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