Dry Shade Garden - Planting Under Oaks

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Plants for a Dry Shade garden

Oaks in our landscapes require a dry environment under them. Finding drought tolerant shade plants that will thrive can be difficult. Many of the plants that are found in garden centers shade sections lust for water. Appropriate planting under oak trees is critical if we are to maintain our natural oak forest.

Increasingly water agencies are restricting the use of water or are raising the cost dramatically. And community planners are requiring ecologically sensitive plant lists for site plans for construction projects. For the sake of the wallet as well as maintaining the continuity of the plants in the landscape there is a lot of motivation for using drought tolerant plants under your oaks.

This dry shade garden list includes both natives and introduced landscape plants that will thrive on the conditions that are ideal for planting under our native Coast Live Oaks, Quercus agrifolia. The coolest and most comfortable part of the garden during the heat of the day is under the trees. It is only natural to want to make this area attractive. These areas are often planted with lawns, azaleas, fuchsias and many other water loving plants. In the long run this is no good for the oak trees. The oaks may not show stress immediately but over 10-20 years it can spell disaster. In the interim the oaks keep looking worse and worse. And the risk of the tree falling on people increases dramatically.

The extra irrigation coupled with the fertilizing in the area of the trees with concentrated ammonia based fertilizers destroys the native soil fungi. This creates conditions ideal for the oak root fungus to get a foothold. The bad fungi don't attach to good fungi like they do to naked roots.

While oak trees can grow in wet conditions (I have seen old trees growing in creek bottoms with water running over the roots all year) they can not tolerate a change of diet without a rapid decline or death.

The problem zone extends to the drip line of the tree and somewhat beyond. This means the entire area shaded by the tree and probably half again that radius of the tree has roots from that tree. Any change of grade or increase in the irrigation within this zone compromises the trees.

Drought Tolerant Shade Plants List

Common Names First * Plants by their Latin Names

Adolph's Sedum * Sedum adolphii Firestorm
African Iris * Dietes bicolor
African Queen Cape Fuchsia * Phygelius African Queen
Airplane Plant * Crassula falcata
Andean Silver Leaf Sage * Salvia discolor
Apostle Plant * Neomarica caerulea
Arizona Milkweed * Asclepias angustifolia
Arrow Leaf Sage * Salvia sagittata
Arrowwood * Viburnum tinus compactum
Ascot Rainbow Spurge * Euphorbia Ascot Rainbow
Ashy Silktassel * Garrya flavescens
Australian Fuchsia Dusky Bells * Correa Dusky Bells
Australian Fuchsia Ivory Bells * Correa Ivory Bells
Aztec Lily * Sprekelia formosissima
Baboon Flower * Babiana Night Vision
Baby Sun Rose * Aptenia Red Apple
Bead Tree * Melea azedarach
Bedstraw * Galium aparine
Beefsteak Plant * Iresine herbstii
Berkeley Sedge * Carex tumulicola
Berzerkeley Sage * Salvia microphylla Berzerkeley
Betty Marshall Trumpet Tree * Brugmansia Betty Marshall
