Madagascar sagoCycas thouarsii (SHADE)Shrub, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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Madagascar sagoCycas thouarsii (SHADE)Shrub, Palm or cycad
Madeira germanderTeucrium betonicumShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
magic flowerCantua buxifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mahala MatCeanothus prostratusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
mandevillaMandevilla splendensShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Manten daphneDaphne x mantensianaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
manzanita (shrub cvs.)Arctostaphylos hookeriShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
manzanita Carmel Sur etc.Arctostaphylos edmundsii & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
manzanita cvs. e.g. Howard McMinn, SentinelArctostaphylos densiflora & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. HelenaArctostaphylos manzanita & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
marbled bambooChimonobambusa marmorea (Arundinaria)Shrub, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
marcetellaMarcetella moquinianaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Marie Simon ceanothusCeanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Marine BlueSalvia chamaedryoidesShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
mariolaSolanum hindsianumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
marmalade bushStreptosolen jamesoniiShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Marsh BaccharisBaccharis brachyphyllaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
Marvel MahoniaMahonia x media 'Marvel'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mastic treePistacia lentiscusShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
matchweedGutierrezia sarothraeShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
Matilija poppyRomneya coulteri ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
meadow sageSalvia pratensis haematodesPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mediterranean fan palmChamaerops humilisShrub, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican abeliaAbelia floribundaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican anise treeIllicium mexicanumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican bird of paradiseCaesalpinia mexicanaShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican buckeyeUngnadia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican bush sageSalvia leucantha ssp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Mexican climbing bambooChusquea coronalisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican fence post cactusPachycereus marginatusShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Mexican fuchsia sageSalvia iodanthaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican heatherCuphea 'Yellow'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican honeysuckleJusticia spicigeraShrub- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican lobeliaLobelia laxifloraShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican manzanitaArctostaphylos pungensShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Mexican orangeChoisya ternataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Mexican oreganoLippia graveolensShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican petuniaRuellia simplexPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican pitcher sageLepechinia hastataShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican plume bambooChusquea circinataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican redbudCercis mexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican sageSalvia mexicana and cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mexican tarragonTagetes lucidaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mexican tree ocotilloFouquieria macdougaliiShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Mexican weeping bambooOtatea acuminata (aztecorum)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
milk bushEuphorbia tirucalliShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDL
Miners Merlot SpurgeEuphorbia x amygdaloides 'Miner's Merlot'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Minstead Scotch BroomCytisus x 'Minstead' (Dallimorei hybrid)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mint bushProstanthera denticulataShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mint bushProstanthera ovalifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mirror plantCoprosma repens & ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
mission manzanitaXylococcus bicolorPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
mock orangePittosporum tobira and cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Mohawk viburnumViburnum 'Mohawk'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mojave yuccaYucca schidigera (Yucca californica, Yucca mohavensis)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
monkey flowerMimulus hybrids (shrubby) (Diplacus)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Monterey carpet manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Monterey Carpet'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Monterey CeanothusCeanothus rigidus & ssp & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Morro manzanitaArctostaphylos morroensisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
mountain blue curlsTrichostema parishiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
mountain bush sunflowerEncelia actoniShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
mountain cancer bushLessertia montanaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain ironwoodCercocarpus betuloidesShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD×
mountain laurelJusticia fulvicomaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain laurelKalmia latifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
mountain mahoganyCercocarpus montanusShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
mountain marigoldTagetes lemmoniiPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
mountain pepperDrimys lanceolataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mountain pink currantRibes nevadenseShrub, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
mountain plum pinePodocarpus lawrencei cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain sageSalvia reglaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Mountain SagebrushArtemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyanaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Mountain Spiraea, Rose MeadowsweetSpiraea splendens (densiflora)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
mountain torchwoodAmyris madrensisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Mountain WhitethornCeanothus cordulatusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
mountain witchalderFothergilla majorShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
mountain wood roseRosa woodsii subsp. ultramontanaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LD?
