THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name Water Height x and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width

densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’, Arcostaphylos spp. densiflora ‘Lutsko Pink’, ‘Emerald Y Low Full Sun varies Carpet, glauca, uva-ursi, ‘John Dourley’, ‘Pacific Mist’

Artemisia spp. Y Very Low Full Sun 4’x7’ californica, douglasiana California Sagebrush

Baccharis pilularis Y Low Full Sun 8-24”x6’ Dwarf Coyote Brush

Berberis thunbergii Full Sun to Part Low 4-6’x4-6’ Japanese Barberry Shade

Carpenteria californica Full Sun to Part Y Low 4-6’ tall Bush Anenome Shade

‘Joyce Coulter’, ‘Ray Hartman’, ‘Concha’, ‘Dark Star’, ‘Diamond Ceanothus spp. Y Low Full Sun varies Heights’, gloriosus, griseus, thyri- California Lilac siflorus ‘Yankee Point’, thyrsiflo- rus ‘Snow Flurry’

Cistus spp. ladanifer, purperea, salvfolius Low Full Sun varies Rockrose ‘Prostratus’

Dodonaea viscosa Low Full Sun 10-15’ tall Hopseed Bush

Frangula californica Full Sun to Part Y Low 3-15’x8’ Coffeeberry Shade

1 THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Plants Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name California Water Height x Cultivars and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width SHRUBS

Fremontodendron californicum Y Very Low Full Sun 20’x12’ Flannel Bush

Galvezia speciosa Full Sun to Part Y Low 3-4’x5-7’ Island Snapdragon Shade

Grevillea spp. Full Sun to Part ‘Austraflora Fanfare’, lanigera Low 1-6’x6-15’ Grevillea Shade ‘Coastal Gem’,

Lavatera assurgentiflora Y Low Full Sun 12’x12’ Mallow

Leonotis leonurus Low Full Sun 4-6’ tall Lion’s Tail

Leptospermum laevigatum Low Full Sun 10-30’ tall Australia Tea Tree

Leucadendron hybrids Low Full Sun 8-10’x6-8’ ‘Jester’, ‘Safari Sunset’ Leucadendron

Mahonia repens Full Sun to Part Low 1’x3’ Creeping Mahonia Shade

Phlomis fruticosa Low Full Sun 4’x4’ Jerusalem Sage

2 THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Plants Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name California Water Height x Cultivars and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width SHRUBS

Ribes sanguineum Full Sun to Part Y Low 5-12’ tall Red Flowering Current Shade

Rosmarinus officinalis Low Full Sun 2’x4-8’ Rosemary

Teucrium fruticans Low Full Sun 3-4’x4-5’ Bush Germander

Westringia fruiticosa Low Full Sun 3-6’x5-10’ Coast Rosemary

Lupinus spp. Y Very Low Full Sun varies arboreus, argenteus Lupine

Lantana montevidensis Low Full Sun 2’x3-6’ Trailing Lantana

PERENNIALS

Achillea spp. millefolium, tomentosa, filipen- some Low Full Sun varies Yarrow dulina

Eriogonum spp. Y Low Full Sun 2-5’ tall fasciculatum, latifolium California Buckwheat

Eschscholzia californica Y Very Low Full Sun 1’x1.5’ California Poppy

3 THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Plants Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name California Water Height x Cultivars and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width PERENNIALS

Euphorbia spp. Low Full Sun 4’x4’ characias, myrsinites Euphorbia

Iris douglasiana Full Sun to Part Y Low 1-2’ tall Douglas Iris Shade

Lomandra Longifolia Full Sun to Part Low 2-3’x2-4’ ‘Breeze’ Lomandra Shade

Mimulus aurantiacus Full Sun to Part Y Low 1-4’ tall Monkey Flower Shade

Monardella spp. Y Low to Very Low Full Sun 6”-2’ tall villosa, macatha Scarlet Monardella

Penstemon spp. Full Sun to Part some Low 2-3’ tall centranthifolius, pinifolius Pensetmon Shade

Phormium tenax Low Full Sun 4-8’ tall New Zealand Flax

Romneya coulteri Y Very Low Full Sun 6-8’ tall Matilija Poppy

‘’s Bliss’, chamaedryoides, Salvia spp. some Low Full Sun 1-5’x4-6 clevelandii, ‘Dara’s choice’, greg- Salvia gii, leucantha, spathacea

4 THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Plants Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name California Water Height x Cultivars and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width PERENNIALS

Verbena bonariensis Very Low Full Sun 3-6’x1.5-3’ Vervain

Zauchneria californica Y Low Full Sun 1-4’x4’ California Fuchsia

GRASSES

Festuca spp. californica, cinerea, glauca, ida- Y Low to Very Low Full Sun 2-3’x1-2’ Fescue hoensis, rubra

Leymus condensatus Full Sun to Part Y Very Low 6-9’ tall Lyme Grass Shade

Muhlenbergia rigens Full Sun to Part Y Low 4’X4’ Grass Shade

Nassella pulchra Y Low Full Sun 3’x2’ Purple Needle Grass

SUCCULENTS

Aeonium spp. Full Sun to Part Low 10”-3’ tall arboreum, haworthii Canary Island Rose Shade

attenuata, americana, desmettia- Agave spp. Full Sun to Part Low varies na, vilmoriniana, x. ‘Blue Flame’, Agave Shade x. ‘Blue Glow’

5 THRIFTY 50 - Durable, Low Maintenance, Water Wise Plants Recommended by San Francisco Public Works

Botanical Name Recommended Species, Common Name California Water Height x Cultivars and Varities Native Needs Exposure Width SUCCULENTSSHRUBS

Aloe spp. Full Sun to Part arborescens, brevifolia, ‘Johnson’s Low varies Aloe Shade hybrid’, striata

Dudleya spp. Y Low Full Sun varies brittonii, caespitosa Live Forever

Echeveria elegans Full Sun to Part Low 4” rosette Hens and Chicks Shade

Sedum spp. Full Sun to Part Low varies x. rubrotinctum, spectabile Stonecrop Shade

Senecio spp. Full Sun to Part Low 1.5’x2’ mandraliscae, serpens, vitalis Blue Chalk Stalks Shade

Yucca spp. ‘Bright Star’, filamentosa, recur- some Low Full Sun varies Bright Star Yucca vifolia

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