Black Calla Lily * Arum palaestinum
Black Eyed Cuphea * Cuphea cyanea
Black Mondo Grass * Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens
Bladder Vine * Araujia sericifera
Bleeding Heart Vine * Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Blood Lily * Scadoxus puniceus Magnificus
Bloodleaf * Iresine herbstii
Blue Angel's Trumpet * Iochroma cyaneum
Blue Angel's Trumpet * Iochroma grandiflora
Blue Bush Sage * Salvia urica
Blue Butterfly * Clerodendrum ugandense
Blue Chalk Sticks * Senecio mandraliscae
Blue Cycad * Encephelartos horridus
Blue Eyed Grass * Sisyrynchium bellum
Blue Flame Agave * Agave Blue Flame
Blue Stemmed Penstemon * Keckiella ternata
Blue Tears Sedum * Sedum dasphylum
Blue Witch Nightshade * Solanum umbelliferum
Bluebell Creeper * Sollya heterophylla
Bluff Lettuce * Dudleya farinosa
Blush Fringe Flower * Loropetalum chinense Blush
Boxelder * Acer negundo californicum
Bressingham Ruby Bergenia * Berginia Bressingham Ruby
Bonfire Grevillea * Grevillea Bonfire
Bridal Wreath Spiraea * Spiraea cantoniensis
Bridget Bloom Foam Flower * Heucherella Bridget Bloom
Buchanan's Sage * Salvia buchananii
Burgundy Fringe Flower * Loropetalum chinense Burgundy
Burrito Burro's Tails * Sedum morganianaum Burrito
Bush Penstemon * Keckiella cordifolia
Bush Violet * Barleria obtusa
Butterfly Amaryllus * Hippeastrum papilio
Butterfly Iris * Iris japonica, Iris Nada
Butterfly Vine * Mascagnia macroptera
California Ash * Fraxinus dipetala
California Bay * Umbellularia californica
California Blackberry * Rubus ursinus
California Black Oak * Quercus kelloggii
California Box Elder * Acer negundo californicum
California Buttercup * Ranunculus californicus
California Dandelion * Agoseris grandiflora
California Fescue * Festuca californica
California fuchsia * Zauschneria californica, Epilobium canum
California Goldenrod * Solidago californica
California Hoptree * Ptelea crenulata
California Maidenhair Fern * Adiantum jordanii
California Peony * Paeonia californica
California Pitcher Sage * Lepechinia calycina
California Rose Lilac * Syringia California Rose
California Wild Grape * Vitis californica
California Wild Rose * Rosa californica
Calla Lily * Zantedeschia aethiopica
Camas * Camassia quamash
Cameron's Ruwari Aloe * Aloe cameronii
Campfire Crassula * Crassula capitella Campfire
Canary Island Sage * Salvia canariensis
Candleholder Dudleya * Dudleya candelabrum
Candleholder Live Forever * Dudleya candelabrum
Canyon Duet Coral Bells * Heuchera Canyon Duet
Canyon Prince Wild Rye * Leymus condensatus Canyon Prince
Canyon Sunflower * Venegasia carpesioides
Cape Blanco Stonecrop * Sedum spathulifolium Cape Blanco
Cape Fuchsia * Phygelius capensis
Cape Lilac * Melea azedarach
Crinum powellii album * Swamp Lily, Cape Lily
Cape Sebastian Seaside Daisy * Erigeron glaucus Cape Sebastian
Cape Tulip * Homeria collina, Morea collina
Carboncillo * Cordia decandra
Cardinal Catchfly * Silene laciniata
Cardinal Flower * Sinningia cardinalis
Carolina Jessamine * Gelsemium sempervirens
Carrion Plant * Stapelia grandiflora
Cashmere Bouquet * Clerodendrum philippinum
Cat Tails Euphorbia * Euphorbia leucodendron
Catalina Cherry * Prunus ilicifolia lyonii
Catalina Currant * Ribes viburnifolium
Cat's Claw Vine * Macfadyena unguis-cati
