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San Francisco Sidewalk Landscaping: Recommended Drought Tolerant List

Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter / Sun Shade Wind Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Perennial. Fast growth. Dramatic. Survive almost any conditions. Acanthus mollis 2-4 ft. x 3- X X Long-lasting spikes of , X EBMUD/ Bear's Breech 4 ft. or purplish in late spring or summer. Perennial. Reasonable drainage. Traffic tolerance little to Achillea clavennae 4-12" x 1- X none. Spreading mat. Occasional X EBMUD Silver yarrow 2 ft. water. White flowers summer to fall. Evergreen Perennial. Tolerates sand. Tolerates foot traffic. Needs annual of spent flowers. Achillea filipendulina 3-4 ft. x 3 X X X X X SUNSET Fernleaf Yarrow ft.

Evergreen Perennial. Tolerates sand & clay. Tolerates foot traffic. Achillea millefolium Needs annual pruning of spent 12-30" x 3 varieties X X X X X X flowers. Spreading Mat. White or X EBMUD ft. varies Common Yarrow crean flowers in tall stems in summer and fall.

Evergreen Perennial. Tolerates sand. Tolerates foot traffic. Needs Achillia 'Moonshine' X X X Up to 2 ft. X annual pruning of spent flowers. X SUNSET Yarrow

Succulent. Slow growth. Aeonium arboreum Up to 3 ft. X X X X SUNSET varieties x 3 ft.

Succulent. Slow growth. Aeonium decorum X X X X 1 ft. SUNSET varieties

Perennials. Low-maintenance. Agaphantus hybrids 2-4 ft. x 2- X X X X EBMUD Lily-of-the-Nile 3 ft.

Succulent. Slow growth. bracteosa 2 ft. x 2-3 X X X SUNSET 'Mediopicta Alba' Squid ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Succulent rosettes of broad soft gray . Similar to A. attenuata 3-4 ft. x 3- Agave attenuata 'Nova' X X X X X but wider & bluer. Hardy to 28F. X SUNSET 4 ft.

Succulent.

Aloe 'Johnson's hybrid' X X X X Up to 1 ft. X SUNSET

Evergreen , Blooms all year, huegelii 6-10 ft. x light flws X SUNSET Blue 6-8 ft.

Blooms fall/winter from bare ground. Foliage dies back in late belladonna X 1 ft. x 2 ft. spring/ summer. Poisonous. Best X SUNSET Naked Lady in large area.

Perennial.

Anemone x hybrida 12" x 8- X X X X X SUNSET Japanese Anemone 12"

Perennial. Anigozanthos hybrids 2-3 ft. x 1- X X X EBMUD, SUNSET Kangaroo Paw 2 ft.

Perennial. Blooms in spring. Grows in tight rosettes. Tolerates rocky Arabis blepharophylla 8-10 in. X X X X soil. Edible. Native to Bay Area. SUNSET Rock rose cress tall

Evergreen 'Emerald 8-14" x 3- Carpet' X X X X X SUNSET 5 ft. Groundcover Manzanita

Evergreen Shrub Arctostaphylos uva ursi 3-6" x 10 'Radiant' X X X X X SUNSET ft. Radiant Bearberry

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Perennial. Drought tolerant in coastal area. Tolerates sand, clay Armeria maritime 6 in. X X X X X and heavy foot traffic. Bloom early X SUNSET Thrift mound spring -8" stalks.

Compact Mounds of Grassy Leaves. Small, round heads of Armeria maritima 4-8" x 6- X X X rose-pink or white flowers in spring X EBMUD Sea pink 12" & early summer. Traffic tolerance: Little to none. Perennial. Good in clay or sandy soil. Deadhead spent flowers. 'Powis Castle' Up to 3 ft. X X X X X SUNSET Silver Sage x 2.5 ft.

Woody Perennial. Evergreen Artemisia californica 2-5 ft. x 4- shrub. Good in clay or sandy soil. X X X X X X EBMUD Sagebrush 5 ft. Deadhead spent flowers. Good drainage. Occasional water. Woody Perennial. Good in sandy Artemisia schmidtiana 1 - 2 ft. x soil. Deadhead spent flowers. 'Silvermound' X X X X X X SUNSET 1 - 2 ft Angel's Hair

Low-Growing Groundcover. Traffic Artemisia pycnocephala tolerance: none. Occasional water. 'David's Choice' X 1 ft. x 3 ft. X EBMUD Sandhill sage

Evergreen groundcover, Leaves 2- 6 in. , Asarum caudatum 7 in wide, unusual maroon flowers. X spread- X SUNSET Wild Ginger ing Perennial. Winter dormant. Upright to sprawling stems & leaves, showy flowers in spring or Asclepias fascicularis X X X 3 ft. x 2 ft. X X summer. Hardy anywhere, prefers X SUNSET/EBMUD Narrow Weed good drainage & little summer water. Food for monarch butterfly larvae. Perennial. Tolerates sand or clay. 6 in. , Aster chilensis X spread- X X SUNSET California Aster ing

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen shrub. Tolerates sand or clay. Significant for wildlife. pilularis 8-24 in. x X X X X X X X X SUNSET Dwarf Coyote Brush 6 ft.

Perennial turf. No mow. Long-lived, Bouteloua dactyloides warm-season, sod-forming soft X 3-12 in. X SUNSET Buffalo Grass grey grass.

