ARTEMISIA ‘POWIS CASTLE’ Powis Castle Artemisia

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low Summer Fast

DESCRIPTION: This mounding shrub reaches 3 feet high and up to 5 feet. wide with fine silver foliage.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM Bush Morning Glory

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low Spring Fast

DESCRIPTION: The evergreen shrub grows 2-4 feet high with silver foliage and white flowers from spring through fall. It prefers light soil, good drainage and full sun.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

CONVOLVULUS MAURITANICUS

Ground Morning Glory

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Half Medium Spring Fast

DESCRIPTION: A creeping perennial, usually deciduous, this Morning Glory bears small, light lavender blue flowers to 1 inch across from spring through fall. It can bloom through mild winters and requires sun to part shade with little or no Summer watering when established. It makes a good ground cover for small areas.

NOTES: The Ground Morning Glory tends to become woody. This can be prevented by trimming in late Winter.

COTONEASTER DAMMERI ‘LOWFAST’

Lowfast Cotoneaster

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Half Medium Winter Fast

DESCRIPTION: Lowfast Cotoneaster is a vigorous evergreen ground cover 1 feet high and spreading by rooting branches up to 10-15 feet it has showy red berries that appear in fall and winter. It is drought tolerant and attracts butterflies.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

DASYLIRION LONGISSIMUM Toothless Sotol, Mexican Grass Tree

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Half Low Winter Slow

DESCRIPTION: This evergreen shrub will grow to about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide. It has narrow, grass-like leaves with creamy white flowers that bloom in the early summer.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

FRAGARIA CHILOENSIS Ornamental Strawberry

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Shade Low Spring Moderate

DESCRIPTION: Perennial grows 4-8 feet high with tooth-edged leaves and ornamental strawberries during the fall. Cut back or mow in early spring to encourage new growth.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

LEONOTIS LEONORUS Lion’s Tail, Lion’s Ear

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low Summer Fast

DESCRIPTION: This is an upright shrub to about 6 feet tall and wide. Lion’s Tail provides both lush greenery and a durable, drought-tolerant shrub. Tubular bright orange flowers are produced from Summer through fall. Plants thrive in desert heat, and can be grown in containers, so plants can be moved to sheltered locations for frost protection.

NOTES: Hardy to 20 feet.

PHORMIUM TENAX New Zealand Flax

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Shade low Summer Fast

DESCRIPTION: New Zealand Flax is a large, bold plant with stiffly vertical, sword-like, green leaves that arise from its base. It should be grown under full fun for best color. Varieties will offer different growth habits and leaf color.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

PODOCARPUS HENKELII

Long-leafed Yellow Wood

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Shade Medium N/A Moderate

DESCRIPTION: This evergreen tree will grow 30-50 feet high x 15-20 feet wide. It has beautiful, drooping, shiny green foliage yearly. Leaves can be 5-7 feet long when young, and shorter with the plant matures.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA Coast Live Oak

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low N/A Moderate

DESCRIPTION: The Coast Live Oak is an evergreen round-headed tree. It can reach 15-40 feet height and 20 feet wide and grows very well from the coastal areas to the interior valleys. It is native to California, is drought tolerant and attracts butterflies.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: Hardy to 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

RHAPHIOLEPIS INDICA Indian Hawthorn

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Shade low Summer Fast

DESCRIPTION: This slow-growing plant will only grow 3-5 feet high and has dark green, thick foliage. It produces clusters of white to crimson flowers that bloom in spring and clusters of black fruit in the fall.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

RHUS LANCEA African Sumac

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low Winter Moderate

DESCRIPTION: A small, evergreen tree that grows slowly to 25 feet and exists in an open, spreading habit. It ‘s leafs are dark green, glossy and divided into 3 willow-like leaflets 4-5 inches long. The bark has a dark red color. Males and females. Often has a drooping habit prone to Texas Root Root.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

SEDUM ‘AUTUMN JOY’ Autumn Joy Stone Crop

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Half Low Fall Moderate

DESCRIPTION: Acknowledged worldwide as the best of all sedums. Long lasting umbrella-like flower heads grow from sturdy, rosy pink stems. Serve as excellent cut flowers as well as accessories to beds and borders.

NOTES: Succulent leaves with large flower heads developing during Summer, turning to shades of pink and purple into Fall. Good massed in sun with grasses and rudbeckias.