Cedros Island Verbena * Verbena lilacina De La Mina
Celery Scented Geranium * Pelargonium ionidiflorum
Chaparral Beardtongue * Keckiella antirrhinoides
Chapparal Clematis * Clematis lasiantha
Chaparral Currant * Ribes malvaceum
Chapparal Honeysuckle * Lonicera subspicata denudata
Charles Grimaldi Angel's Trumpet Tree * Brugmansia Charles Grimaldi
Cherry Sparkler Fountain Grass * Pennisetum Cherry Sparkler
Chicken Gizzard * Iresine herbstii
Chinaberry * Melea azedarach
Chinese Chain Fern * Woodwardia unigemmata
Chinese Plumbago * Ceratostigma wilmottianum
Chinese Snowball Viburnum * Viburnum macrocephalum
Chinese Squill * Scilla scilloides
Cigar Plant * Cuphea ignea
Cliff Lettuce * Dudleya farinosa
Cloud Forest Burning Bush * Iochroma fuchsioides
Coast Live Oak * Quercus agrifolia
Coast Silk Tassel * Garrya elliptica James Roof
Coastal Wood Fern * Dryopteris arguta
Cobweb Shrub, Petite Licorice * Plecostachys serpyllifolia
Cobwebby Spiderwort * Tradescantia sillmontana
Coffee Fern * Pellaea andromedifolia
Coffee Berry * Rhamnus californica Eve Case
Corsican Hellebore * Helleborus argutifolius
Corsican Stonecrop * Sedum dasyphyllum
County Park Red Mirror Plant * Coprosma County Park Red
Coville's Lip Fern * Myriopteris covillei
Coyote Bush * Baccharis pilularis
Cream Bush * Holodiscus discolor
Creek Clematis * Clematis ligusticifolia
Crevice Alum Root * Heuchera micrantha diversifolia
Cross Vine * Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty
Crown of Thorns * Euphorbia milii
Cruel Vine * Araujia sericifera
Danville Manzanita * Arctostaphylos edmundsii Danville
Dark Dancer Sage * Salvia microphylla Dark Dancer
Desert Cabbage * Kalanchoe luciae
Desert Four O'Clock * Mirabilis laevis villosa
Desert Mint * Monardella odoratissima
Desert Paprika Yarrow * Achillea Desert Paprika
Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Douglas Iris Hybrids * Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris
Dragon Arum * Dracunculus vulgaris
Dragon Lily * Dracunculus vulgaris
Drege Spur Flower * Plectranthus ciliatus Drege
Durban Canna Lily * Canna Durban
Dwarf Lion's Tail * Leonotis menthifolia
Dwarf Mondo Grass * Ophiopogon japonicus nana
Dwarf New Zealand Flax * Phormium Jack Spratt
Dwarf Plumbago * Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Dwarf Shrimp Plant * Justicia Jambalaya
Dwarf Statice * Limonium minutum
Easter Egg Emu Bush * Eremophila racemosa
Elegant Clarkia * Clarkia unguiculata
Evergold Sedge * Carex oshimensis Evergold
Evergreen Currant * Ribes viburnifolium
Evergreen Mock Orange * Philadelphus mexicanus plena
Fairy Lantern * Calochortus albus
False Freesia * Anomatheca laxa, Lapierousia laxa, Freesia laxa
False Tillandsia * Aechmea recurvata var. recurvata
Fan Aloe * Aloe plicatilis
Fern Leaf Lavender * Lavandula multifida
Fiesta Flower * Pholistoma auritum
Fire and Ice Emu Bush * Eremophila glabra Fire and Ice
Fire on the Mountain * Euphorbia cyathophora
Fire Star Orchid * Epidendrum radicans
Firebush * Hamelia patens
Firecracker Plant * Cuphea ignea
Firecracker Plant * Russellia equisetiformis
Firecracker Flower * Justicia rizzinii
Firefly Coral Bells * Heuchera Firefly
Firespike * Odontonema strictum, Justicia coccinea
Firewheel Tree * Stenocarpus sinuatus
Fireworks Fountain Grass * Pennisetum Fireworks