mountain yuccaYucca schottiiShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDVL
- LDL
Mt. Usher leatherwoodEucryphia x nymansensis 'Mount Usher'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Mt. Vision ceanothusCeanothus gloriosus v. porrectus 'Mt. Vision'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
mugo pinePinus mugoShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
mule fatBaccharis salicifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCH
- SIM
- HDM
- LDH
- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Mundi coast rosemaryWestringia fruticosa 'NFL25'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
myoporumMyoporum parvifolium & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
myrtle-leaf milkwortPolygala myrtifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
naked coral shrubErythrina herbaceaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Narihira bambooSemiarundinaria fastuosaShrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
narrow-leafed bird of paradiseStrelitzia reginae var junceaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Narrowleaf Yerba SantaEriodictyon angustifoliumShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCM
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Natal bottlebrushGreyia sutherlandiiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Natal plumCarissa & spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
necklace podSophora tomentosaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
needleleaf acaciaAcacia rigensShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nellie R. Stevens hollyIlex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nepal mahoniaMahonia napaulensis (Mahonia sikkimensis)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
net bushCalothamnus quadrifidusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Nettle SpurgeJatropha spp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Nevada ephedraEphedra nevadensisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Nevin mahoniaBerberis neviniiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
New Mexico AgaveAgave parryi var. neomexicanaShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
New Mexico Privet, Desert OliveForestiera neomexicanaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDM
- LD?
New South Wales macrozamiaMacrozamia mooreiShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand cassia/sennaSenna bicapsularis (Cassia candolleana, Cassia bicapsularis)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LDL
New Zealand myrtleLophomyrtus cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
New Zealand tea treeLeptospermum scopariumShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD?
night blooming cereusCereus hildmannianusShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD×
- LDL
night jessamineCestrum nocturnumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
ninebarkPhysocarpus capitatusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Nootka roseRosa nutkana Nootka RoseShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
notable wattleAcacia notabilisShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Nude BuckwheatEriogonum nudumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Nuevo Leon RosewoodVauquelinia corymbosa var. heterodonShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Nutall's scrub oakQuercus dumosaShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
oakleaf hydrangeaHydrangea quercifoliaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
ocotilloFouquieria splendensShrub, Succulent, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Okame-Zaza bambooShibataea kumasasaGround cover, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Okinawan hollyIlex dimorphophyllaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
old man cactusCephalocereus spp.Shrub- NCVL
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
oleanderNerium oleander ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
oliveOlea europaea ssp. & cvs.Tree, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
olympic hypericumHypericum olympicumShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
orange bellsTecoma x smithiiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
orange cestrumCestrum auranticumShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
orange jessamineMurraya exoticaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
orange jessamineMurraya paniculataShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Orange Jubilee tecomaTecoma fulva spp. guarume (Tecoma "Orange Jubilee")Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
orange lechenaultiaLechenaultia formosa orangeShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
orange peel cestrumCestrum x 'Orange Peel'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
orange thornCitriobatus spinescensShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Orange Trumpet BushTecoma 'Sun Trumpets Orange'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium (Mahonia)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
Oregon Mist ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Oregon Mist'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
organ pipe cactusStenocereus thurberi (Lemaireocereus thurberi)Shrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDVL
oriental arborvitaePlatycladus orientalis (Thuja orientalis)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
oriental bush cherryPrunus japonicaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Oriental Pearl Indian hawthornRhaphiolepis indica 'Parhap' Oriental PearlShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
origanilloAloysia wrightiiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Oso Easy Double Pink roseRosa Oso Easy® Double PinkGround cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Oso Easy Urban Legend roseRosa Oso Easy® Urban Legend®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
osoberryOemleria cerasiformisShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Otay manzanitaArctostaphylos otayensisShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
otterbossieGossypium harknessiiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Outback Senna, Outback CassiaSenna oliogophyllaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Owlswood Blue CeanothusCeanothus 'Owlswood Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
oyama magnoliaMagnolia sieboldiiShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pacific Mist manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Pacific wax myrtleMorella californica (Myrica californica)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pacifica saltbushMyoporum X 'Pacificum'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Pajaro manzanitaArctostaphylos pajaroensis & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
palm lilyCordyline strictaShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
palma ChinaYucca decipiensShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDVL
- LDL
Palmer's FrankeniaFrankenia palmeriShrub, California native- NC?
