Water Use Needs

This is a list of plants categorized by level of water usage.

Drought Tolerant
Achillea 'Moonshine' Yarrow Drought Tolerant, Low Achillea millefolium 'Rosea' Yarrow Drought Tolerant, Low Aeonium 'Sunburst' Copper Pinwheel Drought Tolerant Agave ‘Victoriae Reginae’ Queen Victoria’s Agave Drought Tolerant Aloe plicatilis Fan Aloe Drought Tolerant Aloe striata Coral Aloe Drought Tolerant Alyogyne huegelii Blue Hibiscus Drought Tolerant, Low Anemanthele lessoniana (Stipa arundinacea) New Zealand Wind Grass; Pheasant's Tail Grass Drought Tolerant Antirrhinum multiflorum 'Rose Snapdragon' Rose Snapdragon Drought Tolerant, Low Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn' Howard McMinn Manzanita Drought Tolerant, Low Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Drought Tolerant, Low, Moderate Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Paradise' Paradise Manzanita Drought Tolerant, Low Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Wormwood Drought Tolerant, Low Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri Sprengeri Asparagus Fern Drought Tolerant, Low Carex divulsa (formerly c. tumicola) Berkeley Sedge Drought Tolerant Carex pansa California Meadow Sedge Drought Tolerant Ceanothus 'Concha' California Lilac 'Concha' Drought Tolerant, Low Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps' Julia Phelps California Lilac Drought Tolerant, Low Cercis occidentalis (Shrub) Western Redbud Drought Tolerant, Low Cercis occidentalis (Tree) Western Redbud Drought Tolerant, Low Chionochloa flavicans Zotov Snow Tussock, Toetoe Drought Tolerant Cistus skanbergii Pink Rockrose Drought Tolerant, Low Cuphea llavea Bat-faced Cuphea Drought Tolerant, Low	Cupressus sempervirens 'Stricta' Italian Cypress Drought Tolerant, Low Dendromecon harfordii Island Bush Poppy Drought Tolerant, Low Dudleya ‘Britonni’ Chalk Dudleya Drought Tolerant Echeveria ‘Afterglow’ Drought Tolerant Echeveria ‘Perle von Nurnberg’ Hens and Chicks Drought Tolerant Eriogonum grande rubescens Red Buckwheat Drought Tolerant, Low Eschscholzia californica California Poppy Drought Tolerant, Low Euphorbia characias wulfenii Spurge Drought Tolerant Feijoa sellowiana Pineapple Guava Drought Tolerant Fremontodendron californicum'Pacific Sunset' Pacific Sunset Flannel Bush Drought Tolerant, Low Hemerocallis Varieties Daylily Drought Tolerant, Low Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon/Christmas Berry Drought Tolerant, Low Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' Holly 'Carissa' Drought Tolerant, Low Iris douglasiana Pacific Coast Iris Drought Tolerant, Low Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Drought Tolerant, Low Lantana camara Lantana Drought Tolerant, Low Lavandula Lavender Drought Tolerant, Low Lavatera maritima Lavatera/Tree Mallow Drought Tolerant, Low Limonium sinuatum Statice/Sea Lavender Drought Tolerant, Low Lupinus albifrons Silver Bush Lupine Drought Tolerant, Low Mahonia repens Creeping Mahonia Drought Tolerant, Low Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkey Flower Drought Tolerant, Low Monardella villosa 'Russian River' Coyate Mint Drought Tolerant, Low	Muhlenbergia capillaris Pink Muhly Grass, Pink Hair Grass, Purple Muhly Drought Tolerant Myrsine africana African Boxwood Drought Tolerant, Low Nepeta racemosa 'Walkers Low' Catmint Drought Tolerant, Low Nerium oleander Oleander Drought Tolerant, Low Olea europaea Olive,’ Majestic Beauty’ Drought Tolerant Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' Blue Bedder/Foothills Penstemon Drought Tolerant, Low Phlomis fruticosa Jerusalem Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Polypodium californicum California Ground Fern Drought Tolerant, Low Quercus suber Cork Oak Drought Tolerant Rhamnus californica Ca. Coffee Berry Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia apiana White Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman' Charparral Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia leucantha Mexican Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia sclarea Clary/Muscatel Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Schinus molle California Pepper Tree Drought Tolerant, High Sedum makinoi “Ogon’ Golden Japanese Sedum, Golden Makino Sedum Drought Tolerant Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’ Tricolor Two Row Stonecrop Drought Tolerant Senecio serpens Blue Chalk Sticks Drought Tolerant Stipa ichu Peruvian Feather Grass Drought Tolerant Stipa ramosissima Pillar of Smoke Drought Tolerant Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ Adam’s Needle Drought Tolerant Zauschneria californica 'Bert's Bluff' California Fuchsia Drought Tolerant, Low