Bulb Brodiaea 1.5-2 ft. X X X SUNSET (or Triteleia sp.) Tall

Perennial Grass. Recently Calamagrostis foliosa 1-2 ft. x 1- available. Does not do well in Cape Mendicino Reed X X X X SUNSET 2 ft. sandy soil. Grass Perennial Evergreen Grass. Calamagrostis 2-3 ft. x 2- culms 4 ft. Native to Bay Area. nutkaensis X X X X SUNSET 3 ft. Pacific Reed Grass

Slender, upright sedge with rusty Carex buchananii 18"-2 ft. x bronze or coppery foliage. X X SUNSET Leather leaf sedge 12-18"

Small matlike sedge with dark Carex texensis 4-6" x 6- green leaves. X X SUNSET Catlin sedge 8"

Clump of thin, arching, dark green Carex tumulicola 1-2 ft. X 1- foilage, Good rough turf. Tends to X X SUNSET Berkeley sedge 2 ft. self-sow.

Evergreen Shrub. Resistant to fungus. californica 4-6 ft. x 4- X X X X SUNSET Bush Anemone 6 ft

Evergreen woody groundcover. 1-1.5 ft. x Lives 5 to 10 yrs. gloriosus X X 12-15 ft. X X X X X X SUNSET Point Reyes Ceanothus varies

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen woody groundcover. 1-3 ft. x 5- Lives 5 to 10 yrs. horizontalis X X X 15 ft. X X X X X X SUNSET Carmel creeper varies

Evergreen woody groundcover. Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Lives 5 to 10 yrs. Tolerates sand or 6 in - 3 ft. repens X X X X X X X X clay soil. X SUNSET x 3-9 ft. Low Blue Blossom

Perennial Groundcover, spreading Cerastium tomentosum 6-8 in. x 2- X X X SUNSET Snow-in-Summer 3 ft.

Groundcover. Relatively short- salvifolius 1-2 ft. x 4- lived. X X X X SUNSET 'Prostratus' 6 ft.

Shrub. Relatively short-lived. 2-3 ft. x 2- Cistus x skanbergii X X X X SUNSET 3 ft.

Excellent drainage. Dense Cistus 'Sunset' spreading grouwth. Soft gray-green X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X EBMUD Pink rockrose leaves & vivid magenta flowers.

Soft Textured Spreading Mat. Chamaemelum nobile 3-12" x 1 Moderate/Low water. Traffic X X X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Chamomile ft. tolerance: occational. Aromatic leaves, blooms in summer. Evergreen Perennial. Good for dry Clivia miniata 18" x 12- shade, coastal climate. Lights up X X EBMUD Clivia 18" dark places. Moderate to occasional water. Small shrub. Showy white flowers cneorum 2-4 ft. x 2- with centers bloom in spring X X X SUNSET/WUCOLS R1 Bush morninglory 4 ft. through fall. Moderate/Low water

Evergreen . Can be 1-3 ft. x 4- Coprosma 'Verde Vista' X X X X invasive spread by birds. X SUNSET 6 ft.

Grass-like Perennial

2-4 ft. x 2- Cordyline 'Electric Pink' X X X SUNSET 4 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen subshrub. Densely branched, mounding shrub with Correa 'Dusky Bells' 2-3 ft. x 6- X X X X X X carmine-pink to deep flowers & SUNSET Australian fuschia 8 ft. dark green leaves.

Evergreen Shrub

Correa ' Bells' 2-3 ft. x 4- X X X X X SUNSET Australian fuschia 5 ft.

About 1ft tall, evergreen with glossy green leaves & bright red dammeri 8-12" x 8- . Effective cascading down X X X X X SUNSET 'LowFast' 10 ft. slopes or over walls. Fast growing.

Succulent Shrub. Grows in clumps.

Cotyledon orbiculata 1 - 2 ft. X X X X X SUNSET Pigs Ears 3 - 4 ft.

Succulent Perennials. Good with any soil. Seaside, salt tolerant. Crassula ovata X X Occasional to infrequent water. http://toptropicals.com

Succulent Perennials. Light pink flowers in late winter, spring. Good SUNSET/ Crassula multicava X X X with any soil, & coastal area. Occasional to infrequent water. http://toptropicals.com

Perennial. Moderate to no water.

Cynoglossum grande EBMUD, X X 2 ft. x 2 ft. X X Hound's Tongue Yerbabuenanursery

Rose pink flowers bloom intermittently, late summer and 6 in. tall, early fall. hederifolium X X X spreadin. SUNSET g

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen Shrub. Needs much air around its - a porous soil, otherwise, water molds attack. odora 4 ft x X X Little or no water in summer X SUNSET Winter Daphne spreading increases flowering next spring & helps prevent death from water molds. Non-invasive iceplant with smaller succulent leaves. Blooms May- Delosperma cooperi 3 in. x 1.5 X X X X Oct. X SUNSET Hardy iceplant ft.

Very slow growing, so best to plant Dianella tasmanica larger specimen. 3 - 4 ft. variegata X SUNSET tall Lily

Perennial from . Flower Dietes bicolor 2 - 3 ft. x stems last a year. Pale yellow X X X X X EBMUD Fortnight Lily 2-3 ft. flowers with dark spots on 3 ft. tall stems. Perennial from rhizomes. Flower Dietes iridioides stems last more than a year. X X X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X SUNSET African Iris

Evergreen . Blooms in summer Distictis buccinatoria and warm bursts. Prune in winter. X X X 20-30 ft. X X SUNSET Blood Red Trumpet Vine Needs support.

Silver grey leaves and abundance Drosanthemum 6 in. of pink flowers. floribundum X X X X SUNSET spreading Rosea Ice Plant Tolerates clay soil. Dudleya spp 1-2 ft. X X X SUNSET Live Forever tall. varies

Good rock plant octopetala 2-3 ft. x 3 X SUNSET Mountain Dryad ft.

