Type
|
Botanical Name
|
Common Name
|
Shrub
|
Abelia Grandiflora
|
Edward Goucher's
Abelia
|
Groundcover
|
Acacia redolens
|
|
Tree
|
Acer cercinatum
|
Vine Maple
|
Perennial
|
Achillea millefolium
|
Yarrow
|
Tree
|
Aesculus californica
|
California Buckeye
|
Perennial
|
Agapanthus ‘Peter Pan’
|
Dwarf
Lily-of-the-Nile
|
Succulent
|
Agave americana
|
Century plant
|
Tree
|
Alnus spp.
|
|
Succulent
|
Aloe arborescens
|
Tree Aloe
|
Succulent
|
Aloe saponaria
|
Soap Aloe
|
Shrub
|
Amelanchior alnifolia
|
Serviceberry
|
Succulent
|
Aptenia 'Red Apple'
|
Red Apple Aptenia
|
Shrub
|
Arctostaphylos - any
|
Manzanita
|
Groundcover
|
Arctotheca calendula
|
Cape Weed
|
Perennial
|
Armeria maritima
|
Sea Pinks
|
Shrub
|
Artemesia californica
|
California
Sagebrush
|
Perennial
|
Asclepias speciosa
|
Showy Milkweed
|
Shrub
|
Baccharis pilularis
|
Coyote Brush
|
Perennial
|
Bidens ferulifolia ‘Solaire Yellow’
|
Solaire Yellow
bidens
|
Shrub
|
Buddleja - Purple
|
Lavender butterfly
bush
|
Succulent
|
Bulbine frutescens
|
|
Shrub
|
Calycanthus occidentalis
|
Western Spicebush
|
Groundcover
|
Campanula - any
|
Bellflower
|
Grass
|
Carex - most
|
Sedge
|
Shrub
|
Ceanothus - any
|
California Lilac
|
Succulent
|
Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike'
|
Red Spike Iceplant
|
Groundcover
|
Cerastium tomentosum
|
Snow-In-Summer
|
Low Creeper
|
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
|
Dwarf Blue
Plumbago
|
Tree
|
Cercis - any
|
Redbud
|
Perennial
|
Chrysanthemum frutescens - White
|
daisy
|
Perennial
|
Cistus - any
|
Rockrose
|
Shrub
|
Coleonema pulchrum 'Sunset Gold'
|
GoldenBreath of
Heaven
|
Grass
|
Deschampsia cespitosa
|
Northern Lights
Hairgrass
|
|
'Northern Lights'
|
|
Grass
|
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Vivipara'
|
Fairy's Joke
Hairgrass
|
Perennial
|
Dietes bicolor
|
Fortnight lily, African
iris
|
Perennial
|
Dietes iridioides
|
Fortnight Lily
|
Succulent
|
Drosanthemum
|
Floribunda
Iceplant
|
Shrub
|
Echium fastuosum
|
Pride of Madeira
|
Perennial
|
Epilobium - several
|
California Fuchsia
|
Perennial
|
Erigeron karvinskianus
|
Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican
Daisy
|
Perennial
|
Erigeron 'Moerheimii'
|
Pink Santa Barbara
Daisy
|
Perennial
|
Eriogonum -most
|
Ornamental
Buckwheat
|
Perennial
|
Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve'
|
Bowles' Mauve
Wallflower
|
Shrub
|
Escallonia 'Compakta'
|
Kompakt Escallonia
|
Shrub
|
Escallonia fradesii
|
Frades' Escallonia
|
Shrub
|
Euonymus fortunei 'Colorata'
|
Purple-Leaf Winter
Creeper
|
Shrub
|
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n Gold'
|
Emerald and Gold
Euonymus
|
Shrub
|
Euryops - any
|
Yellow winter
Daisy
|
Grass
|
Festuca - several natives
|
|
Grass
|
Festuca amethystina 'Superba'
|
Rainbow Fescue
|
Grass
|
Festuca glauca
|
Blue Fescue
|
Vine
|
Ficus pumila
|
Creeping Fig
|
Groundcover
|
Fragaria chiloensis
|
Beach Strawberry
|
Groundcover
|
Gazania - Mixed Colors
|
Gazania, Mixed
Colors
|
Perennial
|
Geranium incanum
|
Cascading Geranium
|
Perennial
|
Geranium 'Sugar Plum'
|
Sugar Plum
Geranium
|
Perennial
|
Grasses- most bunch type
|
|
Shrub
|
Grevillea any
|
Hummingbird Net
|
Groundcover
|
Hedera any
|
Evergreen Ivy
|
Perennial
|
Helichrysum any
|
Licorice Plant
|
Groundcover
|
Herniaria glabra
|
Green Carpet
|
Groundcover
|
Herniaria repens
|
Creeping Green
Carpet
