Vandenberg manzanitaArctostaphylos purissima 'Vandenberg'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
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Vandenberg manzanitaArctostaphylos purissima 'Vandenberg'Shrub, California native
Vanilla Brandy AbeliaAbelia × grandiflora 'Bailbeliaone' Vanilla Brandy™Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SCH
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Vanilla Strawberry HydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Renhy' Vanilla Strawberry™Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
vara prietaCaesalpinia californicaShrub- NC×
- CVL
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
variegated Chinese lanternAbutilon pictum thompsoniiShrub- NCM
- CVH
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
variegated Chinese temple bambooSinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata'Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
velvet groundselRoldana petasitis (Senecio petasitis)Shrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Verde Vista coprosmaCoprosma petriei 'Verde Vista'Ground cover, Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
viburnum (rhytidophylloides)Viburnum x rhytidophylloidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Victoria California LilacCeanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Victorian dogwoodProstanthera lasianthosShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Vine Hill ManzanitaArctostaphylos densiflorusShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD×
vine mapleAcer circinatumShrub, Tree, California native- NCM
- CVH
- SCH
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
Vintage Jade distyliumDistylium 'Vintage Jade'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Vintage Jade DistyliumDistylium 'Vintage Jade'Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
violet tubeflowerIochroma cyaneaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
violet westringiaWestringia glabraShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LD?
Virgin River BrittlebushEncelia virginensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Virginia sweetspireItea virginicaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wagner's sageSalvia wagnerianaPerennial, Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wand sageSalvia vaseyiShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
waratahTelopea speciosissimaShrub- NCM
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
Warren's red possumhawIlex decidua 'Warren's Red'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
warty stem ceanothusCeanothus verrucosusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Waverly sageSalvia 'Waverly'Perennial, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wavy leaf mountain lilacCeanothus foliosus &ssp. & cvs.Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
wax currantRibes cereumShrub, California native- NCM
- CV×
- SC×
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD×
- LDL
wax flowerCrowea exalataShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wayfaring treeViburnum lantanaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wayside manzanitaArctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
weeping buddlejaRostrinucula dependensShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
weeping butterfly bushBuddleja lindleyanaShrub- NCL
- CVM
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
weeping Chinese banyanFicus benjaminaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD×
- LDM
weigelaWeigela floridaShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LD×
weigeliaWeigela cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wendy's wish sageSalvia 'Wendy's Wish'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western Australia coral peaHardenbergia comptonianaShrub, Vine- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
western burning bushEuonymus occidentalisShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Western ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. demissaTree, Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
western dogwoodCornus sericea occidentalisShrub, California native- NCH
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD×
- LD×
western hop treePtelea crenulataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
western sand cherryPrunus besseyiShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
western service berryAmelanchier alnifoliaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
western spice bushCalycanthus occidentalisShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCM
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Wheeler Canyon ceanothusCeanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white banjinePimelea ciliata 'Snow Clouds'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
white breath of heavenColeonema albumShrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
white brushAloysia gratissimaShrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white bursageAmbrosia dumosaShrub, California native- NC?
- CV?
- SC×
- SI×
- HDL
- LDL
White Cloud manzanitaArctostaphylos viridissima 'White Cloud'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
White Drift® roseRosa 'Meizorland'Ground cover, Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white Florida anise-treeIllicium floridanum 'Alba'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white flowering currantRibes indecorumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
White Knock Out roseRosa 'Radwhite' White Knock Out®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white sageSalvia apianaShrub, California native, Arboretum All-Star- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
white striped dwarf bambooSasaella masamuneana albostriataGround cover, Shrub, Bamboo- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
White Wedding HydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'LeeP1' White Wedding®Shrub- NC?
- CVM
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
white weigelaWeigela coraeensisShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
whitebark ceanothusCeanothus leucodermisShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
whiteleaf manzanitaArctostaphylos viscidaShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SC×
- SI×
- HD×
- LD×
- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD?
- LD?
whitethorn acaciaAcacia constrictaShrub, Tree- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
wild mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii (P. californicus)Shrub, California native- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
wild privetLigustrum vulgareShrub- NCVL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
willowSalix spp. (shrubs)Shrub- NCH
- CVH
- SCH
- SIH
- HDH
- LD?
willow leaf hydrangeaHydrangea angustipetalaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
willow wattleAcacia iteaphyllaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
willowleaf cotoneasterCotoneaster salicifoliusShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SIM
- HD?
- LD?
Wilson hollyIlex x altaclarensis 'Wilsonii'Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Wilson melaleucaMelaleuca wilsoniiShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD×
- LD×
Winecraft Black smokebushCotinus coggygria 'NCCO1' Winecraft Black®Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winged westringiaWestringia longifoliaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD?