Good drainage. Icy green carpet of small narrow leaves, brigh yellow Dymondia margaretae daisylike flowers in summer. X X 1-3" x 2 ft. EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Silver carpet Occasional - Moderate/ Low water. Traffic tolerance: Occasional.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Succulent Perennial

Echeveria agavoides up to 1 ft. X X X SUNSET 'Maria' x 1 - 2 ft.

Succulent Perennial 6 in.ch 'Blue Bedder' X X X tall, SUNSET clusters

Succulent Perennial

Echeveria elegans Rosettes X X X SUNSET Hens and Chicks 4 in. wide

Succulent Perennial 6 in.ch Echeveria harmsii X X X tall, SUNSET clusters

Succulent Perennial Up to 8 in. Echeveria imbricata X X X SUNSET across

Succulent Perennial

6 in.ch , Echeveria juarezensis X X X SUNSET clusters

Good for rock

Up to 8 in. Echeveria pumila glauca X X X SUNSET across

Perennial Grass Elymus magellanicus Up to 1.5 Blue Wheatgrass, X X X X SUNSET ft. x 1.5 ft. Magellan Wheatgrass

Little or no water. Native to Encelia californica Southern CA. Flowers 3 inches. X 3 ft.x 4 ft. X X SUNSET California encelia

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Mat Forming Groundcover. Water: septentrionale 8-12" x 2- None-Occasional, Traffic X X X X SUNSET California 3 ft. tolerance: little to none.

Perennial. Tolerates salt spray and sandy soil. Bay Area native. Ericameria ericoides X X X 3-4 ft. tall X Cut back in late fall. X SUNSET California Goldenbush

Tolerates clay soil. Short lived. Erigeron glaucus X X X X Up to 8 in. X X X SUNSET Beach Aster

Perennial. Cut back hard in fall. Can be invasive. Erigeron Karvinskianus Up to 1.5 X X X X X X SUNSET Mexican Daisy ft. x 3 ft.

Perennial groundcover

Eriogonum fasciculatum 1-3 ft. x X X X X X X X SUNSET California Buckwheat 4ft.

White flowers turn reddish in summer. 3-4 ft. x X X X X X X X X SUNSET California Buckwheat 4ft.

Perennial groundcover Eriogonum grande 1 ft. x rubescens X X X X X X X SUNSET 1.5ft. Red buckwheat Perennial groundcover. Summer bloom. Eriogonum latifolium 1 ft. x X X X X X X X X SUNSET Chalk buckwheat 1.5ft.

1.5 ft. x Eriogonum umbellatum X X X X X X X SUNSET 3ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen perennial/shrub. Good in sandy soil. Excellent wildlife Eriophyllum 2.5 ft. x 5 . stachaedifolium X X X X X X SUNSET ft. Lizard tail

Perennial. Cut back after blooming to prevent leggy growth. Erysimum 'Bowles Up to 3 ft. X X X X SUNSET Mauve' x 4 - 6 ft.

Pink/red blossoms. 'Compakta' or X X X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X SUNSET dwarf varieties

Perennial. Tolerates sand. Tolerates foot traffic. Dies back in Eschscholzia californica winter. X X X 8 - 24 in. X X X SUNSET California Poppy

Perennial. Short lived.

1-3 ft. x 1- amygdaloides X SUNSET 3 ft. .

Perennial

2-3 ft. x 2- Euphorbia x. martinii X X SUNSET 3 ft.

stems trail outward Up to 6 X X SUNSET Myrtle Spurge in.x1 ft.

Clumping grass, dropping flower spikes 1.5 ft. x amethystina X X X SUNSET 10 in.

Clumping grass Festuca californica 2-3 ft. x 1- 'Serpentine Blue' X X X X SUNSET 2 ft. California fescue

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Clumping grass. Occasional- Moderate/Low water. Traffic Festuca glauca 1 ft. x 10 X X X tolerance: Occasional. Dense tuft X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Fescue in. of bery narrow, fine leaves; color varies from blue to silvery white.

Bunch Grass. Traffic tolerance: Occasional. Water: Occasional- Festuca idahoensis 1-2 ft. x 1- X X X X Moderate/ Very low. More tolerant X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Idahoe fescue 2 ft. of wet winter soils. Good slope stabilizer.

Clumping grass, can be used as unclipped or groundcover. Festuca muelleri Up to 1 ft. X X X SUNSET Mueller's Fescue tall

Fine-Bladed Bunch Grass. Spreads by rhizomes.Traffic Festuca rubra 1-2 ft. x 1- tolerance: Occasional. Water: X X X X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Red fescue 2 ft. Moderate low. Most shade tolerant of good lawn grasses. Good wi/ . Clay tolerant. Semi evergreen or . Prostrate Spreading Growth. Fuchsia procumbens Regular/Moderate water. Little to X 6" x 3-4 ft. X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Prostrate fuschia no traffic tolerance. Showy red berries, good in shady rock gardens & containers. Spreading groundcover. Good in 4-8" x 12- sandy soil. Lush compact mat. Fragaria chiloensis X X X X X 18", X X X Water: Regular/Moderate. Traffic EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Beach Strawberry spreading tolerance:Occasional. White flowers & red seedy . Groundcover. Good in clay soil. Water: Regular/Moderate. Traffic Fragaria vesca 4-8" x 8- X X X X tolerance: Little to none. Deer EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 strawberry 12" tolerant, good w/ oaks. White flowers, yummiest strawberry. Intermittent bloom throughout year, scarlet flws, no irrigation needed Galvezia speciosa X X 3 ft. x 5 ft. X X X X SUNSET Island Bush Snapdragon

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Perennial. Cut back after flowering. lindheimeri 2.5 - 4 ft. X SUNSET Butterfly Gaura x 2 - 3 ft.

