Soil Drainage Requirements

Below is a list of plants categorized by level of soil drainage requirements.

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

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