silver buffaloberryShepherdia argenteaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
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silver buffaloberryShepherdia argenteaShrub, California native
Silver Cape ozothamnusOzothamnus leptophyllus 'Silver Cape'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
silver dune lupineLupinus chamissonisShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
silver leaf cassia/sennaSenna phyllodinea (Cassia phyllodinea)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
silver lupineLupinus albifronsShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Silver SennaSenna artemisioides petiolarisShrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
silver vein forsythiaForsythia koreana 'Kumsom'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
silverberryElaeagnus pungensShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Sitting Pretty roseRosa Sitting Pretty™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Skeleton-leaf GoldeneyeViguiera stenolobaShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
skunk bushRhus trilobata ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sky box hollyIlex crenata 'Farrowone' Sky Box®Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sky flowerDuranta erecta (D. repens)Shrub- NC×
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Skylark ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Slender Lady PalmRhapis excelsaShrub, Palm or cycad- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
slender lady palmRhapis humilisShrub, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
slender net bushCalothamnus gracilis 'Spring Torch'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
slipper plantPedilanthus macrocarpusShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
small-leafed westringiaWestringia brevifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
smoke treeCotinus coggygria ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD×
smoke treePsorothamnus spinosus (Dalea spinosa)Shrub, California native- NC×
- CVL
- SC×
- SIL
- HD×
- LDVL
smooth leaf yerba santaEriodictyon trichocalyxShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
smooth sumacRhus glabraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
smooth witherodViburnum nudum 'Winterthur'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Snow Flurry ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Snowball ceanothusCeanothus rigidus 'Snowball'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
snowball hydrangeaHydrangea arborescensShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
snowberrySymphoricarpos albus ssp. & cvs. (SHADE)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Snowbrush CeanothusCeanothus velutinusShrub- NCL
- CVVL
- SC?
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
snowdrop bushStyrax redivivus (Styrax californicus, Styrax fulvescens)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LD×
Snowstorm Forage KochiaBassia prostrata 'Snowstorm'Shrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
soaptree yuccaYucca elataShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDL
soapweed yuccaYucca glaucaShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD?
Socotran borageTrichodesma scottiiShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
soft caress grape hollyBerberis eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' (Mahonia)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Soft Caress MahoniaMahonia 'Soft Caress'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
solanum-like thomasiaThomasia solanaceaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sonoran bee bushAloysia lycioidesShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sonoran justiciaJusticia sonoraeShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
South African jasmineJasminum angulareShrub, Vine- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
South African mallowAnisodontea X hypomandarumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
southern diplolaenaDiplolaena dampieri 'Feather Duster'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
southern high bush blueberryVaccinium hybrids and cvs (CA native and non- native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Southern Moon Indian hawthornRhaphiolepis umbellata 'RutRhaph1' Southern Moon®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
southern sennaSenna odorata (Cassia odorata)Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
southern wax myrtleMyrica ceriferaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Spanish bayonetYucca aloifoliaShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Spanish broomSpartium junceumShrub- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD×
Spanish daggerYucca gloriosa ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Spanish shawlHeterocentron elegansShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sparkler's willow leaf stachyurusStachyurus salicifolia 'Mon Emeri'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
spear lilyDoryanthes palmeriShrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
spicy jatrophaJatropha integerrimaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
spicy sennaSenna armata (Cassia armata)Shrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDVL
- LDL
spiked mint bushProstanthera phylicifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Spiny HopsageGrayia spinosaShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDM
spiraeaSpiraea spp. (CA native and non native spp.)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
spotted emu bushEremophila maculata ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatumShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
spur wing wattleAcacia tripteraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
spurge-oliveCneorum tricocconShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
square-stemmed bambooChimonobambusa quadrangularisShrub, Tree, Bamboo- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
St. Catherine's laceEriogonum giganteumShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
St. John's wortHypericum 'Hidcote'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
staghorn sumacRhus typhinaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LD×
Stanford's ManzanitaArctostaphylos stanfordianaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC×
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
star jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides and cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
star magnoliaMagnolia stellataShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NCM
- CV?