Succulent

Graptosedum 'Vera 1 ft. x 2 - X X X X SUNSET Higgins' 3 ft.

Succulent

1 -2 ft. x 1 Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' X X X X SUNSET - 2 ft.

Succulent

Up to 1 ft. Graptoveria 'Debbi' X X X X SUNSET x 1 ft.

Evergreen subshrub

Grevillea lanigera 1 ft. x 4-5 X X X SUNSET 'Coastal Gem' ft.

Evergreen subshrub 2-3 ft. x 4- 'Magic Lantern' X X SUNSET 6 ft.

Perennial. Blooms in summer w/o Grindelia hirsutula water. Bay Area native. Good in X 2 ft. tall X X X sandy soil. X SUNSET Gum Plant

Evergreen vine. Need support. Hardenbergia Bloom late Winter to Spring. Prune comptoniana Up to 10 X X X after bloom. SUNSET or H. violacea ft. Lilac Vine

Evergreen perennial. Pale green or Helleborus foetidus 2.5 ft. x purple flowers. Poisonous. X X SUNSET Bear's foot 2.5 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen perennial. Blooms Helleborus orientalis up to 1.5 March-May. Flowers greenish, X X SUNSET Lenten Rose ft. tall purplish, or rose with spotted or splashed with deep purple. Evergreen Shrub Up to 6 - '' X X X SUNSET 8 in.x 3 ft.

Evergreen Shrub Up to 6 - Helianthemum 'Belgravia X X X 8 in. x 3 SUNSET Rose' ft.

Whitish pink flower stalks. Tolerates sun on coast. Heuchera maxima 1-2 ft. x 1- X X X X SUNSET Island Alum Root 2 ft.

White flower stalks. Heuchera micrantha Hybrids X X 2 ft. x 2 ft. X X SUNSET Coral Bells

Rose red flower stalks 2 feet tall. Heuchera 'Santa Ana Very drought tolerant. Tolerates Cardinal' or 'Wendy' X X 2 ft. x 3-4 X sun on coast. SUNSET Alum root/Coral Bell hybrids

Perennial. Bell shaped, bright red or coral pink flowers. Moderate to Heuchera sanguinea X X 1-3 ft. tall occational water. SUNSET/EBMUD Coral Bells

Perennial groundcover. Tolerates Horkelia californica 1-2 ft x 1- rocky soils. Musky fragrance. X X X X X SUNSET California Horkelia 2 ft. Native in Bay Area.

Blooms in spring.

Hyacinthoides hispanica 1-2 ft. x 1 X X X SUNSET Spanish squill ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Perennial. Dies back in late summer. 1 -2 ft. x 2 Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids X X X X X SUNSET - 3 ft.

Perennial. Dies back in late summer. 1.5 - 3 ft. Iris douglasiana X X X X X SUNSET Tall

Evergreen vne. Blooms late Winter Jasminum polyanthum Up to 20 to Spring. Very fragrant. X SUNSET Pink ft.

Can tolerate inundation. effusis bruneus 2.5 ft. x X X X X SUNSET/CNP Green Rush 2.5 ft.

Can tolerate inundation. Tolerates Juncus patens more heat & drought, but thrives X X 2 ft. x 2 ft. X X SUNSET/CNP California Gray Rush best in moist soil or even shallow water.

Succulent Perennial

Kalanchoe orgyalis 4 - 6 ft. x X X SUNSET Copper Spoons 4 - 6 ft.

Succulent Perennial. Clumping. thrysiflora X X up to 2 ft. SUNSET Paddle Plant

Dense clumping grass-like, finely toothed foliage. Need some water Kniphofia 'Dwarf Yellow' 2 - 3 ft. x to bloom. Shear back in Fall. X X X X SUNSET Poker Plant 3 - 4 ft.

Dense clumping grass-like, finely toothed foliage. Need some water Knifphofia galpini 1-2 ft. x 1- X X X X to bloom. Shear back in Fall. SUNSET 'Orange Flame' 2 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Deciduous Perennial with twining Lathyrus vestitus 1.5-6 ft. x stems. X X X X SUNSET Wild Pea 1.5-6 ft.

Evergreen Shrub. Profuse montevidensis 2 ft. x 3-6 summer bloom. Shear to keep full. X X X X SUNSET Trailing Lantana ft.

Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- angustifolia lived. It will become leggy if not 1.5-2 ft. x 'Hidcote Superior' X X X X X X pruned after flowering. SUNSET 2ft English Lavender

Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- lived. It will become leggy if not Lavandula 'Goodwin 2.5 - 3 ft. X X X X X X pruned after flowering. SUNSET Creek Grey' x 3 - 4 ft.

Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- Lavandula multifida 2.5 - 3 ft. lived. It will become leggy if not X X X X X X SUNSET Leaf Lavender x 3 - 4 ft. pruned after flowering.

Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- lived. It will become leggy if not 2 - 3 ft. x 'Alba' X X X X X X pruned after flowering. Good EBMUD 2 - 3 ft. Spanish White Lavender drainage. Occasional water.

Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- lived. It will become leggy if not Lavandula stoechas 2-3 ft. x 2- pruned after flowering. Erect & ' Vale' X X X X X X X SUNSET 3 ft. dense wuth short clusters of Spanish Lavender summer flowers with large . Tidiest & most durable. Evergreen Shrub. Green or gray- Lavandula dentata green leaves & purple flowers with 2 - 3 ft. x candicans X X X X X X colorful bracts. Relatively short- SUNSET 3 - 4 ft. French Lavender lived. It will become leggy if not pruned after flowering. Evergreen Shrub. Relatively short- lived. It will become leggy if not Lavandula x. intermedia 2.5 ft. x X X X X X X pruned after flowering. SUNSET 'Grosso' 2.5 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Shear to keep dense. *Best planted along Building side, too leonurus* 4 - 6 ft. x high for sidewalk. X X X X SUNSET 's Tail 4 - 6 ft.