Winged-fruit Emu BushEremophila pterocarpaShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wingthorn roseRosa sericea fo. pteracanthaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter daphneDaphne odora and cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
Winter Glow manzanitaArctostaphylos 'Winterglow'Ground cover, Shrub, California native- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
winter hazelCorylopsis paucifloraShrub, Tree- NCM
- CV?
- SC×
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter jasmineJasminum nudiflorumShrub, Arboretum All-Star- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Winter Sun(TM) Eleganza® roseRosa 'KORbatam'Shrub- NC?
- CVL
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
winter sweet peaSwainsona galegifoliaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
winterfatKrascheninnikovia lanataShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LD?
wintersweetChimonanthus praecoxShrub- NC?
- CVL
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
witherod viburnumViburnum cassinoidesShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
wolfberryLycium fremontiiShrub, California native- NC?
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Wood Rose, Baldhip RoseRosa gymnocarpaShrub, California native- NCM
- CVVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LD?
woolly blue curlsTrichostema lanatumPerennial, Shrub, California native- NCVL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
Woolly BrickellbushBrickellia incanaShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly bushAdenanthos drummondiiShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woolly butterfly bushBuddleja marrubiifoliaShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDL
woolly leaf ceanothusCeanothus tomentosus var. olivaceusShrub, California native- NCL
- CV?
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HD×
- LD×
woolly sennaSenna multiglandulosa (Cassia tomentosa)Shrub- NCVL
- CV×
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
woolly yerba santaEriodictyon tomentosumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVVL
- SCVL
- SIVL
- HDVL
- LD?
woolly-leaf sunflowerViguiera lanataShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
woollybushAdenanthos meisneriShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Wooly Fruit Bur RagweedAmbrosia eriocentraShrub- NCVL
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LDL
Wright BuckwheatEriogonum wrightiiShrub, California native- NCVL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDL
- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD?
Xanadu philodendronPhilodendron 'Xanadu'Shrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
- NC?
- CV?
- SCVL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yanchep roseDiplolaena angustifolia 'Orange Urchin'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Yankee Point ceanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'Shrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LD×
yauponIlex vomitoria ssp. & cvs.Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
yawning penstemonKeckiella brevifloraShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
Yeddo hawthorneRhaphiolepis umbellata and cvs.Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
yellow anise treeIllicium parviflorumShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yellow bellAllamanda nerifoliaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yellow bell bauhiniaBauhinia tomentosaShrub- NC×
- CV×
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD×
yellow bellsTecoma Crimson Flare (TM)Shrub- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDM
- LDM
yellow bellsTecoma stans ssp. & cvs.Shrub, Tree- NCL
- CV×
- SCL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDM
yellow eyed flame peaChorizema dicksoniiShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow flaxReinwardtia indicaShrub- NCH
- CV?
- SCM
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow germanderTeucrium flavumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SC?
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
yellow gooseberryRibes quercetorumShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LD?
yellow jugflowerAdenanthos detmoldii 'Metallica'Shrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow mallowPavonia praemorsaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow oleanderThevetia peruvianaShrub, Tree- NC×
- CV×
- SCL
- SIM
- HD×
- LDM
yellow penstemonKeckiella antirrhinoidesShrub, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD×
- LD×
yellow plume flowerJusticia aureaShrub- NC?
- CV?
- SCH
- SIH
- HD?
- LD?
yellow rock roseHalimium atriplicifoliumShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
yellow rock roseHalimium lasianthumShrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yellow rock roseHalimium ocymoidesShrub- NCL
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Yellow Trumpet BushTecoma 'Sun Trumpets Yellow'Shrub- NCL
- CVL
- SCL
- SIL
- HD?
- LDM
yesterday today and tomorrowBrunfelsia pauciflora (Brunfelsia macrantha)Shrub- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HD×
- LDH
yew pinePodocarpus macrophyllusShrub, Tree- NCM
- CVM
- SCM
- SIM
- HDM
- LDM
Yuan Shan hardy scheffleraSchefflera taiwaniana 'Yuan Shan'Shrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
yuccaHesperoyucca spp. (Yucca whipplei, Yucca californica)Shrub, Succulent, California native- NCL
- CVL
- SCVL
- SIL
- HDL
- LDL
Yunan luculiaLuculia intermediaShrub- NCM
- CV?
- SC?
- SI×
- HD?
- LD?
- NC?
- CV?
- SCL
- SI?
- HD?
- LD?