High
Schinus molle California Pepper Tree Drought Tolerant, High
Low
Achillea 'Moonshine' Yarrow Drought Tolerant, Low Achillea millefolium 'Rosea' Yarrow Drought Tolerant, Low Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise' None Low Agastache 'Blue Fortune' Anise Hyssop Low Alyogyne huegelii Blue Hibiscus Drought Tolerant, Low Antirrhinum multiflorum 'Rose Snapdragon' Rose Snapdragon Drought Tolerant, Low Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Emerald Carpet' Emerald Carpet Manzanita Low Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn' Howard McMinn Manzanita Drought Tolerant, Low Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Drought Tolerant, Low, Moderate Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Paradise' Paradise Manzanita Drought Tolerant, Low Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Low Arctotis stoechadifolia African Daisy Low Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Wormwood Drought Tolerant, Low Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Plant Low Asparagus densiflorus 'Myers' Myer's Asparagus Fern Low, Moderate Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri Sprengeri Asparagus Fern Drought Tolerant, Low Berberis thunbergii-atropurpurea 'Nana' Dwarf Japanese Barberry Low Bougainvillea 'Rosenka' Rosenka Bougainvillea Low Carex Testacea Orange New Zealand Sedge Low, Moderate Carpenteria californica Bush Anemone Low Caryopteris x clandonensis Blue Spirea/Bluebeard Low Ceanothus 'Concha' California Lilac 'Concha' Drought Tolerant, Low Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps' Julia Phelps California Lilac Drought Tolerant, Low Ceanothus griseus horizontalis 'Yankee Point' Yankee Pt. California Lilac Low Ceanothus griseus horizontalis (Carmel Creeper California Lilac) Carmel Creeper California Lilac Low Cercis occidentalis (Shrub) Western Redbud Drought Tolerant, Low Cercis occidentalis (Tree) Western Redbud Drought Tolerant, Low Choisya ternate Mexican Orange Low Cistus skanbergii Pink Rockrose Drought Tolerant, Low Clivia miniata Kaffir Lily Low Clytostoma callistegioides Lavender Trumpet Vine Low Convolvulus cneorum Bush Morning Glory Low Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise' Tickseed Low Correa ' Wyn's Wonder' Varigated Correa 'Wyn's Wonder' Low Correa pulchella Pink Australian Fuschia Low Cotinus coggygria Smoke Tree, ’Royal Purple’ Low	Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' Royal Purple Smokebush Low Cuphea llavea Bat-faced Cuphea Drought Tolerant, Low Cupressus sempervirens 'Stricta' Italian Cypress Drought Tolerant, Low Daphne odora 'Aureo-marginata' Winter Daphne Low, Moderate Dendromecon harfordii Island Bush Poppy Drought Tolerant, Low Dryopteris arguta Wood Fern Low Echinacea purpurea 'Big Sky Series' Coneflower Low, Moderate Eriogonum grande rubescens Red Buckwheat Drought Tolerant, Low Eschscholzia californica California Poppy Drought Tolerant, Low Fragaria chiloensis Ornamental Strawberry Low, Moderate Fremontodendron californicum'Pacific Sunset' Pacific Sunset Flannel Bush Drought Tolerant, Low Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' Coast Silk Tassel Low, Moderate Gaura lindheimeri Wand Flower/ Butterfly Gaura Low Gazania rigens'Gold Sun' Creeping Gazania/Treasure Flower Low, Moderate Geranium incanum Cranesbill Geranium Low Geranium sanguineum Bloody Cranesbill Low Hardenbergia comptoniana Lilac Vine Low Hardenbergia violacea rosea Coral Pea Vine Low Helleborus x hybridus Christmas/Lenten Rose Low Hemerocallis Varieties Daylily Drought Tolerant, Low Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon/Christmas Berry Drought Tolerant, Low Hypericum moserianum St John's Wort/Gold Flower Low Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' Holly 'Carissa' Drought Tolerant, Low Iris douglasiana Pacific Coast Iris Drought Tolerant, Low Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper Low Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia' Arcadia Juniper Low, Moderate Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Drought Tolerant, Low Lantana