WaterSmart Plant List for the Sacramento Region Very Low, Low, and Moderate Water-Use Perennials

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1 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf arrow L Evergreen to Semievergreen FS A1-A3, ' T / 1-3' W 3 ellow, / Pink, Spring-Fall Red, White, Lavender, Salmon / Spring, Achillea hybrids arrow L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1-3' W 3, Fall Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink' Island Pink arrow L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1-3' W 3, Fall Achillea millefolium 'Moonshine' Moonshine arrow L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to 24 2' T / 1-3' W 3 ellow / Spring,, Fall Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' Paprika arrow L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1-3' W 3 Red / Spring,, Fall Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta' Terra Cotta arrow L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1-3' W 3 Salmon to Copper / Spring,, Fall Agapanthus africanus Lily-of-the-Nile M Evergreen FS/PS 6-9, 12-24, H1, H ' T / W 2 Blue, White / 6-9, 12-24, Agapanthus africanus 'Peter Pan' Dwarf Lily of the Nile M Evergreen FS/PS H1, H2 1.5' T / 1' W 1 Blue / Spring Agapanthus praecox spp. orientalis & cvs. Agapanthus M Evergreen FS/PS 6-9, 12-24, H1, H ' T / 1.5-2' W 3 Blue / Agastache rupestris Licorice Mint, Sunset Hyssop L Deciduous FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1.5' W 2 Orange / Anemone x hybrida Japanese Anemone M Herbaceous PS 2B ' T / 2-3' W 5 White, Pink, Rose / Fall Armeria maritima Common Thrift, Sea Pink M Evergreen FS Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' Angel's Hair L Herbaceous FS Dusty Miller, Beach Artemisia stelleriana Wormwood L Evergreen FS A2, A3, 1-9, " T / 1' W 1 Asclepias speciosa Showy Milkweed L Deciduous FS 1 to ' T / W 7 Aspidistra elatior Cast Iron L Evergreen SH White to Rose-Pink / ear-round A1-A3, 1-10, ' T / W 1 Inconspicuous A1-A3, 1-10, ' T / 3' W 7 ellow / 4-10, 12-24, H1, H2 2' T / W 3 Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' Purple Dome New England Aster M Herbaceous FS/PS 1 to ' T / 1.5-2' W 3 Purple /, Fall 2, 3, 6-9, 14- Ballota pseudodictamnus Grecian Horehound VL Evergreen FS ' T / 2-3' W 5 White / Bergenia crassifolia Pigsqueak, Winter Blooming Bergenia L Evergreen PS Bergenia cordifolia Heartleaf Bergenia M Evergreen PS Bergenia cordifolia 'Winterglut' Winterglow Bergenia M Evergreen FS/PS A1-A3, 1-9, ' T / 1-2' W 2 A1-A3, 1-9, ' T / 2' W 3 A1-A3, 1-9, ' T / 2' W 3 Pink / Spring Rose, Lilac, Purple / Midwinter, Spring Bidens ferulifolia Apache Beggarticks L Evergreen FS ' T / W 7 ellow / ear-round Bletilla striata Hyacinth Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid M Pseudobulb PS 2B-9, ' T / 1' W 1 Pink / Spring Leather Leaf Sedge, Curly Carex buchananii Top Sedge M Evergreen FS/PS 2B-9, ' T / 2.5' W 5 Green / Page 1

