Pinemat ManzanitaArctostaphylos nevadensisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
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Pinemat ManzanitaArctostaphylos nevadensisShrub
pink bract manzanitaArctostaphylos pringleiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Pink Brick House roseRosa 'Sprogreatpink' Brick House® PinkShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Chiffon rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus Pink Chiffon®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Double Knock Out roseRosa 'Radtkopink' Pink Double Knock Out®Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Drift® roseRosa 'Meijocos' Pink Drift®Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink hollyhock treeHibiscus splendensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pink Knock Out® roseRosa 'Radcon'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink powder puffCalliandra haematocephalaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HDL
- LDH
pink rockroseCistus incanus ssp. creticus (C.villosus)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Pink Supreme Flower Carpet roseRosa 'NOA168098F' Flower Carpet® Pink SupremeGround cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink tips/white bottlebrushCallistemon salignusShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
pink wax flowerCrowea 'Festival'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pink-flowering sumacRhus lentiiShrub, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pitcher sageLepechinia calycinaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pittieri bambooChusquea pittieriShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pittosporum (brevicalyx)Pittosporum brevicalyxShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Plum Perfect(TM) Sunbelt® roseRosa 'KORvodacom'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Plummers BaccharisBaccharis plummeraeShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
poinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrimaShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDL
ponytail palmBeaucarnea recurvata (Nolina recurvata)Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
poor man's rhododendronImpatiens sodenii (I. oliveri, I. uguenensis)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
popcorn sennaSenna didymobotrya (Cassia didymobotrya)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Powder Puff white myrtleHypocalymma angustifolia 'Powder Puff'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Powis Castle sagebrushArtemisia 'Powis Castle'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Prague viburnumViburnum x pragenseShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Preston lilacSyringa x prestoniaeShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
Pretty Polly pink roseRosa ‘Zlepolone’ Pretty Polly® PinkShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Pretty Polly white roseRosa 'Zlepoltwo' Pretty Polly® WhiteShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
prickly heathGaultheria mucronata (Pernettya mucronata)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
prickly pear/chollaOpuntia spp. & cvs. (CA natives and non-natives)Shrub, Succulent, California native, - NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDVL
pride of MadeiraEchium candicans (fastuosum)Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Pride of MadeiraEchium fastuosumShrub- NC×
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
pride of TeneriffeEchium pininanaPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
primrose jasmineJasminum mesnyiShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
princess flowerTibouchina urvilleana (semidecandra)Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
privet honeysuckleLonicera pileataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Prostrate AcaciaAcacia redolens 'Prostrata'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Prostrate PyracanthaPyracantha x 'Santa Cruz Prostrata'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDM
- LDM
proteaProtea spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Pt. Reyes CeanothusCeanothus gloriosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Puget Blue ceanothusCeanothus impressus 'Puget Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Pugster Blue dwarf butterfly bushBuddleja x 'SMNBDBT' Pugster Blue™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
pukaGriselinia lucidaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
purple big leaf sageSalvia macrophyllaPerennial, Shrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
purple bottle brushCallistemon 'Violaceus'Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
purple firespikeOdontonema callistachyumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple hopseed bushDodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
purple Jerusalem sagePhlomis purpurea (Phlomis caballeroi)Shrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
purple majesty sageSalvia 'Purple Majesty'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
purple milkwortPolygala virgataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Purple Pillar rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus 'Gandini Santiago' Purple Pillar®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple power hollyIlex latifolia 'Purple Power'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple sageSalvia dorriiPerennial, Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVM
- SC×
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
purple sageSalvia leucophylla ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
purple sage, Texas ranger etc.Leucophyllum spp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Purple Splendor butterfly bushBuddleja 'Hinebud2'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple torchBartlettina sordidaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
purple winter creeperEuonymus fortunei ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
pyjama bushLobostemon fruticosusShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
quebrachoSenna candolleanaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Queensland umbrella treeSchefflera actinophylla (Brassaia actinophylla)Shrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
QuinceCydonia oblongaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rabbit brushChrysothamnus nauseosusShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDL
ragged rock flowerCrossosoma bigeloviiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Raleigh westringiaWestringia brevifolia var. raleighiiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
rama pardaRuellia californicaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDL
raspberry fuzziesAcalypha monostachyaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
Ray Hartman ceanothusCeanothus 'Ray Hartman'Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
red barberryBerberis haematocarpa (Mahonia haematocarpa)Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
red birds in a treeScrophularia macranthaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