SENECIO MANDRALISCAE Senecio

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Full Low Summer Moderate

DESCRIPTION: This succulent perennial will grow to about 1.5 feet tall and 2 feet wide. It has curved, blue/gray leaves that are about 3.5 inches long and very slender.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

TAGETES LEMMONII Bush Marigold

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Half Low Winter Fast

DESCRIPTION: This larger perennial will grow to 6 feet tall and has small, light green leaves with yellow flowers that bloom in the winter and spring.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

TRACHELOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES

Star Jasmine

SUN: WATER: SEASON: GROWRATE: Shade Medium Spring Moderate

DESCRIPTION: The star jasmine is an evergreen vine that grows 20 feet tall or a ground cover that reaches 1-2 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. It has white fragrant flowers in the summer and can tolerate sun or partial shade. The star jasmine is also drought tolerant.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. (2) Set root ball at ground level. (3) Prepare soil mix of equal parts soil and soil amendment. (4) Backfill with amended soil. (5) Build basin and water.

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Achillea Millefolium Yarrow

Agave Agave, Century Plant

Agave ‘Blue Flame’ Blue Flame Agave

Agave parryi var. truncate Artichoke Agave

Anigozanthos Kangaroo Paw

Arbutus Arbutus

Arbutus ‘Marina’ Marina Arbutus

Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree

Arctostaphylos Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos ‘Pacific Mist’ Pacific Mist Manzanita

Arctotis African Daisy

Arctotis The Ravers Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin Pie African Daisy

Artemisia Wormwood, Artemisia

Artemisia Californica California Sagebrush

Artemisia californica ‘Canyon Gray’ Canyon Gray California Sagebrush

Artemisia californica ‘Montara’ Montara California Sagebrush

Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ Powis Castle Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentate Great Basin Sagebrush

Baccharis Coyote Bush

Baccharis ‘Pigeon Point’ Pigeon Point Coyote Bush

Baccharis ‘Twin Peaks’ Twin Peaks Coyote Bush

Baccharis ‘Starn’ Starn Coyote Bush

Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush

Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis Dwarf Butterfly Bush

Calliandra Fairy Duster

Calliandra californica Baja Fairy Duster

Botanical Name Common Name

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Calliandra Eriphylla Pink Fairy Duster

Calylophus Sundrops

Ceanthus California Wild Lilac

Ceanothus ‘Concha’ Concha California Wild Lilac

Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis ‘Yankee Point’

Yankee Point California Wild Lilac

Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ Ray Hartman California Wild Lilac

Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ‘Burgundy Lace’ Burgundy Lace Desert Willow

Chliopsis linearis ‘Regal’ Regal Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ‘Warren Jones’ Warren Jones Desert Willow

Xchitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa

Xchitalpa tashkentensis ‘Morning Cloud’ Morning Cloud Chitalpa

Xchitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’ Pink Dawn Chitalpa

Cistus Rockrose

Cistus x hybridus White Rockrose

Cistus salviifolius Sageleaf Rockrose

Cistus x skanbergii Pink Rockrose

Cistus ‘Sunset’ Sunset Rockrose

Erigonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat

Erigonum fasciculatum ‘Dana Point’ Dana Point California Buckwheat

Erigonum fasciculatum ‘Theodore Payne’ Theodore Payne California Buckwheat

Erigonum fasciculatum ‘Warriner Lytle’ Warriner Lytle California buckwheat

Euryops pectinatus Golden African Daisy

Euryops pectinatus ‘Viridis’ Viridis Golden African Daisy

Gaura lindheimeri Butterfly Flower

Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina Jessamine

Botanical Name Common Name

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Geranium incanum Carpet Geranium

Grevillea Grevillea

Grevillea x gaudichaudii Grevillea

Grevillea lanigera Woolly Grevillea

Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia ‘Claremont’ Claremont Toyon

Heteromeles arbutifolia ‘Davis Gold’ Davis Gold Toyon

Heuchera Coral bells, Alum Root

Heuchera maxima Island Alum Root

Heuchera ‘Old La Rochette’ Old La Rochette Coral Bells

Heuchera Sanguinea Coral Bells

Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’ Santa Ana Cardinal Coral Bells