2 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Carex divulsa European Gray Sedge L Evergreen FS/PS 2B-9, /2' T / 2 W 3 Green to Brown / Winter, Spring Ice Dance Japanese Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' Sedge M Evergreen FS/PS 2B-9, ' T / W 2 Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' Variegated Japanese Sedge L Evergreen SH 3-9, ' T / 2-3' W 5 Carex oshimensis 'Everillo' PP21,002 EverColor Everillo Carex L Evergreen PS/SH 3-9, ' T / W 2 EverColor Eversheen Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen' PPAF Carex L Evergreen PS/SH 3-9, ' T / W 2 Carex Carex pansa praegracills California Meadow Sedge, Sand Dune Sedge M Evergreen FS/PS 7-9, Clustered Field Sedge, California Field Sedge, Slender Sedge M Evergreen FS/PS 6-14, ' T / 2-3' W 2 6" T / Spreading 2' W 3 Green to Reddishbrown / Spring Carex tumulicola Berkeley Sedge L Evergreen FS/PS 2B-9, ' T / 2' W 3 Green / Spring Purple, White / Centaurea cineraria Dusty Miller L Evergreen FS 8-24, H1, H2 1-3' T / 1' W 1 Chondropetalum tectorum Cape Reed, Cape Rush L Evergreen FS/PS 8, 9, ' T / 3-4' W 10 Brown /, Fall Chrysanthemum (Leucanthemum) Coreopsis maximum (x superbum ) Shasta Daisy M Evergreen FS lanceolata A1-A3, 1-24, H1 2-4' T / 2' W 3 Lanceleaf Tickseed, Tickseed L Deciduous FS 1-24, H1, H2 1-2' T / 1-1.5' W 2 White, ellow / ellow / Spring,, Fall Coreopsis verticillata & cvs. Threadleaf coreopsis L Herbaceous FS 1 to ' T / 1.5' W 2 ellow /, Fall Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' Moonbean Threadleaf Tickseed L Herbaceous FS 1 to ' T / 2' W 3 Zagreb Threadleaf Tickseed L Herbaceous FS 1 to 24 1' T / 1.5' W 2 Pale ellow / Spring, ellow / Spring, Cyrtomium falcatum Japanese Holly Fern M Evergreen SH 5-9, 14-24, H1, H2 2-3' T / 18" W 2 Diascia hybrids Twinspur M Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, 14-24, H1 1' T / 2' W 3 Red, Pink, Orange / Spring, Diascia rigescens Twinspur M Dicliptera suberecta Hummingbird L Evergreen to Semievergreen FS/PS 7-9, ' T / 2' W 3 Evergreen to Deciduous FS/PS 12, 13, 15-17, 19, ' T / 1.5' W 2 Orange, Red / Dianella 'DP401' PPAF L/WNA Evergreen PS 8,9, ' T / 1.5-2' W 3 Blue / Dietes bicolor & cvs. Fortnight Lily, African Iris L Evergreen FS/PS Dietes iridioides (vegata) & cvs. Fortnight Lily, African Iris L Evergreen FS/PS Dudleya farinosa Dudleya, Bluff Lettuce VL Evergreen FS/PS 8, 9, 12-24, H1, H2 2-3' T / W 5 8, 9, 12-24, H1, H2 2-3' T / 3-4' W 10 ellow / Spring,, Fall White / Spring,, Fall 5, 7, 14-17, ' T / W 1 ellow / Page 2

3 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Dymondia margaretae Dymondia, Silver Carpet L Evergreen FS/PS 9b-11, Echinacea hybrids Coneflower M Herbaceous FS A2, A3, ' T / 2-3' W 5 2-3" T / Spreading W 20 ellow / Lime-green, Orange, Pink, Red, ellow /, Fall Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower M Herbaceous FS A2, A3, ' T / W 3 Purple-Pink / Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot' PPAF Merlot Coneflower M Herbaceous FS A2, A3, ' T / W 5 Pink / -Fall Echinacea purpurea 'Raspberry Tart' PPAF Raspberry Tart Coneflower M Herbaceous FS A2, A3, ' T / W 3 Purple-Pink / Epilobium () canum California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, "-4' T / 3-4' W 10 Epilobium () canum 'Calistoga' Epilobium () canum 'Everett's Choice' Calistoga California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, ' T / 3-4' W 10 Everett's Choice California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, " T / 4' W 13 Erigeron 'Wayne Roderick' Wayne Roderick Daisy M Evergreen FS/PS 8,9, ' T / 2' W 3, Fall, Fall, Fall Lavender Blue / Winter, Spring Erigeron karvinskianus Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Fleabane, Fleabane L Evergreen FS/PS 8,9, ' T / 3' W 7 White, Pinks / Spring,, Winter Eriogonum crocatum Saffron Buckwheat, Conejo Buckwheat L Evergreen FS/PS ' T / 2' W 3 ellow / Spring, Eriogonum grande var. rubescens