red buckeyeAesculus paviaShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red bush monkey flowerMimulus aurantiacus var. puniceusShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Red Bush Monkeyflower, Mission DiplacusDiplacus puniceusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
red centered hibiscusAlyogyne hakeifoliaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
red cestrumCestrum elegansShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
red cestrumCestrum fasciculatum var. 'Newellii'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red cestrumCestrum purpureumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red chokeberryAronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
red clusterberryCotoneaster coriaceus (Cotoneaster lacteus, Cotoneaster parneyi)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Red Drift® roseRosa 'Meigalpio'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red flowering currantRibes sanguineum varieties, ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red huckleberryVaccinium parvifoliumShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
red justiciaJusticia candicans (ovata)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
red leafed velvet senecioRoldana oaxacana (Senecio christobalensis)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red mallowPavonia missionumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red orchid bushBauhinia galpiniiShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
red osier dogwoodCornus sericea sericea (Cornus stolonifera)Shrub, California native- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
red ponytail palmBeaucarnea guatemalensis (Nolina guatemalensis)Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Red Rod Emu BushEremophila calorhabdosShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
red shanks/ribbonwoodAdenostoma sparsifoliumShrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
red tubeflowerIochroma fuchsioidesShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red velvet sageSalvia confertifloraShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
red-veined enkianthusEnkianthus campanulatusShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
red/ yellow yuccaHesperaloe parvifloraShrub, Succulent, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
redberryRhamnus croceaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Redbird Indian hawthornRhaphiolepis indica 'sPg-3-003' Redbird™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
redlake currantRibes rubrum 'RedLake'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
redwingPterolobium stellatumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
reed bambooOchlandra stridulaShrub, Bamboo- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Reeves skimmiaSkimmia reevesianaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Refugio manzanitaArctostaphylos refugioensisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
reticulata camelliaCamellia reticulataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
ribbon bushHomalocladium platycladumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
rice flowerOzothamnus diosmifolius ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rice flowerPimelea ferrugineaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
rice flowerPimelea prostrataShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
rice paper plantTetrapanax papyriferaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
River WattleAcacia cognata 'ACCOG01' Cousin Itt™ PP25133Shrub- NCM
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
robin redbreast bushMelaleuca lateritiaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
rock spireaHolodiscus discolor var. microphyllus (Holodiscus microphyllus)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rockroseCistus & spp. and cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Roman Beauty RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Roman Beauty' PP18192Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
roseRosa hybrids..bushShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rose cone flower/drumsticksIsopogon formosusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
rose of SharonHibiscus syriacusShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
rose sageSalvia pachyphyllaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
roseleaf sageSalvia involucrataPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
rosemaryRosmarinus cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
rosemaryRosmarinus officinalisShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Rosy Dawn manzanitaArctostaphylos edmundsii 'Rosy Dawn'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
round leaf mint bushProstanthera rotundifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
round leaf snowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Rowall hypericumHypericum 'Rowallane'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
royal purple autumn sageSalvia muelleriPerennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rubber plantFicus elasticaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Ruby October Magic CamelliaCamellia sasanqua 'Green 02-003' October Magic® Ruby™Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
rueRuta graveolensShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Russian oliveElaeagnus angustifoliaShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Russian sagePerovskia spp. & cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sage (jamensis cvs.)Salvia x jamensis cvs.Perennial, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
sagebrushArtemisia spp. (shrubby)Ground cover, Shrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sago palmCycas revolutaShrub, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
saguaroCarnegiea giganteaShrub, California native- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
sakakiCleyera japonicaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
salalGaultheria shallonShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
salmonberryRubus spectabilisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
saltbushAtriplex (CA native species) & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
SaltwortBatis maritimaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
salvia Cleveland/Alan Chickering etc.Salvia clevelandii ssp., cvs. & hybridsShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
San Clemente Island bush mallowMalacothamnus clementinusShrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
San Diego BursageAmbrosia chenopodifoliaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LDL
San Diego ceanothusCeanothus cyaneusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
San Diego County viguieraBahiopsis laciniata (Viguiera laciniata)Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
San Diego mountain mahoganyCercocarpus minutiflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
San Miguel Mountain sageSalvia munziiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sand sagebrushArtemisia filifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDVL
- LDL
sandanqua viburnumViburnum suspensumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sandbar WillowSalix exiguaShrub, Tree, California native- NCH
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDH
- LD?