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Palmer's GoldenbushEricameria palmeriShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Palmer's mallowMalacothamnus palmeriShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
palmettoSabal spp.Shrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
palo adanFouquieria diguetiiShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
palo blancaLysiloma candidaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
Palo blancoOrnithostaphylos oppositifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
palo ColoradoLuma apiculataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Panchito ManzanitaArctostaphylos x coloradoensisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
paper bushEdgeworthia chrysanthaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
paper flowerPsilostrophe cooperiPerennial, Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
paper flowerPsilostrophe tagetinaPerennial, Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Paraguay nightshade/blue potato bush MLycianthes rantonnetiiShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
Parish's GoldeneyeBahiopsis (Viguiera) parishiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
parrot's beakClianthus puniceusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Parrot's beakLotus berthelotiiShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Peaches and Cream honeysuckleLonicera periclymenum 'Inov 86'Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Peachy Knock Out® roseRosa 'Radgor'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pearl acaciaAcacia podalyriifoliaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
pearl berryVallesia glabraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pearl bluebushMaireana sedifoliaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pee Wee oak leaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
peegee hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata hybridsShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Peking cotoneasterCotoneaster acutifoliusShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pencil milk bushEuphorbia mauritanicaShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Persian lilacSyringa x persicaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
Peruvian apple cactusCereus peruvianusShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
Petite Butterfly pea shrubPolygala fruticosa 'Petite Buttterfly'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Petite Knock Out roseRosa Petite Knock Out®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Petite Pink Flamingo rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus Petite Pink Flamingo™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pichiFabiana imbricataShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pierisPieris cvsShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
pigmy date palmPhoenix roebeleniiShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
pincushion bushLeucospermum spp & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
pine-leafed bottlebrushCallistemon pinifoliusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pineapple guavaAcca sellowiana (Feijoa sellowiana)Shrub, Tree, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
pineapple sageSalvia elegansPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
PinebushEricameria pinifoliaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 189 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Madagascar sago: Polypompholyx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Madeira germander: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- magic flower: Zorka Ostojic Espinoza from Arica, Chile, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mahala Mat: Chaney Swiney, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mandevilla: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Manten daphne: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- manzanita (shrub cvs.): Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- manzanita Carmel Sur etc.: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- manzanita cvs. e.g. Howard McMinn, Sentinel: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- manzanita cvs. e.g., Dr Hurd, St. Helena: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- marbled bamboo: Daderot, Public domain
- marcetella: Stickpen, Public domain
- Marie Simon ceanothus: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marine Blue: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mariola: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- marmalade bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Marsh Baccharis: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
- Marvel Mahonia: amandabhslater, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- mastic tree: Enrique Cardillo, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- matchweed: Clarence A. Rechenthin, Public domain
- Matilija poppy: Florian Siebeck, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- meadow sage: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mediterranean fan palm: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Mexican abelia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican anise tree: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican bird of paradise: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican buckeye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican bush sage: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican climbing bamboo: Stickpen, Public domain
- Mexican fence post cactus: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican fuchsia sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican heather: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican honeysuckle: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican lobelia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican orange: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican oregano: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican petunia: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican pitcher sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican plume bamboo: Tortie tude, CC0 (licence)
- Mexican redbud: אורנה לוטן, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Mexican sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mexican tarragon: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mexican tree ocotillo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mexican weeping bamboo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- milk bush: Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Miners Merlot Spurge: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Minstead Scotch Broom: Franco christophe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mint bush: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mint bush: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- mirror plant: Rudolph89, CC0 (licence)
- mission manzanita: Brian M. Godfrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mock orange: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Mohawk viburnum: Fischer1961, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mojave yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- monkey flower: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Monterey carpet manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- Monterey Ceanothus: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Morro manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain blue curls: James M. Maley, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- mountain bush sunflower: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mountain cancer bush: FarOutFlora from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- mountain ironwood: Unknown author, Public domain
- mountain laurel: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain laurel: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain mahogany: Nadiatalent, Public domain
- mountain marigold: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain pepper: Dr Russell Sharp, Lancaster University, Public domain
