of Hawaii: Kahuroa, Public domain
- lemon bottlebrush: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire p..., CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Lemon Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lemon Fizz rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lemon Lime nandina: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lemon scented jasmine: Daniel Feliciano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemon scented tea tree: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lemon verbena: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lemonade berry: Oabjf34Q (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lester Rountree manzanita: NPS, Public domain
- licorice plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- lilac: Marisa DeMeglio from NYC, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- lilac vine: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lily magnolia: Thilo Machotta (Benutzer: thiloma), CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- lily-of-the-valley shrub: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Limoncello rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- linden viburnum: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lindheimer's senna/cassia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- linear-leaf yucca: G. Köhres, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lion's tail: Urban, Public domain
- Little John bottlebrush: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- little leaf cordia: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Little Ragu dwarf bay: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- little-leaf sumac: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- littleleaf mock orange: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- lizard's tail: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush: Walter H. P. Moschen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Lo & Behold® Purple Haze Butterfly Bush: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- lobe-leafed alangium: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- loebner magnolia: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lone Star® rose: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- long leaf wax flower: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- Longleaf Bush Lupine: The Marmot, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- longleaf mahonia: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Louis Edmonds ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Louis Edmunds manzanita: Daderot, Public domain
- luculia: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- luculia: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ludgvan cross agapetes: Gyeltshen, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Lydia woadwaxen: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Lynn's everblooming Texas sage: This picture is a work by Emmanuel Douzery. Please credit this with: Picture..., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
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