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
starburst bushClerodendrum quadriloculare 'Brandoni'Shrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Starn coyote brushBaccharis 'Starn' & ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sticky Jerusalem sagePhlomis viscosaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sticky monkey flowerMimulus aurantiacus and cvs. (Diplacus aurantiacus)Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Stickyleaf RabbitbushChrysothamnus viscidiflorusShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LDM
straw flowerPlecostachys serpyllifolia (Helichrysum)Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
strawberry guavaPsidium littorale var. longipes (Psidium cattleianum)Shrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
strawberry treeArbutus unedo & ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Stribing Sunset cigar plantCuphea 'Strybing Sunset'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Sturt's cassia/sennaSenna sturtii (Cassia sturtii)Shrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
succulent sesameUncarina grandidieriShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
sugar bushRhus ovataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
sulphur-flower buckwheatEriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
summer hollyComarostaphylis diversifolia (Arctostaphylos diversifolia)Shrub, Tree, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDL
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
summersweetClethra alnifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Summertime Blue emuEremophila x 'Summertime Blue'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Summertime Blues™Vitex agnus castus x rotundifolia 'Helen Froehlich' PP31660Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LDM
Sunny Boulevard St. John's wortHypericum kalmianum 'Deppe' Sunny Boulevard®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sunny Knock Out® roseRosa 'Radsunny'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sunrise tecomaTecoma Sunrise (TM)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Sunset manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Sunset'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sunset muskmallowAbelmoschus manihot (Hibiscus manihot)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sunshine Chinese privetLigustrum sinense 'Sunshine'Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sunshine daydream abeliaAbelia x grandiflora 'Abelops'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Surinam flame bushCalliandra surinamensisShrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCM
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Swan Lake mock orangePhiladelphus Swan Lake®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Swan River myrtleHypocalymma robustumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Swan river peaBrachysema celsianum (B. lanceolata)Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sweet almond bushAloysia virgataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sweet amberHypericum androsaemumShrub- NCM
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sweet boxSarcococca confusaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
sweet breath of springLonicera fragrantissimaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sweet briar roseRosa rubiginosa (Rosa eglanteria)Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
sweet bushBebbia junceaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Sweet Drift roseRosa 'Meiswetdom' Sweet Drift®Ground cover, Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sweet Drift® RoseRosa 'Meiswetdom' PP21612Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
sweet hakeaHakea suaveolensShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
sweet olive/osmanthusOsmanthus spp.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
sweet pea shrubPolygala X dalmaisianaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sweet sarcococcaSarcococca hookeriana humilisGround cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
sweet viburnumViburnum odoratissimumShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
swollennoded cane bambooQiongzhuea tumidinoda (now Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Sydney golden wattleAcacia longifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
TajinasteEchium gentianoidesShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
tall baeckiaBaeckea virgataShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tall slipper plantPedilanthus bracteatusShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDVL
- LDVL
Tara oak leaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia 'BIV01' Tara™Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Tara SpinosaCaesalpinia spinosaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tarantula sageSalvia puberulaPerennial, Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Tasmanian tree fernDicksonia antarctica (SHADE)Shrub- NCH
- CVM
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
Tassajara Blue ceanothusCeanothus 'Tassajara Blue'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
tea treeLeptospermum rotundifoliumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
tea treeLeptospermum rupestre (humifusum)Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
tea viburnumViburnum setigerumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
teide broomSpartocytisus supranubiusShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Tequila Supreme® roseRosa 'Meikokan'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas firecracker bushHamelia patensShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
Texas flowery sennaSenna corymbosa (Cassia corymbosa)Shrub- NC?
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas guaiacumGuaiacum angustifoliumShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas mountain laurelSophora secundiflora ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
Texas pistachePistacia mexicana (P. texensis, texana)Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas plumeBauhinia lunarioidesShrub- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
Texas RangerLeucophyllum x 'Heavenly Cloud'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
- NCL
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Texas torchwoodAmyris texanaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
thamnocalamusThamnocalamus spathiflorus (aristatus)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
thickleaf yerba santaEriodictyon crassifoliumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
thimbleberryRubus parviflorusShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Thompson's yuccaYucca thompsonianaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDVL
- LDL
thread leaf false araliaSchefflera elegantissima (Dizygotheca elegantissima) (shade in low desert)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
Thurber's cotton/desert cottonGossypium thurberiShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
thyme honey-myrtleMelaleuca thymifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Tibetan sugar palmArenga micranthaShrub, Tree, Palm or cycad- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tight and tidyFelicia aethiopicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Tilden Park ceanothusCeanothus 'Tilden Park'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Torrey oakQuercus x acutidensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
tortoise berryNylandtia scopariaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
totem poles (lilac melaleuca)Melaleuca decussataShrub, Tree- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
toyonHeteromeles arbutifolia ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
trailing lantanaLantana montevidensis (sellowiana) ssp. & cvs.Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
tramontanaEphedra tweedianaShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
transatlantica daphneDaphne x transatlanticaShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tree alfalfaMedicago arboreaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
tree banksiaBanksia integrifoliaShrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
tree dahliaDahlia imperialisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
tree euphorbiaEuphorbia lambiiShrub, Succulent- NC×
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
tree jockeyDermatobotrys saundersiiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
tree lavateraMalva thuringiaca (Lavatera thuringiaca)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
tree mallowLavatera olbiaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