Evergreen groundcover. Tolerateates rocky and clay soil. Lessingia filaginifolia X X X X 1 ft. x 3 ft. X X SUNSET Dune Aster

Evergreen Shrub. Not tolerate Salignum 4-6 ft. x 4- phosphorus. Prune for dense Common Sunshine X X SUNSET 6 ft. growth. Showy new growth. Conebush Great desert garden plant. Can rejuvenate by cutting close to the 3-5 ft. x 3- spp ground. X X 5 ft., X X SUNSET Ranger varies

Perennial Grass. Cut back in winter. Leymus arenarius 3 - 4 ft. X X X X X SUNSET Lyme Grass clumps

Prefer moist conditions, but do well Up to 2 ft. with little water. Libertia peregrinans X X X SUNSET x 1 ft.

Evergreen perennial. Basal cluster perezii wih broad flower cluster. Tolerates X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. clay soil. X SUNSET Sea Lavender

Annual. Fragrant blossoms. Linanthus grandiflora Up to 1 ft Tolerates sand. Bay area native. X X X SUNSET Mountain tall.

Native to Arizona and . Can laxiflora 3-6 ft. x 3- be invasive. Cut back to ground. X X X X SUNSET Mexican Bush Lobelia 6 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Trailing 2 - 3 ft. long stems

Lotus berthelotii X X X 8 - 12 in. SUNSET Parrot's Beak

Shrub. Needs good drainage. Vulnerable to snails. Bay area albifrons native. Host plant for Mission Blue X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X X X X SUNSET Silver bush lupine Butterfly.

Perennial Shrub. Good in sandy soil. Bay area native. X X 4-5 ft. X X X X SUNSET Silver Dune Lupine

Perennial Shrub Lupinus propinquus X X 4 ft. x 6 ft. X X X SUNSET Violet-flowered Lupine

Groundcover. Good in sandy soil. Bay area native. Blooms spring/ Lupinus variicolor 1-2 ft. x 3 X X X X X summer. Host for Mission Blue X SUNSET Many Colored Lupine ft. Butterfly.

Evergreen vine in frost free area. Aggressive climber with tendrils. Macfadyena unguis-cati Blooms in early spring. X X X X 25-40 ft. X SUNSET Yellow Trumpet Vine

Evergreen groundcover.Traffic tolerance: little to none. Tolerates Malvastrum lateritium poor soil, heat, drought. Salmon- X 8" x 5 ft. X EBMUD Trailing mallow pink flowers with distinct yellow centers in summer.

Woody groundcover. Sharp edged leaves. repens X X X 1 ft. x 3 ft. X X X SUNSET Creeping Mahonia

Compact Bunch Grass. Traffic 1 ft., Tolerance: Moderate Melica torreyana X flowers 2 X X EBMUD Torrey’s melic ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed There are many varieties available. Mimulus aurantiacus 1-4 ft. x 1- X X X X X X SUNSET Sticky Monkey Flower 4 ft.

Woody Perennial

Monardella villosa X X 2 ft. x 2 ft. X X X X SUNSET Coyote Mint

Showy . Good in poor soils. Blue grey foliage. Muhlenbergia lindheimeri 3- 5 ft. x 3- X X X X Flowering spikes in fall and winter. X SUNSET Lindheimer's muhly grass 5 ft.

Showy ornamental grass. Good in poor soils. Silver foliage. Flowering Muhlenbergia rigens 4- 5 ft. x 4- spikes in fall and winter. X X X X X X SUNSET Deer grass 5 ft.

Evergeen shrub. Not tolerate foot traffic. Dense fast-growing, mat- Myoporum parvifolium 3-6 in. x forming groundcover. Tender, varieties X X X EBMUD/CALIPC 10 ft.. narrow, mid-green leaves & tiny, Myoporum white flowers in summer. Can be invasive. Evergreen shrub. Excellent communis drainage. Smaller shiny, bright compacta X X 4 ft. x 4 ft. green, aromatic leaves, & small EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Dwarf Myrtle sweetly scented creamy white flowers. Moderate/Low water Makes a good formal or . 5-6 ft. x 4- X X X X SUNSET Common Myrtle 5 ft.

Perennial from

Narcissus hybrids X X 1-2 ft. SUNSET Daffodil or

Airy, upright resemling Nadina domestica with narrower, medium- 4-5 ft. x 3 'Compacta' X X X green leaflets that turn colors in X EBMUD ft. Heavenly Bamboo winter. Creamy white flowers in large. Excellent drainage.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Purplish green leaves in summer and reddish purple in winter. In domestica 1-2 ft. x 1- X X X X damp shade, leaves will mildew. SUNSET 'Harbour Dwarf' 2 ft.

Purplish green leaves in summer Nandina domestica 2-3 ft. x 2- and reddish purple in winter. In X X SUNSET 'Nana' and 'Nana Dwarf' 3 ft. damp shade, leaves will mildew.

aromatic (part of mint family)

Nepeta cataria 2 - 3 ft. x X X X X SUNSET Catnip 2 - 3 ft.

Perennial. Low growing, compact with soft, grayish green to blue-gray leaves & lavender Nepeta racemosa 6-12" x 2- X X X X Flowers. Good drainage.Water: EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 Cat mint 3 ft. Occasional- Moderate/Low . No traffic tolerance. Ignored by deer.