Fish Hook Senecio * Senecio radicans
Five Spot * Nemophila maculata
Five Stamen Graptopetalum * Graptopetalum pentandrum
Flapjacks * Kalanchoe luciae
Flax Lily * Dianella tasmanica
Fleece Flower * Persicaria microcephala Red Dragon
Flower Dust Plant * Kalanchoe pumila
Flowering Inch Plant * Tradescantia bossfeldiana
Flowering Grass * Anomatheca laxa, Lapierousia laxa, Freesia laxa
Flowering Pomegranate * Punica granatum legrelliae
Foothill Shooting Star * Dodecatheon hendersonii
Forest Lily * Velthemia bracteata
Fortnight Lily * Dietes grandiflora
Four O'Clock * Mirabilis jalapa
Foxtail Fern * Asperagus densiflorus Myers
Fragrant Pitcher Sage * Lepichinia fragrans El Tigre
Francis Mason Abelia * Abelia grandiflora Francis Mason
Friendship Plant * Billbergia nutans
Fringe Flower * Loropetalum chinense
Fruit Salad Shrimp Plant * Justicia Fruit Salad
Fruit Scented Sage * Salvia dorisiana
Fuchsia Flowered Currant * Ribes speciosum
Ghost Plant * Graptopetalum paraguayense
Giant Bird of Paradise * Strelitzia nicolai
Giant Chain Fern * Woodwardia fimbriata
Giant Horsetail * Equisetum telmateia braunii
Glacier Lily * Erythronium grandiflorum
Glossy Abelia * Abelia grandiflora
Gold Angel's Trumpet Tree * Brugmansia Charles Grimaldi
Gold Backed Fern * Pentagramma triangularis
Golden Currant * Ribes aureum
Golden Sedum * Sedum adolphii Firestorm
Goldenstar * Bloomeria crocea
Goldfish Plant * Nemathanthus wettsteinii
Gollum Jade * Crassula ovata Gollum
Gray Honeybush * Melaleuca incana
Greenbark Ceanothus * Ceanothus spinosus
Grevillea paniculata * Spider Flower
Greyleaf Skullcap * Scutellaria siphocampyloides
Ground Morning Glory * Convolvulus sabatius
Ground Rooting Epidendrum * Epidendrum radicans
Hairy Stemmed Rhipsalis * Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Hartweg's Iris * Iris hartwegii
Heart Leaf Flame Pea * Chorizema cordatum
Heartleaf Geranium * Pelargonium cordifolium
Heartleaf Penstemon * Keckiella cordifolia
Heart Leafed Penstemon * Keckiella cordifolia
Hens and Chicks * Echeveria secunda
Hidalgo Stachys * Stachys albotomentosa Hidalgo
Holly Leaf Cherry * Prunus ilicifolia
Holly Leaved Hellebore * Helleborus argutifolius
Honey Bush * Melianthus major
Howard McMinn Manzanita * Arctostaphylos Howard McMinn
Hummingbird Bush * Justicia suberecta, Dicliptera suberecta
Hummingbird Sage * Salvia spathacea
Inch Plant * Tradescantia bossfeldiana
Indian Corn Cob * Euphorbia mammillaris variegata
Indian Paintbrush * Castilleja affinis
Indian Pink * Silene laciniata
Indigo Spires Sage * Salvia Indigo Spires
Island Alum Root * Heuchera maxima
Island Mallow * Lavatera purisima
Island Monkeyflower * Mimulus flemingii
Island Pitcher Sage * Lepichinia fragrans El Tigre
Island Snapdragon * Galvezia speciosa Firecracker
Jagged Lavender * Lavandula pinnata buchii
Jambalaya Shrimp Plant * Justicia Jambalaya
Japanese Anemone Alice * Semidouble Pink Japanese Anemone
Japanese Anemone Honorine Jobert * Single White Japanese Anemone
Japanese Anemone September Charm * Single Pink Japanese Anemone
Japanese Anemone Whirlwind * Double White Japanese Anemone
Japanese Holly Fern * Cyrtomium falcatum
Japanese Honeysuckle * Lonicera japonica
Japanese Sedge * Carex oshimensis Evergold
Japanese Variegated Sedge * Carex morrowii