tree mallowMalva assurgentiflora and cvs. (Lavatera assurgentiflora)Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LDM
tree philodendronPhilodendron bipinnatifidum (selloum)Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
tree poppyBocconia frutescensShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
tree poppyDendromecon rigidaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
tree sonchusSonchus canariensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
triangleleaf bursageAmbrosia deltoideaShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Trinidad flame bushCalliandra tweediiShrub- NC×
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
trixisTrixis californicaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
tropical hesperaloeHesperaloe tenuifoliaShrub, Succulent- NCVL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
'True Bliss' PPAFRosa 'True Bliss' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Delight'Rosa 'True Delight'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Devotion' PPAFRosa 'True Devotion' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Friendship' PP31073Rosa 'True Friendship' PP31073Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCVL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Gratitude' PP28929Rosa 'True Gratitude' PP28929Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Inspiration' PP31791Rosa 'True Inspiration' PP31791Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Love' PP31575Rosa 'True Love' PP31575Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
true myrtleMyrtus communis ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
'True Passion' PP28928Rosa 'True Passion' PP28928Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Perfume' PPAFRosa 'True Perfume' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Serenity ' PPAFRosa 'True Serenity ' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Sincerity' PPAFRosa 'True Sincerity' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
'True Spirit' PPAFRosa 'True Spirit' PPAFShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
Turk's capMalvaviscus arboreusShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Turkish Jerusalem sagePhlomis lyciaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
turpentine bushEricameria laricifolia ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDL
- LDL
Tuscan Blue RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
twin flowered cassiaSenna bifloraShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
twinberryLonicera involucrataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
twisted jasmineJasminum tortuosumShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
twisted yuccaYucca rupicolaShrub, Succulent- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HDL
- LDL
Tyson's euryopsEuryops tysoniiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
umbrella bambooFargesia murielaeShrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
umbrella bambooFargesia spathacea (Thamnocalamus spathaceus)Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Utah service berryAmelanchier utahensisShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Vancouver Gold genistaGenista pilosa 'Vancouver Gold'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Vandenberg ceanothusCeanothus impressus 'Vandenberg'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
Photo credits, 192 images from Wikimedia Commons
- silver buffaloberry: SriMesh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Silver Cape ozothamnus: Peter de Lange, CC0 (licence)
- silver dune lupine: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- silver leaf cassia/senna: Daniel Mayer (mav), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- silver lupine: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Silver Senna: Bruce McLennan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- silver vein forsythia: 용천(김성기), CC BY 2.0 kr (licence)
- silverberry: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Sitting Pretty rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- skunk bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sky box holly: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sky flower: Gowrivemban, CC0 (licence)
- Skylark ceanothus: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Slender Lady Palm: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- slender lady palm: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- slender net bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- slipper plant: Nhrjmhll, CC0 (licence)
- small-leafed westringia: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- smoke tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- smoke tree: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- smooth leaf yerba santa: joedecruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- smooth sumac: Velocicaptor at Wikipedia, Public domain
- smooth witherod: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Snow Flurry ceanothus: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Snowball ceanothus: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- snowball hydrangea: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- snowberry: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Snowbrush Ceanothus: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- snowdrop bush: Stickpen, Public domain
- Snowstorm Forage Kochia: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- soaptree yucca: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- soapweed yucca: Nick, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Socotran borage: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- soft caress grape holly: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Soft Caress Mahonia: The original uploader was JoJan at English Wikipedia., Public domain
- solanum-like thomasia: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- Sonoran bee bush: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sonoran justicia: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- South African jasmine: Stickpen, Public domain
- South African mallow: chisloup, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- southern diplolaena: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- southern high bush blueberry: Kazvorpal at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Southern Moon Indian hawthorn: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- southern senna: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- southern wax myrtle: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Spanish bayonet: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Spanish broom: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Spanish dagger: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Spanish shawl: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sparkler's willow leaf stachyurus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spear lily: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- spicy jatropha: Aris riyanto, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- spicy senna: Unknown author, Public domain
- spiked mint bush: Chhe (talk), Public domain
- Spiny Hopsage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spiraea: User:Pipi69e, CC0 (licence)
- spotted emu bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spreading gooseberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- spur wing wattle: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- spurge-olive: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- square-stemmed bamboo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- St. Catherine's lace: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- St. John's wort: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- staghorn sumac: The original uploader was Muggwort17 at English Wikipedia., Public domain
- Stanford's Manzanita: Stickpen, Public domain
- star jasmine: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- star magnolia: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- starburst bush: Oeropium, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Starn coyote brush: Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- sticky Jerusalem sage: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sticky monkey flower: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Public domain
- Stickyleaf Rabbitbush: Wallace Keck, Public domain
- straw flower: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- strawberry guava: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- strawberry tree: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Stribing Sunset cigar plant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sturt's cassia/senna: Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- succulent sesame: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sugar bush: Michael J. Plagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sulphur-flower buckwheat: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- summer holly: Anthony Valois, Public domain