|
Shrub
|
Heteromeles arbutifolia
|
Toyon
|
Shrub
|
Holodiscus discolor
|
Oceanspray
|
Groundcover
|
Hypericum calycinum
|
Saint John's Wort
|
Grass
|
Juncus
|
Common Western
Rush
|
Perennial
|
Lamiastrum galeobdon
|
Creeping Archangel
|
Succulent
|
Lampranthus any
|
Iceplant
|
Perennial
|
Lantana camara
|
Shrub Lantana
|
Groundcover
|
Lippia repens (see Phyla nodiflora)
|
Lippia
|
Perennial
|
Lirope - most
|
Lily Turf
|
Vine
|
Lonicera - many
|
Honeysuckle
|
Perennial
|
Lotus berthelotii
|
Red Parrot's Beak
|
Shrub
|
Mahonia - several
|
Oregon Grape
|
Groundcover
|
Mazus reptans
|
Mazus
|
Perennial
|
Mimulus - several
|
Monkeyflower
|
Grass
|
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
|
Variegated
Miscanthus
|
Vine
|
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
|
Wire Vine
|
Shrub
|
Myoporum 'Pacificum'
|
Pacific Myoporum
|
Groundcover
|
Myoporum parvifolium
|
Creeping Myoporum
|
Shrub
|
Myrica californica
|
Pacific Wax Myrtle
|
Shrub
|
Myrsine africana
|
African Boxwood
|
Shrub
|
Myrtus communis 'Compacta'
|
Small-leaf Myrtle
|
Grass
|
Nassella tenuissima
|
Mexican Hair Grass
|
Perennial
|
Oenothera speciosa
|
MexicanEveningPrimrose
|
Grass
|
Ophiopogon japonicus
|
Mondo Grass
|
Groundcover
|
Osteospermum fruticosum - Mixed
|
African Daisy
|
|
colors
|
|
Groundcover
|
Pachysandra terminalis
|
Japanese Spurge
|
Perennial
|
Pelargonium peltatum - Mixed
|
Ivy Geranium, Mixed
colors
|
Grass
|
Pennisetum orientale
|
Green Fountain
Grass
|
Grass
|
Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’
|
Purple Fountain
Grass
|
Perennial
|
Perovskia atriplicifolia
|
Russian Sage
|
Shrub
|
Philadelphus lewisii
|
Western Mock
Orange
|
Perennial
|
Phormium any
|
NewZealand Flax
|
Groundcover
|
Phyla nodiflora (syn. Lippia
repens)
|
Creeping Lippia
|
Shrub
|
Pittosporum any
|
Mock Orange
|
Perennial
|
Plecostachys serpyllifolia
|
Dwarf Licorice
Plant
|
Shrub
|
Plumbago auriculata (P. capensis)
|
Cape plumbago
|
Fern
|
Polystichum munitum
|
Western Sword Fern
|
Shrub
|
Prunus-several natives
|
Laurels - native
species
|
Shrub
|
Rhus several natives
|
Sumac
|
Shrub
|
Ribes sanguineum
|
Red Flowering
Current
|
Groundcover
|
Ribes viburnifolium
|
Evergreen Currant
|
Shrub
|
Rosa- native varieties
|
Wild Western Rose
|
Shrub
|
Rosemarinus offic. 'Upright'
|
Shrub Rosemary
|
Groundcover
|
Rosmarius officinalis 'Prostratus'
|
Trailing Rosemary
|
Shrub
|
Rubus calycinoides
|
Formosan Bramble
|
Fern
|
Rumohra adiantiformis
|
Leather Fern
|
Perennial
|
Salvia mellifera
|
Black Sage
|
Perennial
|
Santolina any
|
Lavender Cotton
|
Perennial
|
Scaevola 'Blue Wonder'
|
Blue Wonder
Fanflower
|
Groundcover
|
Scleranthus biflorus
|
Australian
Astroturf
|
Succulent
|
Sedum brevifolium
|
Small-Leaved
Stonecrop
|
Succulent
|
Sedum reflexum 'Blue Spruce'
|
Blue Spruce
Stonecrop
|
Vine
|
Solanum jasminoides
|
Potato vine
|
Shrub
|
Sollya heterophylla
|
Australian Bluebell
Creeper
|
Groundcover
|
Stachys byzantina
|
Lamb's Ears
|
Grass
|
Stenotaphrum secundatum
|
Saint Augustine
Grass
|
Shrub
|
Symphoricarpus albus
|
Snowberry
|
Perennial
|
Teucrium chamaedrys
|
Germander
|
Shrub
|
Teucrium fruticans
|
Bush Germander
|
Groundcover
|
Thymus any
|
Thyme
|
Vine
|
Trachelospermum any
|
Jasmine
|
Shrub
|
Vaccinium ovatum
|
Evergreen
Huckleberry
|
Groundcover
|
Vinca major
|
Periwinkle
|
Groundcover
|
Vinca minor
|
Dwarf Periwinkle
|