Oenothera elata ssp. Perennial. Blooms all summer. hirsutissima Tolerates drought/ flooding. Short X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X X X SUNSET Hooker's Evening lived. Reseeds heavily. Primrose Perennial. Moderate to occational Omphalodes 6"-12" x water. Coastal climate, not for hot X X EBMUD Omphalodes 18"-3 ft. locations. Blooms in Winter/ Spring. Perennial Origanum dictamnus Up to 8 in. Dittany of Crete, Hop X X X x 1.5 - 2 X SUNSET Marjoram ft.

Blooms intermittently all year. Osteospermum Hybrid colors: Purple, lilac, yellow, 1 - 2 ft. x fruticosum and hybrids X X X orange, and bicolor. Spreads SUNSET 2-4 ft. Trailing African Daisy rapidly.

Evergreen vine. Fast growing. No fruit. caerulea X X X 20-30 ft. X SUNSET Passion Vine

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Shrubby Perennial. Dense mound. sidioides Up to 1 ft. X X X X SUNSET Geranium x 1 ft.

Perennial 1-1.5 ft x Pelargonium peltatum X X X X 3-5 ft SUNSET Ivy Geranium trailing.

Pennisetum 'Eaton Perennial Grass with plumes. Cut Canyon' 1 - 3 ft. x back in winter. X X SUNSET Dwarf Red Fountain 1 - 2 ft. Grass Perennial Grass. Cut back in winter. Note: Pennisetum Pennisetum setaceum 4 - 5 ft. x setaceum can spread and is not 'Rubrum' X X SUNSET 3 - 4 ft. recommended. 'Rubrum' does not Red Fountain Grass self seed.

Perennial. Prune back in fall. Bloom time varies. heterophyllus 1.5 - 2 ft. varieties X X X X x 1.5 - 2 X X X X X X EBMUD Penstemon ft.

Annual . Fast growing. Profuse bloomer early spring. Phacelia californica 1.5-3 ft x Tolerates sandy soils. X X X X X SUNSET Desert Bluebell .5 ft.

Shrub Philotheca verrucosa 3 - 4 ft. x 'Starbright' X X SUNSET 3 - 4 ft. Fairy Wax Flower

Evergreen shrub with wooly, soft silvery leaves, bright yellow to fruticosa X X X 4 ft. x 6 ft. yellow-orange flowers in late spring X SUNSET Jerusalem Sage & early summer. Needs good drainage. Evergreen shrub with small roundish leaves, sage green above Phlomis lanata X 2 ft. x 3 ft. & whitish gray beneath, yellow X EBMUD Phlomis flowers in summer. Good drainage. Occasional water

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Grass-like Perennial

Phormium 'Dusky Chief' 3 - 4 ft. x X X X X SUNSET Flax 3 - 4 ft.

Grass-like Perennial 1.5 ft. x Phormium 'Jack Pratt' X X X X SUNSET 1.5 ft.

Grass-like Perennial

U to 1 ft. Phormium 'Tiny Tiger' X X X X SUNSET x 1 ft.

Grass-like Perennial

3 - 4 ft. x Phormium 'Yellow Wave' X X X X SUNSET 3 - 4 ft.

Perennial. Ground Hugging Groundcover. Water: Little- Phyla nodiflora X 2" x 2 ft. X Regular/Low. Lavender pink X SUNSET/WUCOLS R1 flowers appear from spring to fall. Traffic tolerance: Occasional. Low Annual. Blooms in Spring. Tolerates sand, clay and Plantago erecta serpentine. Tolerates some foot X X X 6 -12 in. X X X SUNSET Prarie Plantain traffic. Habitat for threatened bay checkersop butterfly.

Groundcover. Tolerates sand and heavy foot traffic. Needle-like lvs, paronychia Low whitish flowers. Very aggressive X X X X X SUNSET Dune Knotweed spreading and will out-compete .

Prefers occasional water in dry Polypodium californicum months. X X 1ft. x 2 ft. X SUNSET California polypody

Evergreen Fern. Polystichum munitum 2-4 ft. x 2- X X X X SUNSET Western Sword Fern 4 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Good drainage. Low-moderate fruticosa 1.3 ft. x water. X X SUNSET Potentilla 2.5-4 ft.

Shrub.

Rhagodia spinescens 2 - 4 ft. x X X X X SUNSET Australian Saltbush 6 - 8 ft.

Evergreen shrub. Deep rosy pink flowers.Occasional water. Good 'Ballerina' 2-3 ft. x 3- X X X X seacoast plants; tolerate salt drift. EBMUD Indian hawthorn 4 ft.

Shrub. crocea X X X X 2 ft. x 5 ft. X X X X X X SUNSET Redberry

Evergreen & deciduous shrub with light green leaves & clusters of aureum 3-6 ft. x 3- X X X X X bright yellow flowers in spring & X SUNSET Golden Currant 6 ft. clusters of orange, red, & black berries, with a spicy fragrance. Perennial spreading from underground runners. Tolerates coulteri 3-5 ft. x 6- many soils. Can spread. Cut back X X X X EBMUD Matilija Poppy 8 ft. to ground in the Fall. Blooms in Summer/ Fall.

Perennial. Spreading like a officinalis groundcover. Fast growth. 'Prostratus' 3 ft. x 4 - X X X X X X SUNSET Prostrate , 8 ft. Creeping Rosemary

Evergreen groundcover, suppresses weeds, leaves turn pentelobus 6-12" X 6 scarlet in fall, -like fruit. X X X X X X X SUNSET/EBMUD ft. White summer flowers followed by golden yellow fruit. Good drainage.

Perennial. Blooms summer and fall. Can tolerate clay soil. Rudbeckia californica 2-4.5 ft. x X X X SUNSET California coneflower 2-4.5 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Evergreen Shrub apiana 3 - 5 ft. x X X X X X X SUNSET California White Sage 3 - 5 ft.