Sandmat ManzanitaArctostaphylos pumilaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
Sangre de DragoJatropha dioicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Santa Barbara CeanothusCeanothus impressus & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Santa Cruz island buckwheatEriogonum arborescensShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
Santa Cruz Island gooseberryRibes thacherianumShrub, California native- NC×
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Santa Rosa island SageSalvia brandegeei ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Santa Susana TarplantHemizonia minthorniiShrub, - NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
sargent viburnumViburnum sargentiiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sasanqua camelliaCamellia sasanqua (SHADE IN DESERT)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Sawtooth GoldenbushHazardia squarrosaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
scarlet honey myrtleMelaleuca fulgensShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
scarlet sageSalvia gesneraefloraPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Schuman abeliaAbelia parvifolia (A. longituba)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Scotch heatherCalluna vulgarisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
scurfy pea shrubPsoralea pinnataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sea foamHolodiscus discolorShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sea heathFrankenia thymifoliaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sea of Gold® JuniperJuniperus x pfitzeriana 'Monsan' PP17622Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
sea urchin treeHakea laurinaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
seven-son flowerHesperaloe nocturnaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
shagbark manzanitaArctostaphylos rudis & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Shasta snow wreathNeviusia cliftoniiShrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
shell gingerAlpinia zerumbetPerennial, Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
shining fetterbushLyonia lucidaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shiny xylosmaXylosma congestaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Shortleaf BaccharisBaccharis brachyphyllaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
showy banksiaBanksia speciosaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
showy jasmineJasminum floridumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
shrub asterFelicia fruticosaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
shrub live oakQuercus turbinellaShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
Shrubby BonesetAgeratina havanensisShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LDL
Shrubby BrickellbushBrickellia frutescensShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby hare's earBupleurum fruticosumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby milkwortPolygala chamaebuxusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
shrubby sennaSenna wislizenii (Cassia wislizenii)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Siberian cypressMicrobiota decussataGround cover, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Siberian pea shrubCaragana arborescensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Sierra Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Sierra gooseberryRibes roezliiShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra Moonrise™Dalea lutea 'Sierra Moonrise™'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Sierra plumPrunus subcordataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra red firebushHamelia patens Sierra Red™Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra Salmon California fuchsiaEpilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'Perennial, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sierra StarrCalliandra x 'LIANCA' PP15387Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
silk tassel bushGarrya veatchiiShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
silky net bushCalothamnus villosusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 196 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Pinemat Manzanita: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink bract manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Brick House rose: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Chiffon rose of Sharon: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Pink Double Knock Out rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pink Drift® rose: R.P. Braun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pink hollyhock tree: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- Pink Knock Out® rose: bongo vongo, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- pink powder puff: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink rockrose: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Pink Supreme Flower Carpet rose: Aathavan jaffna, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink tips/white bottlebrush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink wax flower: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pink-flowering sumac: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- pinwheel flower: Arif tonmoy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pitcher sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pittieri bamboo: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- pittosporum (brevicalyx): Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Plum Perfect(TM) Sunbelt® rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Plummers Baccharis: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- ponytail palm: juancruzado, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- poor man's rhododendron: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- popcorn senna: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Powder Puff white myrtle: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Powis Castle sagebrush: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Prague viburnum: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Preston lilac: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- Pretty Polly pink rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pretty Polly white rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- prickly heath: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- prickly pear/cholla: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- pride of Madeira: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Pride of Madeira: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0 (licence)
- pride of Teneriffe: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- primrose jasmine: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- princess flower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- privet honeysuckle: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Prostrate Acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Prostrate Pyracantha: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- protea: Chinasaur at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pt. Reyes Ceanothus: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Puget Blue ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Pugster Blue dwarf butterfly bush: Penarc, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- puka: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- purple big leaf sage: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- purple bottle brush: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple firespike: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- purple hopseed bush: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- purple Jerusalem sage: Stickpen, Public domain
- purple majesty sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- purple milkwort: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Purple Pillar rose of Sharon: Mith, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple power holly: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- purple sage: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- purple sage, Texas ranger etc.: Maarten Visser from Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Purple Splendor butterfly bush: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- purple torch: HelloMojo at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- purple winter creeper: Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- pyjama bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- quebracho: Pato Novoa from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Queensland umbrella tree: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Quince: Fir0002 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rabbit brush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- ragged rock flower: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Raleigh westringia: Aliiiciag, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rama parda: Tania Pérez Fiol, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- raspberry fuzzies: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Ray Hartman ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red barberry: Stickpen, Public domain