- summersweet: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Summertime Blue emu: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Summertime Blues™: Ariesaada, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sunny Boulevard St. John's wort: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Sunny Knock Out® rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sunrise tecoma: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sunset manzanita: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- sunset muskmallow: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sunshine Chinese privet: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Sunshine daydream abelia: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Surinam flame bush: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Swan Lake mock orange: Haggeswood, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Swan River myrtle: Gnangarra, CC BY 3.0 au (licence)
- Swan river pea: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- sweet almond bush: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- sweet amber: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sweet box: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet breath of spring: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet briar rose: Rosa_rubiginosa_mit_einigen_Knospen.jpg: Sebastian Bieber derivative work: Bff, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (licence)
- sweet bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Sweet Drift rose: Laitche, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Sweet Drift® Rose: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sweet hakea: Averater, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- sweet olive/osmanthus: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- sweet pea shrub: Astghik Tsaturyan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sweet sarcococca: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- sweet viburnum: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- swollennoded cane bamboo: Daderot, Public domain
- Sydney golden wattle: josh jackson, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Tajinaste: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tall baeckia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tall slipper plant: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Tara oak leaf Hydrangea: Aoyajiro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Tara Spinosa: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- tarantula sage: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Tasmanian tree fern: Original uploader was Adrian Pingstone at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Tassajara Blue ceanothus: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- tea tree: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- tea tree: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tea viburnum: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- teide broom: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tequila Supreme® rose: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Texas firecracker bush: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Texas flowery senna: Uwe Thobae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Texas guaiacum: Stickpen, CC0 (licence)
- Texas mountain laurel: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Texas pistache: iNaturalist user: tereso30, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- Texas plume: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0 (licence)
- Texas Ranger: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us (licence)
- Texas torchwood: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- thamnocalamus: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- thickleaf yerba santa: Unknown author, Public domain
- thimbleberry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Thompson's yucca: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) and released und..., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- thread leaf false aralia: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Thurber's cotton/desert cotton: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- thyme honey-myrtle: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
- Tibetan sugar palm: W.A. Djatmiko (Wie146), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tight and tidy: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tilden Park ceanothus: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Torrey oak: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tortoise berry: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- totem poles (lilac melaleuca): Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- toyon: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- trailing lantana: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tramontana: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- transatlantica daphne: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- tree alfalfa: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree banksia: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree dahlia: Shu Suehiro, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- tree euphorbia: Teresa Grau Ros from Barcelona, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- tree jockey: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tree lavatera: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- tree mallow: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree mallow: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tree philodendron: VSA.bing, Public domain
- tree poppy: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- tree poppy: NPS, Public domain
- tree sonchus: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- triangleleaf bursage: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Trinidad flame bush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- trixis: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- tropical hesperaloe: Dorian Wallender from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- 'True Bliss' PPAF: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Delight': Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Devotion' PPAF: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Friendship' PP31073: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Gratitude' PP28929: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Inspiration' PP31791: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- 'True Love' PP31575: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- true myrtle: Júlio Reis (Tintazul), CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- 'True Passion' PP28928: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Perfume' PPAF: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Serenity ' PPAF: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- 'True Sincerity' PPAF: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- 'True Spirit' PPAF: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Turk's cap: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Turkish Jerusalem sage: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- turpentine bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tuscan Blue Rosemary: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- twin flowered cassia: MacrofyStudio, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- twinberry: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- twisted jasmine: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- twisted yucca: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Tyson's euryops: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- umbrella bamboo: IKAl, CC BY-SA 2.5 (licence)
- umbrella bamboo: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Utah service berry: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Vancouver Gold genista: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Vandenberg ceanothus: Theactivistuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
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Zones: NC North-Central Coastal, CV Central Valley, SC South Coastal, SI South Inland, HD High and Intermediate Desert, LD Low Desert. Ratings: VL very low water, L low, M moderate, H high, ? not rated for that zone, × not suited to that zone. Ratings are the University of California WUCOLS IV list.
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