Perennial

1.5 ft. x 5 Salvia ''s Bliss' X X X X X X X SUNSET ft.

Perennial

Salvia chamaedryoides 1 - 2 ft. x X X X X X X SUNSET German Sage 2 - 3 ft.

Perennial. Prune below old flower cluster in late June. Salvia clevelandii 3 - 5 ft. x X X X X X X X SUNSET Cleveland Sage 5 - 8 ft.

Perennial Shrub

Salvia coahuilensis 2 - 3 ft. x X X X X X SUNSET Coahuila Sage 2 - 3 ft.

Evergreen Shrub

Salvia greggii 'Alba' 1 - 4 ft. x X X X X X SUNSET Autumn Sage 1 - 4 ft.

Evergreen Shrub

1 - 4 ft. x Salvia greggii 'Salmon" X X X X X SUNSET 1 - 4 ft.

Evergreen Shrub. Cut stems down Salvia leucantha in winter. 3 - 4 ft. x Mexican Bush Sage, X X X X X SUNSET 3 - 6 ft. Sage

Silvery gray leaves and whorls of Salvia leucophylla 3 - 5 ft. x purple flowers. X X X X X X X SUNSET Coast Purple Sage 3 - 5 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Extra Tough Groundcover. Water: Salvia melifera 'Terra Occasional. Traffic tolerance: Little Seca' X X 2 ft. x 6 ft. X X X EBMUD to none. Fast growing, good for Prostrate sage erosion control. Shrubby perennial. Groundcover. Salvia sonomensis 8-12" x 3- Water: Occasional. Little to none X X X X X EBMUD Creeping sage 4 ft. traffic tolerance. Good for dryish shade. Lavender blue flowers. Perennial. Evergreen Salvia spathacea Pitcher 1-2 ft. x Groundcover. Water: Drought X X X X X SUNSET sage 34" Tolerant- Regular. Traffic tolerance: Little to none. Evergreen Shrub. Blooms May- June. Whitish gray leaves & bright Santonlina 1 ft. x 2 - yellow flowers. chamaecyparissus X X X X SUNSET 3 ft. Lavender

Evergreen Shrub. Narrow green leaves that resemble rosemary & rosmarinifolia 2-3 ft. x 2- bright yellow flowers. Occasional X EBMUD Santolina 3 ft. water.

Evergreen Shrubs & spreading underrunners. Blue-black friut. hookerana 18" X 3-8 Cluster of fragrant white flowers in humilis X X X SUNSET ft. later winter to early spring. Sweet Box Lustrous dark green leaves.

Perennial groundcover. Leaves have strong minty scent, and used in teas to treat of ailments. Satureja douglasii 6 in. x 3 X X X Grows under oaks. Prefers some X SUNSET Y erba Buena ft. moisture but drought tolerant. Traffic tolerance: Little to none.

Perennial from Bulb, blooms for several weeks. All parts poisonous peruviana 6-12 in. x X X if ingested. SUNSET Peruvian Scilla 18 in.

Perennial. Woodsy plant. Tolerates clay or sand. Tubular red flowers. californica 3-5 ft . x 2- X X X X X X Fast growing. X SUNSET California Figwort 3 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Do not tolerate foot traffic but otherwise tough. Up to 2 ft. dendroideum X X X X SUNSET x 2 ft.

Do not tolerate foot traffic but otherwise tough. Sedum pachyphyllum Up to 1 ft. X X X SUNSET Stonecrop x 2 - 3 ft.

Do not tolerate foot traffic but otherwise tough.

Sedum palmeri 6-12 in. x X X SUNSET Hens and Chicks 6-12 in.

Succulent Perennial. Red-tinted green leaves & yellow spring flowers. Little to moderate water. Sedum rubrotinctum X 6-8" x 10" Protect from frost & heat. EBMUD Pork and Beans

Succulent. Does not tolerate foot Trailing traffic but otherwise tough. Sedum spathulifolium X X X X groundco X X SUNSET ver

Perennial. Silene californica 6-16 in. X X X X X X SUNSET California Indian Pink tall

Succulent

Up to 1 ft. montanum X X X SUNSET x 1 ft.

Succulent

2 - 4 ft. x amaniensis X X SUNSET 2 - 4 ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Blooms intermittently all year. Provide good drainage. Shear Senecio cineraria 2 - 3 ft. x X X back. SUNSET Dusty Miller 2 - 3 ft.

Succulent

1 - 2 ft. x Senecio mandraliscae X SUNSET 2 - 3 ft.

Succulent

Up to 1 ft. Senecio scaposus X X SUNSET x 1 ft.

Evergreen vine. Rampant grower. Cut back anytime. jasminoides Up to 30 X X X X SUNSET Potatoe Vine ft.

Perennial herb. Easy to grow. 1.5-3 ft x Blooms late summer. Solidago californica X X X X SUNSET 1.5-3 ft

Deciduous Perennial herb. Easy to Solidago spatulata 1.5-3 ft x grow. Tolerates clay and sand. X X X X X SUNSET Coast Golden Rod 1.5-3 ft Blooms late summer.

Evergreen Shrub. Good drainage Sollya heterophylla critical. Will grow under 2-3 ft. x 4- Australian Bluebell X X X X Eucalyptus. SUNSET 5 ft. . Creeper

Perennial. Spreads with surface runners. Slow grower. Up to 1.5 byzantina X X X X SUNSET ft. high

Perennial Grass. Clumping, Stipa arundinacea 2 ft. x 2 X X X feathery . SUNSET Feather Grass ft.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Shrub. Pink flowers in summer. Needs good drainage. Symphoricarpus albus 2-6 ft. x 2- X X X X X X SUNSET Common Snowberry 6 ft.