Red Buckwheat, San Miguel Island Buckwheat L Evergreen FS/PS 5, ' T / 3' W 7 Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' Bowles Mauve Wallflower L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / 4-6' W 20 Eschscholzia californica California Poppy VL Deciduous FS 1-24, H1 1' T / W 1 Euphorbia characias Mediterranean Spurge L Evergreen FS 4 to 24 4' T / W 13 Creeping Spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites Perennial Spurge L Evergreen FS 2 to 24 6" T / 1-2' W 2 Euphorbia rigida Gopher Spurge L Evergreen FS 4 to ' T / 2-3' W 5 & cvs., 'Ascot Euphorbia x martinii Rainbow' Ascot Rainbow Spurge M Evergreen FS/PS 3 to ' T / 1-2' W 2 Gaillardia x grandiflora Blanket Flower L Herbaceous FS 1-24, H1, H2 2-4' T / 1.5' W 2 Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Arizona Sun' Blanket Flower L Herbaceous FS 1-24, H1, H2 1' T / 2' W 3 Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin' Goblin Blanket Flower L Herbaceous FS 1-24, H1, H2 1' T / 1.5' W 2 Gaura lindheimeri & cvs. Gaura M Herbaceous FS 2B ' T / W 10 Geranium lindheimeri 'Rozanne' & cvs. Rozanne Geranium M Semi-evergreen FS/PS 2-11, ' T / 2-3' W 5 Pink, Red / Spring,, Fall Purple Pale ellow to Orange / Spring, Chartruese / Late Winter, Early Spring ellow Green / Winter, Spring Chartruese / Winter, Spring Chartruese / Late Winter, Early Spring Red, ellow /, Fall Red Orange w/ ellow Tips / -Fall Red & ellow /, Fall Pink, White / Spring,, Fall Blue Violet /, Fall Page 3

4 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' Biokovo Cranesbill M Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1 to " T / 2-3' W 5 Helianthemum nummularium & cvs. Sunrose Helianthemum, Common Sunrose M Evergreen FS 2B-9, " T / 3' W 7 Helianthemum nummularium 'Wisley Primrose' Wisley Primrose Sunrose M Evergreen FS 2B-9, " T / 3' W 7 Red, Apricot, Orange, ellow, Pink, White / Spring, ellow / Spring, Helleborus argutifolius Corsican Hellebore L Evergreen PS 3B-9, ' T / W 5 Green / Winter, Spring Helleborus orientalis & hybrids Christmas, Lenten Rose M Evergreen PS 2B-10, ' T / 2' W 3 White, Pink, ellow, Red, Purple, Green / Winter, Spring Deciduous, Evergreen, Semievergreen ellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, White / Hemerocallis hybrids Daylily M FS/PS 1-24, H1, H ' T / 2-3' W 5 Spring, Fall Hemerocallis x 'Stella de Oro' Stella de Oro Dwarf Daylily M Herbaceous FS/PS 1-24, H1, H2 1-2' T / W 2 Golden ellow / Spring, Fall ellow, Pink, Red / Heuchera & cvs., hybrids Coral Bells M Evergreen FS/PS 1-9, ' T / 1' W 1 Heuchera sanguinea Coral Bells M Evergreen FS/PS A1-A3, 1-11, ' T / 1' W 1 Red, Pink, White / Spring, Hibiscus lasiocarpus California Hibiscus M Deciduous FS 1-3, 6-9, ' T / 3-4' W 10 Pink / White & ellow / Iris 'Canyon Snow' Canyon Snow Pacific Iris M Evergreen PS 4-9, ' T / W 2 Spring Lavender Blue / Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris L Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / 2-3' W 5 Spring Iris hybrids Pacific Coast s, Pacific Coast Native Iris M Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / 2-3' W 5 Juncus effusus & cvs. Softrush M Evergreen PS 1 to 24 5' T / 3' W 5 White, ellow, Purple / Spring, ellowish Green / Juncus patens & cvs. California Gray Rush M Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / W 3 Brown / Spring, Fall Juncus patens 'Carmen's Gray' Carmen's Gray Juncus M Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / W 3 Brown / Spring, Fall Juncus patens 'Elk Blue' Elk Blue California Gray Rush M Evergreen FS/PS 4-9, ' T / W 3 Brown / Spring, Fall Coral, Orange, ellow Kniphofia uvaria & cvs., hybrids Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily L Evergreen FS 2-9, ' T / 2-3' W 5 / Kniphofia 'Christmas Cheer' Christmas Cheer Poker L Evergreen FS ' T / 8-10' W 64 Leucanthemum x superbum (Chrysanthemum) (maximum) Shasta Daisy M Evergreen FS A1-A3, 1-24, H1 2-4' T / 2' W 3 Lewisia cotyledon Bitter Root L Evergreen FS/PS 1-7, ' T / 1' W 1 ellow, Orange / Fall- Spring White, ellow / White, Pink / Sping, Lewisia hybrids Lewisia L Evergreen FS/PS 1-7, ' T / 1' W 1 Various / 2B-10, 14-24, Liriope muscari Lily Turf, Big Blue Lily Turf M Evergreen PS H1, H2 1-2' T / W 2 Violet / Page 4

5 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Liriope gigantea Giant Lilly-Turf M Evergreen SH 4-10, 'T / W 7 Blue / Platinum Beauty TM Lomandra longifolia 'Roma13' PP25962 Lomandra WNA/L Evergreen FS/PS 12 to ' T / W 5 Monardella villosa Coyote Mint VL Evergreen FS 7-9, ' T / 1-2' W 2 Purple, Pink, White / Nepeta x faassenii Catmint L Herbaceous FS/PS 1 to ' T / 3-4' W 10 Lavender / Nepeta x faassenii 'Six Hills Giant' Six Hills Giant Catmint L Herbaceous FS 1 to ' T / 3' W 5 Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' Catmint L Herbaceous FS 1 to ' T / W 5 Lavender / Spring, Fall Origanum vulgare Oregano, Wild Marjoram M Herbaceous FS 1 to ' T / 2-3' W 5 White, Purplish Pink /, Fall Origanum vulgare 'Betty Rollins' Dwarf Oregano M Herbaceous FS 6-9, " T / 1-2' W 2, Fall Penstemon heterophyllus Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita B.O.P.' Foothill Penstemon, Beard Tongue L Evergreen FS/PS 7 to ' T / 2-3' W 5 Santa Margarita Foothill Penstemon L Evergreen FS 7 to ' T / 2' W 3 Penstemon & hybrids Penstemon M Evergreen FS/PS 6-9, ' T / 3' W 7 Purple-Blue / Spring, Blue Violet / Spring, White / Spring,, Fall Penstemon 'Garnet' Beard Tongue M Evergreen FS/PS 6-9, ' T / W 2 Fuscia / Spring-Fall Penstemon spectabilis Showy Penstemon, Royal Beard Tongue L Evergreen FS 7, ' T / 3-4' W 10 Purple-blue / Spring, Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage L Deciduous FS 2 to ' T / W 10 Purple /, Fall Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spire' Russian Sage L Deciduous FS 2 to ' T / W 5 Blue /, Fall Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Lacey Blue' Russian Sage L Deciduous FS 2 to ' T / 2' W 3 Violet-Blue /, Fall Phormium hybrids Flax M Evergreen FS/PS H1, H2 3-8' T / W 24 Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax L Evergreen FS/PS H1, H2 4-8' T / W 28 Phormium tenax 'Jack Spratt' Phormium tenax 'Platt's Black' Jack Spratt New Zealand Flax M Evergreen FS/PS Platt's Black New Zealand Flax M Evergreen FS/PS Polypodium californicum California Polypody VL Deciduous PS H1, H2 1-2' T / W 2 H1, H2 3-4' T / W , 14-17, ' T / 1-3' W 3 Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern M Evergreen PS/FS A3, 2-9, ' T / W 7 Romneya coulteri Matilija Poppy, Coulter's Matilija Poppy VL Deciduous FS 4-12, 14-24, H1 6-8' T / W 38 White / Spring, Rudbeckia californica California Coneflower M Deciduous PS 1 to ' T / 2-3' W 5 ellow /, Fall Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan M Annual, Perennial FS 1 to ' T / 1.5' W 2 ellow, Red / Page 5