Heuchera ‘Wendy’ Wendy Coral Bells

Iris Iris

Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris

Iris germanica Bearded Iris

Iris spuria Butterfly Iris

Juniperus Juniper

Juniperus chinensis ‘San Jose’ San Jose Juniper

Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’ Japanese Garden Juniper

Lagerstroemia Craype Myrtle

Lagerstroemia ‘Biloxi’ Biloxi Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia ‘Muskogee’ Muskogee Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’ Natchez Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia ‘Tuscarora’ Tuscarora Crape Myrtle

Lantana Lantana

Botanical Name Common Name

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Lavandula Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender

Lavandula stoechas Spanish Lavender

Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’ Otto Quast Spanish Lavender

Leucophyllum frutescens Texas Ranger

Leymus condensatus ‘Canyon Prince’ Canyon Prince Wild Ryegrass

Limonium perezii Sea Lavender

Muhlenbergia Muhlenbergia

Muhlenbergia dumosa Bamboo Muhly

Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass

Myoporum parvifolium Creeping Myoporum

Myrtus communis Myrtle

Myrtus communis ‘Boetica’ Boetica Myrtle

Myrtus communis ‘Compacta’ Compacta Myrtle

Myrtus communis ‘Variegata’ Variegata Myrtle

Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’ Gulf Stream Heavenly Bamboo

Osmanthus fragrans Sweet Olive

Osteospermum Freeway Daisy

Parkinsonia Palo Verde

Parkinsonia ‘Desert Museum’ Desert Museum Palo Verde

Pelargonium Geranium

Pelagonium x domesticum Martha Washington Geranium

Pelagonium tomentosum Peppermint Geranium

Penstemon Penstemon

Penstemon centranthifolius Scarlet Bugler

Penstemon heterophylla ‘Margarita BOP’ Margarita BOP Foothill Penstemon

Botanical Name Common Name

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Penstemon spectabilis Foothill Penstemon

Perovskia Russian Sage

Ptilotus exaltatus var. villosus ‘Platinum Wallaby’

Platinum Wallaby Ptilotus

Quercus Oak

Quercus agrifolia Coas Live Oak

Quercus engelmannii Engelmann Oak

Quercus lobata Valley Oak

Rhamnus Rhamnus

Rhamnus alaternus Italian Buckthorn

Rhamnus californica Coffee Berry

Rhamnus californica ‘Ed Holm’ Ed Holm Coffee Berry

Rhamnus californica ‘Eve Case’ Eve Case Coffee Berry

Rhamnus californica ‘Leatherleaf’ Leather Leaf Coffee Berry

Rhamnus californica ‘Seaview Improved’ Seaview Improved Coffee Berry

Rhaphiolepis India Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis ‘Rosea’ Rosea India Hawthorn

Rhus Rhus

Rhus integrifolia Lemonade Berry

Rhus ovate Sugar Bush

Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Huntington Carpet’ Huntington Carpet Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Irene’ Irene Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Ken Taylor’ Ken Taylor Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ Prostratus Rosemary

Salvia Sageleaf Rockrose

Salvia leucantha Mexican Sage

Botanical Name Common Name

Miscellaneous Water-Efficient Plants

Salvia spathacea Hummingbird sage

Teucrium Germander

Teucrium marjoricum Fruity Germander

Teucrium fruticans Bush Germander

Teucrium fruticans ‘Azureum’ Azureum Bush Germander

Teucrium fruticans ‘Compacta’ Compacta Bush Germander

Thymus Thyme

Tulbaghia violacea Society Garlic

Verbena Verbena

Verbena bonariensis Purpletop

Verbene lilacina Lilacc verbena

Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ De La Mina Lilac Verbena

Verbene lilacina ‘Paseo Rancho’ Paseo Rancho Lilac Verbena

Vitis Grape

Vitis ‘Roger’s Red’ Roger’s Red Grape

Westringia fruticosa Westringia

Westringia fruticosa ‘Morninng Lignt’ Morning Light Westringia

Westringia fruticosa ‘Wynayabbie Gem’ Wynayabbie Gemwestringia

Wisteria Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis Chinese Wisteria

Zauschneria California Fuchsia

Zauschneria ‘Catalina’ Catalina California Fuchsia

Zauschneria ‘Route 66” Route 66 California Fuchsia

Zauschneria ‘Select Mattole’ Select Mattole California Fuchsia

Botanical Name Common Name