- red birds in a tree: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- red buckeye: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red bush monkey flower: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- Red Bush Monkeyflower, Mission Diplacus: Lars Rosengreen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red centered hibiscus: Jean and Fred, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red cestrum: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- red cestrum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red cestrum: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red chokeberry: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red clusterberry: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- Red Drift® rose: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red flowering currant: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red huckleberry: Meggar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red justicia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red leafed velvet senecio: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red mallow: scott.zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red orchid bush: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- red osier dogwood: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red ponytail palm: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Red Rod Emu Bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- red shanks/ribbonwood: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- red tubeflower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red velvet sage: Ernie Wasson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- red-veined enkianthus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- red/ yellow yucca: Fritz Hochstätter, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (licence)
- redberry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Redbird Indian hawthorn: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- redlake currant: Apple2000, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- redwing: Nevit Dilmen (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- reed bamboo: Sugeesh at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Reeves skimmia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Refugio manzanita: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- reticulata camellia: Eria Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- ribbon bush: Peter Halasz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rice flower: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rice flower: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- rice flower: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rice paper plant: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- River Wattle: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- robin redbreast bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rock spirea: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rockrose: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Roman Beauty Rosemary: Mohasaba, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rose cone flower/drumsticks: Rick Horbury, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- rose of Sharon: Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- rose sage: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- roseleaf sage: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rosemary: Donovan Govan., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rosemary: Miomir Magdevski, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Rosy Dawn manzanita: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- round leaf mint bush: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- round leaf snowberry: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Rowall hypericum: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- royal purple autumn sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- rubber plant: VuThiAnh, CC0 (licence)
- Ruby October Magic Camellia: Chihiro H, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- rue: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Russian olive: Photo by Dave Powell, USDA, Forest Service, Public domain
- Russian sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sage (jamensis cvs.): Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sagebrush: AnRo0002, CC0 (licence)
- sago palm: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saguaro: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sakaki: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salal: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- salmonberry: David McMaster (= user BlindGoofy), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- saltbush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Saltwort: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- salvia Cleveland/Alan Chickering etc.: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Location credit to the Chanticle..., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- San Clemente Island bush mallow: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- San Diego Bursage: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- San Diego ceanothus: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- San Diego County viguiera: Stickpen, Public domain
- San Diego mountain mahogany: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- San Miguel Mountain sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sand sagebrush: Neal Herbert, NPS, Public domain
- sandanqua viburnum: Daderot, Public domain
- Sandbar Willow: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Sandmat Manzanita: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sangre de Drago: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Santa Barbara Ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Santa Cruz island buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Santa Cruz Island gooseberry: Stickpen, Public domain
- Santa Rosa island Sage: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- Santa Susana Tarplant: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- sargent viburnum: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- sasanqua camellia: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sawtooth Goldenbush: Unknown author, Public domain
- scarlet honey myrtle: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- scarlet sage: ElleAnónime, CC0 (licence)
- Schuman abelia: Leonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Scotch heather: Aqwis (Aqwis), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- scurfy pea shrub: Flickr-User SuperFantastic / Bruce, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- sea foam: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea heath: Giacomo Braschi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sea of Gold® Juniper: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sea urchin tree: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- seven-son flower: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shagbark manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- Shasta snow wreath: Julie Kierstead Nelson, Public domain
- shell ginger: Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shining fetterbush: Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- shiny xylosma: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Shortleaf Baccharis: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
- showy banksia: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- showy jasmine: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- shrub aster: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrub live oak: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Shrubby Boneset: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Shrubby Brickellbush: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- shrubby hare's ear: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby milkwort: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- shrubby senna: Leidy Anghela Pallarco Tovar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian cypress: epopov, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Siberian pea shrub: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra blue ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sierra gooseberry: USFS Region 5, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Sierra Moonrise™: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sierra plum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sierra red firebush: Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sierra Salmon California fuchsia: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0 (licence)
- Sierra Starr: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- silk tassel bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silky net bush: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
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