6 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Salvia 'Amistad' PP23578 Amistad Salvia WNA/L Deciduous FS/PS 8, 9, ' T / 3-4' W 10 Salvia officinalis & cvs. Salvia spathacea & cvs. Garden Sage, Common Sage, Kitchen Sage M Evergreen FS/PS 2-24, H1, H2 1-3' T / W 3 Hummingbird Sage, Pitcher Sage L Herbaceous, Evergreen, Semievegreen PS/SH 7-9, ' T / 3-4' W 10, Fall Lavender-blue, Violet, Pink, White/ Spring, Magenta, Red / Sping,, Winter Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei' Giant Flowered Soapwort L Semi-evergreen FS/PS 1-11, " T / 1-1.5' W 1 Pink /, Fall Scabiosa columbaria & cvs. Scaevola albida 'Mauve Clusters' Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower Sisyrinchium bellum & cvs. Blue-Eyed Grass L Sisyrinchium californicum Golden-Eyed Grass M M Fan Flower, Fairy Fan Flower L Evergreen FS/PS Herbaceous, Semideciduous FS 2-11, ' T / W 3 8, 9, 14-24, H1, H2 4-6" T / 3-5' W 13 Lavender-blue, Pink, White / ear-round Lavender Blue / Spring,, Fall Semi-evergreen to deciduous FS/PS 2-9, ' T / 1-2' W 2 Purple / Spring Semi-evergreen to Deciduous FS/PS 4-9, " T / 8-10" W 64 Solidago & hybrids Goldenrod M Herbaceous FS/PS 1-11, ' / 1-3' W 3 ellow /, Fall Evergreen, Semievergreen Solidago velutina californica California Goldenrod L FS/PS 1-9, ' T / 2-3' W 5 ellow /, Fall Sphaeralcea Sphaeralcea ambigua munroana Apricot Mallow, Desert Globemallow L Evergreen FS 3, ' T / 2-4' W 7 Munro's Globemallow, Desert Mallow L Evergreen FS Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet' Silver Carpet Lamb's Ears L Evergreen FS/PS 1 to 24 1' T / 4-5' W 16 Tagetes lemmonii (palmeri) Mountain Marigold, Copper Canyon Daisy L Evergreen FS/PS 8-10, ' T / 6-8' W 38 ellow / Spring, Apricot, Orange / Spring 1-3,7-10, ' T / 1.5-2' W 3 Pink, Apricot / Spring Purple / Late Spring, ellow / ear-round, Peak Fall, Winter Teucrium chamaedrys 'Nana' Dwarf Germander L Evergreen FS/PS 2 to " T / 2-3' W 5 Magenta / Teucrium cossonii (majoricum) Majorcan Teucrium L Evergreen FS 7-9, " T / 2-3' W 5 Thymus vulgaris Common Thyme M Herbaceous FS 1 to 24 1' T / 2' W 3 Tulbaghia violacea Society Garlic L Evergreen FS 13-24, H1, H2 1-3' T / 1-2' W 2 Verbena (Glandularia) gooddingii Goodding Verbena, Southwestern, Mock Vervain L Annual, Perennial FS 7 to ' T / 3-4' 10 Verbena hybrids Garden Verbena L Annual, Perennial 8-24, H1, H2 6-12" T / 1.5-3' W 2 Verbena 'Homestead Purple' & hybrids Homestead Purple Verbena L Annual, Perennial FS 2 to 'T / 2-3' W 5 Verbena 'Tapien' & hybrids Tapien Verbena L Annual, Perennial FS 4-9, 12-24, H1, H2 6-12" T / 2-3' W 5 Lavender, Blue / Spring, Fall Lavender / earround Pink-lavender /Spring, Various / Spring,, Fall White, Pink, Purple, Red, Blue / Spring, Page 6

7 Very Low, Low, and Moderate - Verbena (Glandularia) lilacina 'De La Mina' Lilac Verbena L Evergreen PS 12 to 24 1' T / 3' W 7 Veronica spp. Speedwell, Veronica M Herbaceous FS 1-9, ' T / W 1, Fall Blue / Spring, Woodwardia fimbriata Giant Chain Fern M Evergreen PS 2B-9, ' T / 3' W 7 (Epilobium) californica California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, "-4' T / 3-4' W 10 (Epilobium) californica 'Calistoga' (Epilobium) californica 'Everett's Choice' Calistoga California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, ' T / 3-4' 10 Everett's Choice California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, " T / 4' W 13 (Epilobium) californica 'Catalina' Catalina California Fuchsia L Evergreen FS 2-11, ' T / 4-5' W 16, Fall, Fall, Fall, Fall Page 7