camara Lantana Drought Tolerant, Low Lantana montevidensis 'New Gold' New Gold Trailing Lantana Low Lavandula Lavender Drought Tolerant, Low Lavatera maritima Lavatera/Tree Mallow Drought Tolerant, Low Limonium sinuatum Statice/Sea Lavender Drought Tolerant, Low Lupinus albifrons Silver Bush Lupine Drought Tolerant, Low Mahonia repens Creeping Mahonia Drought Tolerant, Low Melinus nerviglumis or Rhynchelytrum nerviglume Ruby Grass Low, Moderate Microbiota decussata Siberian Carpet Cypress Low	Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkey Flower Drought Tolerant, Low Monardella villosa 'Russian River' Coyate Mint Drought Tolerant, Low Myrsine africana African Boxwood Drought Tolerant, Low Nepeta racemosa 'Walkers Low' Catmint Drought Tolerant, Low Nerium oleander Oleander Drought Tolerant, Low Origanum rotundifolium 'Kent Beauty' Ornamental oregano Low Osteospermum 'Sparkler' African Daisy Low, Moderate Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' Blue Bedder/Foothills Penstemon Drought Tolerant, Low Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage Low Phlomis fruticosa Jerusalem Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Phormium ' Wings of Gold' New Zealand Flax Low Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce Low Pittosporum crassifolium 'Nana' Karo Pittosporum Low Polypodium californicum California Ground Fern Drought Tolerant, Low Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum, Flowering Plum Low, Moderate Rhamnus alaternus 'Variegata' Varigated Italian Buckthorn Low Rhamnus californica Ca. Coffee Berry Drought Tolerant, Low Ribes sanguineum glutinosum Pink - Flowered Current Low Rosa 'Cecile Brunner' Cecile Brunner Rose/Sweetheart Rose/Mignon Low, Moderate Rosa banksiae Lady Banks Rose Low Rosmarinus officinalis 'Huntington Carpet' Huntington Carpet Rosemary Low Rubus calycinoides 'Emerald Carpet' Creeping Rasberry Low Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' Black-Eyed Susan Low Salvia apiana White Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman' Charparral Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia greggii Autumn Sage Low Salvia leucantha Mexican Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' Meadow Sage Low Salvia sclarea Clary/Muscatel Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage Drought Tolerant, Low Tagetes lemmonii Mexican Bush Marigold/Lemon scented marigold Low Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander Low, Moderate Teucrium fruticans'Azurea' Bush Germander 'Azurea' Low Thymus praecox arcticus Creeping Thyme Low, Moderate Verbena tenuisecta 'Edith' Edith Verbenan Low Zauschneria californica 'Bert's Bluff' California Fuchsia Drought Tolerant, Low
Moderate
Acer palmatum 'Crimson Queen' Crimson Queen Red Japanese Maple Moderate Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree Drought Tolerant, Low, Moderate Asparagus densiflorus 'Myers' Myer's Asparagus Fern Low, Moderate Carex Testacea Orange New Zealand Sedge Low, Moderate Chondropetalum tectorum Cape Rush Moderate Coleonema pulchrum 'Sunset Gold' Golden Breath of Heaven Moderate Daphne odora 'Aureo-marginata' Winter Daphne Low, Moderate Datura metel 'Belle Blanche' Devil's Trumpet Moderate Echinacea purpurea 'Big Sky Series' Coneflower Low, Moderate	Fragaria chiloensis Ornamental Strawberry Low, Moderate Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' Coast Silk Tassel Low, Moderate Gazania rigens'Gold Sun' Creeping Gazania/Treasure Flower Low, Moderate Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia' Arcadia Juniper Low, Moderate Leptospermum scoparium Tea Tree, ‘Ruby Glow’ Moderate Melinus nerviglumis or Rhynchelytrum nerviglume Ruby Grass Low, Moderate Osteospermum 'Sparkler' African Daisy Low, Moderate Polystichum munitum Western Sward Fern Moderate Polystichum setuosum Japanese Lace Fern Moderate	Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum, Flowering Plum Low, Moderate Pyrus calleryana Bradford Pear Tree Moderate Rosa 'Cecile Brunner' Cecile Brunner Rose/Sweetheart Rose/Mignon Low, Moderate Stipa gigantea Giant Feather grass, Golden Oats Moderate Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander Low, Moderate Thymus praecox arcticus Creeping Thyme Low, Moderate Vitex agnus-castus Lilac Chaste Tree Moderate Wisteria sinensis Chinese wisteria Moderate

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