Groundcover List

California Botanical Name Common Name Water Use Native Acacia redolens prostrate acacia Very Low (CA native cvs.) yarrow Low X Achillea millefolium (non-native hybrids) yarrow (non-native hybrids) Low Achillea tomentosa woolly yarrow Low Adenostoma fasciculatum chamise Very Low X Ambrosia pumila San Diego ragweed Very Low X Aptenia 'Red Apple' ice plant (Red Apple) Low Aptenia cordifolia ice plant (Aptenia) Low Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside' Wayside manzanita Low X Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray' Canyon Gray sagebrush Low X Artemisia californica 'Montara' Montara sagebrush Low X Artemisia spp. (herbaceous) angel's hair Low Artemisia spp. (shrubby) sagebrush Low Atriplex CA native species saltbush Very Low X Atriplex semibaccata Australian saltbush Very Low X Baccharis pilularis cvs. dwarf coyote brush Low X Berberis aquifolium 'Compacta' (partial shade compact Oregon grape holly Low X in South Inland) Berberis aquifolium var. repens (shade) creeping mahonia Low X Bougainvillea spp. bougainvillea Low Ceanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn' Frosty Dawn ceanothus Low X Ceanothus maritimus 'Pt. Sierra' Pt. Sierra ceanothus Low X Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet' Valley Violet ceanothus Low X Cephalophyllum spp. ice plant (Cephalophyllum) Low Cistus spp., cvs. rockrose Low Convolvulus mauritanicus ground morning glory Low Coprosma petriei 'Verde Vista' Verde Vista coprosma Low Coprosma x kirk creeping coprosma Low Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty' bearberry cotoneaster Low Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast' bearberry cotoneaster Low Cotoneaster horizontalis rock cotoneaster Low Delosperma spp. ice plant (Delosperma) Low hopseed bush Dodonaea procumbens Low (procumbens) Drosanthemum spp. ice plant (Drosanthemum) Low Dymondia margaretae dymondia Low Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson' Bruce Dickenson buckwheat Low X Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point' Dana Point buckwheat Low X

Lawn-to-Garden Groundcover Plant List

California Botanical Name Common Name Water Use Native Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne' Theodore Payne buckwheat Low X Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle' Warriner Lytle buckwheat Low X Genista lydia Lydia woadwaxen Low Iva hayesiana poverty weed Very Low X Juniperus spp. juniper Low Lampranthus spp. ice plant (Lampranthus) Low Lantana hybrids hybrid lantana Low Lantana montevidensis (sellowiana) trailing lantana Low Malephora spp. ice plant (Malephora) Low Myoporum parvifolium, cvs. myoporum Low Myoporum x 'Pacificum' pacifica saltbush Low Oenothera macrocarpa Missouri evening primrose Low

Oenothera speciosa (O. berlandieri) Mexican evening primrose Low Oenothera stubbei Baja evening primrose Low Oscularia deltoides pink iceplant Low Osteospermum spp. African daisy Low Pelargonium sidoides South African geranium Low Phyla nodiflora (Lippia nodiflora) cape weed Low X Pyracantha spp., cvs. firethorn Low Rhus aromatica (Rhus trilobata) skunk bush Low X Rosmarinus cvs. trailing Low Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' Bee's Bliss sage Low X Salvia 'Dara's Choice' Sonoma sage Low X Salvia 'Mrs. Beard' Mrs. Beard sage Low X Salvia sonomensis, cvs. Sonoma sage Low X Salvia spathacea (shade), cvs. hummingbird/pitcher sage Low X Santolina spp. lavender cotton Low Saponaria ocymoides rock soapwort Low Scaevola 'Mauve Clusters' fan flower Low Scaevola aemula fairy fan Low Sedum spp. (some Hylotelephium) stone crop Low X Sollya heterophylla Australian bluebell creeper Low

Symphoricarpos mollis (shade in San Diego) creeping snowberry Low X Teucrium chamaedrys germander Low Teucrium cossonii Majorcan germander Low Thymus praecox mother-of- Low

Lawn-to-Garden Groundcover Plant List

California Botanical Name Common Name Water Use Native Trifolium fragiferum O'Connor (revegetation O'Conner's legume Low use) peruviana Peruvian verbena Low Verbena tenuisecta moss verbena Low

Lawn-to-Garden