Jelly Bean Dark Pink Monkeyflower * Mimulus Jelly Bean Dark Pink
Jelly Bean Orange Monkeyflower * Mimulus Jelly Bean Orange
Jenny Daffodil * Narcissus Jenny
Jerusalem Sage * Phlomis fruticosa
Jewel Leaf Plant * Graptopetalum amethystinum
Joyce Coulter California Lilac * Ceanothus Joyce Coulter
Jupiter's Beard * Centranthus ruber
Kaffir Lily * Clivia miniata
Kaleidoscope Abelia * Abelia grandiflora Kaleidoscope
Kassandra Coral Bells * Heuchera Kassandra
Kiwi Aeonium * Aeonium Kiwi
Knotweed * Persicaria microcephala Red Dragon
Lace Hydrangea * Hydrange serrata
Lambs Ears * Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet
Lance Leaf Live Forever * Dudleya lanceolata
Lantana Luscious Citrus Blend
Large Firecracker Plant * Cuphea David Verity
Lavender Chiffon Rose of Sharon * Hibiscus syriacus Lavender Chiffon
Lavender Pebbles * Graptopetalum amethystinum
Leadwort * Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Lemmon's Sage * Salvia lemmonii
Lemonade Berry * Rhus integrifolia
Lemon Swirl Variegated Lantana * Lantana variegata Lemon Swirl
Lenten Rose * Helleborus orientalis
Licorice Plant * Helichrysum petiolare
Limelight Licorice Plant * Helichrysum Limelight
Limelight Sage * Salvia mexicana Limelight
Lion's Tail * Leonotus leonurus
Lipstick Echeveria * Echeveria agavoides Lipstick
Little Kurrajong * Brachychiton bidwillii
Little Sur Manzanita * Arctostaphylos edmundsii Little Sur
Lobster Flower * Plectranthus neochilus
Lolly Bush * Clerodendrum floribundum
Louisiana Hybrid Iris Black Gamecock * Iris Black Gamecock
Madagascar Jasmine * Stephanotis floribunda
Madiera Geranium * Geranium maderense
Manzanita Howard McMinn * Arctostaphylos Howard McMinn
Maple Leaf Oak * Quercus kelloggii
Marble Queen Mirror Plant * Coprosma Marble Queen
Marvel of Peru * Mirabilis jalapa
Mat Rush * Lomandra longifolia
Mauve Clusters Fairy Fan Flower * Scaevola Mauve Clusters
Matilija Poppy * Romneya coulteri
Max Frei Soapwort * Saponaria lemergii Max Frei
Mexican Orange Blossom * Choysia ternata
Mexican Oregano * Poliomintha longiflora
Mexican Petunia * Ruellia brittoniana
Mexican Pitcher Sage * Lepechinia hastata
Mexican Plume * Justicia fulvicoma
Mexican Sage * Salvia mexicana Limelight
Mickey Mouse Plant * Ochna serrulata
Minerva Rose of Sharon * Hibiscus syriacus Minerva
Mona Lavender Spur Flower * Plectranthus Mona Lavender
Monkeyflower Georgie Red * Mimulus Georgie Red
Monkeyflower Jack * Mimulus Jack
Monkeyflower Midnight * Mimulus Midnight
Monkeyflower Ruby Silver * Mimulus Ruby Silver
Moonchimes Abutalon * Abutalon Moonchimes
Moonraker Cape Fuchsia * Phygelius Moonraker
Moonstones Succulent * Pachyphytum oviferum
Mosquito Bills * Dodecatheon hendersonii
Mountain Hydrangea * Hydrangea serrata
Mountain Mahogany * Cercocarpus betuliodes
Mountain Mint * Monardella odoratissima
Mugwort * Artemisia douglasiana
Mugwort * Artemisia vulgaris
Mullein * Verbascum Southern Charm
Mustang Mint * Monardella lanceolata
Narrow Leaved Bedstraw * Galium angustifolia
Natal Bottlebrush * Greyia Sutherlandii
Necklace Plant * Senecio radicans
Necklace Vine * Crassula perforata variegata
Nettle Leaved Mullein * Verbascum chaixii album
Nevin's Barberry * Berberis nevinii, Mahonia nevinii
Night Blooming Jasmine * Cestrum nocturnum