- mountain pink currant: Canbyacontributor, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- mountain plum pine: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- mountain sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mountain Sagebrush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Mountain Spiraea, Rose Meadowsweet: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- mountain torchwood: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Mountain Whitethorn: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- mountain witchalder: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- mountain wood rose: dougwaylett, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- mountain yucca: Moriori, Public domain
- Mt. Usher leatherwood: ashley BALSAM baz from uk, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Mt. Vision ceanothus: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- mugo pine: Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA, Public domain
- mule fat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Mundi coast rosemary: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- myoporum: Stickpen, Public domain
- myrtle-leaf milkwort: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- naked coral shrub: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Narihira bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- narrow-leafed bird of paradise: M108t, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Narrowleaf Yerba Santa: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Natal bottlebrush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Natal plum: Shahriar Kabir Pavel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- necklace pod: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- needleleaf acacia: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nellie R. Stevens holly: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- Nepal mahonia: Karsten Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- net bush: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Nettle Spurge: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Nevada ephedra: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Nevin mahonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- New Mexico Agave: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- New Mexico Privet, Desert Olive: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- New South Wales macrozamia: AYArktos, Public domain
- New Zealand cassia/senna: BreakdownDiode, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- New Zealand myrtle: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- New Zealand tea tree: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- night blooming cereus: Roderick Cameron, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- night jessamine: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ninebark: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nootka rose: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- notable wattle: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Nude Buckwheat: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Nuevo Leon Rosewood: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Nutall's scrub oak: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- oakleaf hydrangea: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ocotillo: Ricraider at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- Okame-Zaza bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Okinawan holly: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- old man cactus: Rosario, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- oleander: Alvesgaspar, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- olive: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- olympic hypericum: Karelj, Public domain
- orange bells: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- orange cestrum: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orange jessamine: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orange jessamine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Orange Jubilee tecoma: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- orange lechenaultia: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- orange peel cestrum: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- orange thorn: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Orange Trumpet Bush: Enziee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Oregon grape: Ellyne Geurts, CC0 (licence)
- Oregon Mist ceanothus: Aethonatic, CC0 (licence)
- organ pipe cactus: The original uploader was Pretzelpaws at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- oriental arborvitae: yeowatzup at Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- oriental bush cherry: Vincent Ignace, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Oriental Pearl Indian hawthorn: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- origanillo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Oso Easy Double Pink rose: Laitche, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Oso Easy Urban Legend rose: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- osoberry: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Otay manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- otterbossie: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Outback Senna, Outback Cassia: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 (licence)
- Owlswood Blue Ceanothus: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- oyama magnolia: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pacific Mist manzanita: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Pacific wax myrtle: Ben Cody, Public domain
- pacifica saltbush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Pajaro manzanita: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- palm lily: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0 (licence)
- palma China: Tomas Castelazo, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Palmer's Frankenia: Lisa Cox, USFWS, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Palmer's Goldenbush: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Palmer's mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- palmetto: William Bumgarner (en.wp:Zsinj), Public domain
- palo adan: Toedrifter, Public domain
- palo blanca: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Palo blanco: Bri Weldon, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- palo Colorado: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Panchito Manzanita: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- paper bush: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- paper flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- paper flower: Antonyjauregui, CC0 (licence)
- Paraguay nightshade/blue potato bush M: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Parish's Goldeneye: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- parrot's beak: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Parrot's beak: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Peaches and Cream honeysuckle: This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Waarnemingen.be, a source of..., CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Peachy Knock Out® rose: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pearl acacia: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pearl berry: Juceseal2, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pearl bluebush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pee Wee oak leaf Hydrangea: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- peegee hydrangea: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Peking cotoneaster: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pencil milk bush: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- Persian lilac: FlaggSwagg, CC0 (licence)
- Peruvian apple cactus: Kalebzhan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Petite Butterfly pea shrub: Stickpen, Public domain
- Petite Knock Out rose: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Petite Pink Flamingo rose of Sharon: Reiner Müller, 64395 Brensbach, Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pichi: You may select the license of your choice., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pieris: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pigmy date palm: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pincushion bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pine-leafed bottlebrush: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- pineapple guava: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pineapple sage: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Pinebush: Stickpen, 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