Perennial

Up to 1 ft. Tanacetum haradjanii X X SUNSET x 1 - 2 ft.

Evergreen Vine. Needs support. Blooms Fall into Spring. Can shear Tecomaria capensis X X X X 15-30 ft. X as 6-8 ft. Shrub. SUNSET Cape

Shrubby Perennial. Tolerates some salt spray. Upright woody- based stems. Shear in early chamaedrys Up to 1 ft. X X X spring. Summer bloom. SUNSET Germander x 2 ft.

Shrubby perennial. Shear in spring. Blooms throughout year. 'Compactum' X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. SUNSET Bush Germander

Shrubby Perennial. Aromatic serpyllum leaves. Low Compact Up to 3 in. (var. 'Elfin') X X X X Groundcover. Does not tolerate EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 x 3 ft. Creeping heavy foot traffic.Water: Occasional- Moderate/Moderate Shrubby Perennial. Low Compact Thymus Up to 3 in. Groundcover. Does not tolerate pseudolanuginosus X X X X EBMUD/WUCOLS R1 x 3 ft. heavy foot traffic. Water: Woolly Thyme Occasional- Moderate/Moderate Shrubby Perennial. Does not tolerate heavy foot traffic. Thymus 'Victor Reiter' Up to 1 ft. X X X X SUNSET Victor Reiter Thyme x 1 - 2 ft.

Low groundcover. Water: Regular/Moderate. Traffic Trifolium repens X X 4" Tall X Tolerance: Little to none. Leaves SUNSET/WUCOLS R1 White Clover can stain clothing, white flowers attract bees.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Annual. Flowers are edible. Can be Tropaeolum majus climbs/trai invasive. X X X X X SUNSET Nasturtium ls to 6 ft.

Perennial. Mounding lilacina 'De La Mina' X X X 3 ft. x 3 ft. X X SUNSET Cedros Island Verbena

Shrubby Perennial Up to 4 - Westringia 'Smokey' X X X 6 ft. x 4 - X SUNSET Coast Rosemary 6 ft.

Good oak woodland . Traffic tolerance: Little to none. Whipplea modesta 1"-4" x 2 Good for erosion control on shady X X Las Pilitas Western modesty ft.-3 ft. banks. Drought tolerant when established, occasional water.

Zauschneria californica Perennial. Blooms early summer ( 1-2 ft. x through winter. X X X X X SUNSET canum) 2ft. California Fuchsia Zauchneria Perennial septentrionale Up to 1 ft. X X X SUNSET Humboldt County matting Fuchsia

DO NOT PLANT Non-native Invasive Plants such as the following: Algerian ivy ( caneriensis), Alta (or Tall) Fescue (Festuca arundinacea), Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Cape ivy ( solstitialis), Cotoneaster species ( and C. pannosus), English Ivy (Hedera heliz), Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), French Broom ( monspessulana), Iceplant (Carpobrotus edulis), Jubatagrass (Cortaderia jubata), Licorice plant ( petiolare), Mock (or Indian) Strawberry (Duchesnea indica), Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda buttercup), Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana), Periwinkle ( major), Portuguese Broom ( striatus), Scarlet Wisteria (Sesbania punicea), Scotch Broom (), Spanish Broom ( junceum), Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and Annual European Grasses.

Do Not Plant Non-native Invasive such as the following: Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood Acacia), Eucalyptus globulus (Blue Gum Eucalyptus), Edible fig ( ), Saltcedar spp., Russian ( angustifolia). julibrissin, can be invasive in open areas, may be okay as street tree.

Plant Information from the following sources: Sunset Western Garden Book, SF Botanical Garden, San Francisco Department of Public Works Bureau of Urban , San Francisco Recreation and Park Department Natural Areas, 'Wildlife Enhancement in San Francisco's Urban Parks' by Josiah Clark,San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Draft San Francisco Stormwater Design Guidelines, The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses by J. Greenlee, Water Conserving Plants and Landscapes for the Bay Area by Eat Bay Municipal Utility District 1990, Landscape Plants for Western Regions by Bob Perry 1992, and Website sources such as: San Franciso's Friends of the Urban , Calflora, California Invasive Plant Council,California Urban Water Conservation Council's H2O USE site, Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, San Marcos Grower's, Unlimited, Inc., California Native Plant Link Exchange, Bay Natives Nursery, California , Wildflower Information, Yerba Buena Nursery, Larner , Las Pilitas Nursery, Monrovia Nursery, Annie's Annuals and Perennials and the following local nurseries: Flora Grubb Gardens, Floorcraft Garden Center, and Sloat Garden Center. http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=782#planting.

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Plant Suitable Site Conditions Wildlife Benefits Nectar for Needs Size CA Photo Name Additional Characteristics little/no Reference Part Seacoast Height x Native Humming Butter Fruit/ Sun Shade Wind Bees Host water Shade /Fog Width birds flies Seed Plant Photos from the following website sources: San Macros Growers, California Urban Water Conservation Council's H2O USE site, Horticulture Unlimited, Inc., Bay Natives Nursery, PlantMaster™ GardenSoft, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, California Flora, Plant Safari, Yerba Buena, Larner Seeds, Las Pilitas, Monrovia, Monterey Bay, Blue Stem, and Dave's Garden. http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/trfre.htm, http://jjlgreenhouses.com, http://courses.nres.uiuc.edu, http://www.fabfolia.co.uk/plants, http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki, http://toptropicals.com, http://commons.wikimedia.org, http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com, http://www.gardenstew.com

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