Night Lights Lemon Firecracker Plant * Russellia Night Lights Lemon
Noel's Grevillea * Grevillea noellii
Oak Leaf Hydrangea * Hydrangea quercifolia
Oak Leaf Hydrangea Alison * Hydrangea quercifolia Alison
Oak Leaf Hydrangea Sikes Dwarf * Hydrangea quercifolia Sikes Dwarf
Oakleaf Geranium * Pelargonium quercifolium
Oaxaca Red Sage * Salvia adenophora
One Leaf Cape Tulip * Homeria flaccida, Morea flaccida
Orange Bells * Tecoma smithii
Orange Ice Plant * Lampranthus aureus Orange Form
Orange Jessamine * Cestrum aurantiacum
Orange Justicia * Justicia leonardii
Orchid Vine * Bauhinia corymbosa
Ortega Beauty Chaparral Currant * Ribes malvaceum Ortega Beauty
Pacific Blackberry * Rubus ursinus
Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris Dorothea's Ruby * Iris Dorothea's Ruby
Pacific Wax Myrtle * Myrica californica
Paddle Plant * Kalanchoe luciae
Padre's Shooting Star * Dodecatheon clevelandii
Painted Leaf * Euphorbia cyathophora
Palace Purple Coral Bells * Heuchera Palace Purple
Palestine Lily * Arum palaestinum
Palmer's Penstemon * Penstemon palmeri
Panda Plant * Kalanchoe tomentosa
Paperwhite Jonquil * Narcissus Paperwhite
Peach Sage * Salvia dorisiana
Pearl Bluebush * Maireana sedifolia
Peppermint Scented Geranium * Pelargonium tomentosum
Perennial Bachelor's Button * Centarurea montana
Persian Lilac * Melea azedarach
Peruvian Lily * Scilla peruviana
Pewter Bush * Strobilanthes gossypina
Phanera * Bauhinia corymbosa
Pineapple Lily * Eucomis bicolor
Pink Alumroot * Heuchera rubescens Yosemite
Pink Buckwheat * Eriogonum grande rubescens
Pink Cat's Whiskers * Ocimum labiatum, Orthosiphon labiatum
Pink Cedros Island Verbena * Verbena lilacina Paseo Rancho
Pink Dusty Miller * Centaurea gymnocarpa
Pink Powderpuff Bush * Calliandra haematocephala
Pink Pearl Grevillea * Grevillea Pink Pearl
Pink Sage * Ocimum labiatum, Orthosiphon labiatum
Pink Sensation Cape Fuchsia * Phygelius Pink Sensation
Pink Star Crowea * Crowea Pink Star
Pink Stripe Flax * Phormium Pink Stripe
Pipestems * Clematis lasiantha
Pride of Madiera * Echium candicans
Pina Colada Mirror Plant * Coprosma Pina Colada
Pink Escallonia * Escallonia fradesii
Pitcher Sage * Lepechinia hastata
Portuguese Squill * Scilla peruviana
Prince Henry Japanese Anemone * Anemone hupehensis Prince Henry, Double Pink Windflower
Purple Haze California Aster, Purple Haze Pacific Aster * Aster chilensis Purple Haze
Purple Shamrock * Oxalis triangularis
Purple Wandering Jew * Tradescantia pallida Purple Heart
Purple Wings * Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
Pussy Ears * Kalanchoe tomentosa
Queen Emma's Purple Crinum * Crinum procerum splendens
Queen's Tears * Billbergia nutans
Rainbow Orchid * Epidendrum radicans
Rainbow Surprise Mirror Plant * Coprosma Rainbow Surprise
Red Angel's Trumpet * Iochroma fuchsioides
Red Beauty Holly * Ilex Red Beauty
Red Berry * Rhamnus crocea
Red Buckwheat * Eriogonum grande rubescens
Red Bush Monkeyflower * Mimulus puniceus
Red Cestrum * Cestrum newellii
Red Dragon Fleece Flower * Persicaria microcephala Red Dragon
Red Fountain Grass * Pennisetum setaceum rubrum
Red Lion Amyrillis * Hippeastrum Red Lion
Red Pencil Tree * Euphorbia tirucalli Sticks on Fire
Red Valerian * Centranthus ruber
Red Velvet Sage * Salvia confertiflora