Photo credits, 124 images from Wikimedia Commons
- Vandenberg manzanita: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- Vanilla Brandy Abelia: Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs (licence)
- Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- vara prieta: Vishalmannepalli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- variegated Chinese lantern: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- variegated Chinese temple bamboo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- velvet groundsel: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Verde Vista coprosma: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- viburnum (rhytidophylloides): 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Victoria California Lilac: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Victorian dogwood: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Vine Hill Manzanita: Dcskagirl, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- vine maple: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Vintage Jade distylium: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Vintage Jade Distylium: 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- violet tubeflower: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- violet westringia: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Virgin River Brittlebush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Virginia sweetspire: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wagner's sage: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- wand sage: Ulimw, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Warren's red possumhaw: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- warty stem ceanothus: Stickpen, Public domain
- Waverly sage: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wavy leaf mountain lilac: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wax currant: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wax flower: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- wayfaring tree: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- Wayside manzanita: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, Public domain
- weeping buddleja: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma., CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- weeping butterfly bush: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weeping Chinese banyan: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- weigela: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- weigelia: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wendy's wish sage: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western Australia coral pea: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western burning bush: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Western Chokecherry: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- western dogwood: Sulfur at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western hop tree: Anthony Baniaga, CC0 (licence)
- western sand cherry: Super cyclist at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- western service berry: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- western spice bush: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wheeler Canyon ceanothus: Syced, CC0 (licence)
- white banjine: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white breath of heaven: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white brush: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- white bursage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- White Cloud manzanita: Daderot, Public domain
- White Drift® rose: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white Florida anise-tree: Mac H. Alford, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- white flowering currant: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- White Knock Out rose: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- white striped dwarf bamboo: Daderot, Public domain
- White Wedding Hydrangea: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- white weigela: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- whitebark ceanothus: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
- whiteleaf manzanita: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- whitethorn acacia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wild mock orange: born1945, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- wild privet: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- willow: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- willow leaf hydrangea: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- willow wattle: Dinkum, CC0 (licence)
- willowleaf cotoneaster: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wilson holly: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- Wilson melaleuca: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- Winecraft Black smokebush: LIght Dim, CC0 (licence)
- winged westringia: Qumarchi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Winged-fruit Emu Bush: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wingthorn rose: Ulf Eliasson epibase, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- winter daphne: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Winter Glow manzanita: NPS, Public domain
- winter hazel: Wouter Hagens, Public domain
- winter jasmine: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Winter Sun(TM) Eleganza® rose: JDP90 (Joydeep), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- winter sweet pea: Moonlight0551 from Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- winterfat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- wintersweet: Luigi Chiesa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- witherod viburnum: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- wolfberry: Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- Wood Rose, Baldhip Rose: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5 (licence)
- woolly blue curls: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Woolly Brickellbush: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- woolly bush: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- woolly butterfly bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly leaf ceanothus: Stickpen, Public domain
- woolly senna: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- woolly yerba santa: wonton_soup, CC BY 4.0 (licence)
- woolly-leaf sunflower: Gaiacoyote, CC0 (licence)
- woollybush: Hesperian, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wooly Fruit Bur Ragweed: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Wright Buckwheat: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Xanadu philodendron: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yanchep rose: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Yankee Point ceanothus: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yaupon: Luteus, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- yawning penstemon: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- Yeddo hawthorne: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow anise tree: Arria Belli (Arria Belli), CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- yellow bell: Ngocnk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow bell bauhinia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow bells: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow bells: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow eyed flame pea: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- yellow flax: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow germander: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow gooseberry: Daderot, CC0 (licence)
- yellow jugflower: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0 (licence)
- yellow mallow: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow oleander: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow penstemon: Stickpen, Public domain
- yellow plume flower: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 (licence)
- yellow rock rose: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yellow rock rose: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- yellow rock rose: Javier martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Yellow Trumpet Bush: Maina Tudu, CC0 (licence)
- yesterday today and tomorrow: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)
- yew pine: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Yuan Shan hardy schefflera: Steve Law, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)
- yucca: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)
- Yunan luculia: Emőke Dénes, 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.
How to use this list
- MinutesOpen the calculator with this plant set. The preset city is in a zone where WUCOLS rates the plant. Set your sprinkler type and watering days.
- GuideRead a plant watering guide. Links appear for plants covered by our 1023 written guides.
- PlanBuild your personal watering plan. Put your plants and city together for monthly sprinkler minutes on a printable sheet.
Sources
- WUCOLS IV plant list, University of California, snapshot of the live databaseRead August 23, 2026 on ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS
- Appendix C reference evapotranspiration table behind the six zonesRead August 23, 2026 on water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/MWELO-Rulemaking/Final-MWELO-Text-and-Appendices_20250103.pdf