Red White Amaryllus * Hippeastrum Red White
Red Japanese Barberry * Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea
Redheart California Lilac * Ceanothus spinosus
Reed Stem Epidendrum * Epidendrum radicans
Reeves Spiraea * Spiraea cantoniensis
Renard's Geranium * Geranium renardii
Rocky Point Blue Eyed Grass * Sisyrinchium bellum Rocky Point
Rosada Coral Bells * Heuchera Rosada
Rose Geranium * Pelargonium graveolens
Rose Glorybower * Clerodendrum bungei
Rose of Sharon Jeanne D'Arc, Lavender Chiffon
Rose Root Stonecrop * Sedum rosea, Rhodiola rosea
Rose Scented Geranium * Pelargonium capitatum Attar of Roses
Round Leaf Tea Tree * Leptospermum rotundifolium
Royal Grevillea * Grevillea victoriae
Royal Paintbrush * Scadoxus puniceus Magnificus
Royal Peacock Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris * Iris douglasiana Royal Peacock
Roy's Red Mirror Plant * Coprosma Roy's Red
Ruby Clusters Grevillea * Grevillea Ruby Clusters
Rue * Ruta graveolens
Running Postman Vine * Kennedia prostrata
Sago Palm * Cycas revoluta
San Clemente Bush Mallow * Malacothamnus clementinus
Sand Dune Wallflower * Erysimum capitatum
Sandpaper Verbena * Verbena rigida
Scarlet Keckiella * Keckiella ternata
Scarlet Sprite Grevillea * Grevillea Scarlet Sprite
Santa Ana Cardinal Coral Bells * Heuchera Santa Ana Cardinal
Sea Lavender * Limonium perezii
Sea Lettuce * Dudleya caespitosa
Sea Squill * Drimia maritima, Urginea maritima
Seaside Daisy Bountiful * Erigeron glaucus Bountiful
Seaside Daisy Sea Breeze * Erigeron glaucus Sea Breeze
Seaside Daisy Wayne Roderick * Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick
Seven-up Plant * Stachys albotomentosa Hidalgo
Shell Bush * Ocimum labiatum, Orthosiphon labiatum
Shell Pink Dead Nettle * Lamium Shell Pink
Short Leaved Aloe * Aloe brevifolia
Sierra Iris * Iris hartwegii
Sikes Dwarf Hydrangea * Hydrangea quercifolia Sikes Dwarf
Silver Dichondra * Dichondra argentea
Silver Dragon Lily Turf * Lirope Silver Dragon
Silver Spear * Astelia chathamica
Silver Spur Flower * Plectranthus argentatus
Sky Flower * Duranta erecta
Sleeping Mallow * Malvaviscus arboreus
Sleepy Hibiscus * Malvaviscus arboreus
Snapdragon Penstemon * Keckiella antirrhinoides
Society Garlic * Tulbaghia violacea
Southern Shrub Monkeyflower * Diplacus longiflorus
Spanish Bellflower * Campanula primulifolia
Spanish Bluebell * Scilla hispanica, Hyacinthoides hispanica
Spice Bush * Calycanthus occidentalis
Spiny Headed Mat Rush * Lomandra Longifolia
Spotted Dead Nettle * Lamium Shell Pink
Spreading Larkspur * Delphinium patens
Spring Star Flower * Ipheon uniflorum
Springtime Indian Hawthorn * Raphiolepsis Springtime
Starfish Flower * Stapelia grandiflora
Statice * Limonium perezii
Sticky Cinquefoil * Potentilla glandulosa, Drymocallis glandulosa
Sticky Monkeyflower * Mimulus aurantiacus, Diplacus aurantiacus
Stinging Nettles * Urtica dioica gracilis
Stink Lily * Dracunculus vulgaris
Stone Aloe * Aloe petricola
String of Bananas * Senecio radicans
String of Buttons * Crassula perforata
Sugar Bush * Rhus ovata
Summer Bush Penstemon * Keckiella ternata
Summer Snapdragon * Angelonia angustifolia
Sunrise Cabbage Palm * Cordyline Sunrise
Swamp Lily * Crinum powellii album
Sweet Garlic * Tulbaghia fragrans
Sweet Pea Shrub * Polygala dalmaisiana
Sycamore * Platanus racemosa
Tas Red Flax Lily * Dianella Tas Red
Tea of Heaven * Hydrangea serrata
Tiger Grass * Thysanolaena maxima
Toad Lily * Tricyrtis hirta
Torch Aloe * Aloe arborescens
Tower of Jewels * Echium wildpretii
Toyon * Heteromoles arbutifolia
Tree Mallow * Lavatera assurgentiflora
Trifoliate Barberry * Mahonia trifoliolata, Berberis trifoliolata
Tropical Hydrangea * Dombeya wallichii
Tropicanna Black Canna * Canna Lilly Tropicanna Black
Trumpet Creeper * Campsis radicans
Trumpet Daffodil * Narcissus King Alfred
Turk's Cap * Malvaviscus arboreus
Two Row Stonecrop * Sedum spurium Tricolor
Variegated Indian Corn Cob * Euphorbia mammillaris variegata
Variegated Japanese Sedge * Carex oshimensis Evergold
Variegated Myrtle * Myrtus communis variegata
Variegated Shell Ginger * Alpinia zerumbet variegata
Variegated Stonecrop * Sedum spurium Tricolor
Velvet Elephant Ear * Kalanchoe beharensis
Violet Queen Hens and Chicks * Echeveria Violet Queen
Virgin's Bower Vine * Clematis ligusticifolia
Vine Hill Manzanita * Arctostaphylos Howard McMinn
Voodoo Lily * Dracunculus vulgaris
Walking Iris * Neomarica caerulea
Wax Mallow * Malvaviscus arboreus
Wax Vine * Hoya carnosa
Weeping Butterfly Bush * Buddleia lindleyana
Wendy Coral Bells * Heuchera Wendy
Western Wallflower * Erysimum capitatum
White Lights Seaside Daisy * Erigeron glaucus White Lights
Wild Freesia * Freesia alba
Wild Rye * Elymus condensatus
White Lion's Tail * Leonotis leonurus alba
White Pitcher Sage * Lepechinia calycina
White Powderpuff Bush * Calliandra haematocephala alba
White Society Garlic * Tulbaghia violacea Savannah Lightening
White Striped Flax Lily * Dianella tasmanica variegata
White Trumpet Tree * Brugmansia Betty Marshall
White Trumpet Tree * Brugmansia candida
White Wings Grevillea * Grevillea White Wings
Wickerware Cactus * Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Windflower Alice * Semidouble Pink Japanese Anemone
Windflower Honorine Jobert * Single White Japanese Anemone
Windflower September Charm * Single Pink Japanese Anemone
Windflower Whirlwind * Double White Japanese Anemone
Winter Blooming Bergenia * Bergenia crassifolia
Wishbone Bush * Mirabilis californica, Mirabilis laevis crassifolia
Witch Hazel * Loropetalum chinense
Witch Hazel Blush * Loropetalum chinense Blush
Witch Hazel Burgundy * Loropetalum chinense Burgundy
Woodbalm * Lepechinia calycina
Wood Hyacinth * Scilla hispanica * Hyacinthoides hispanica
Wood Spurge * Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae
Woodland Clarkia * Clarkia unguiculata
Woodland Sage * Salvia nemerosa
Woolly Butterfly Bush * Buddleia marrubifolia
Yankee Point California Lilac * Ceanothus Yankee Point
Yawning Penstemon * Keckiella breviflora
Yellow Abutalon * Abutalon Moonchimes
Yellow Avalanche Lily * Erythronium grandiflorum
Yellow Bush Penstemon * Keckiella antirrhinoides
Yellow Cape Fuchsia * Phygelius Moonraker
Dalea lutea * Yellow Dalea
Yellow Firecracker Plant * Russellia Night Lights Lemon
Yellow Stem Bush Mallow * Malacothamnus densiflorus
Yellow Wild Iris * Dietes bicolor
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow * Brunfelsia uniflora
Yosemite Alumroot * Heuchera rubescens Yosemite
Zigzag Larkspur * Delphinium patens

Drought Tolerant Shade Plants Latin Names