Santa Clara Valley Liveforever

Dudleya abramsii ssp. setchellii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Canyon Dudleya

Dudleya cymosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 6 in tall , 4 - 6 in wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Orange, Red, Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Greene's Liveforever

Dudleya greenei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Chalk Dudleya

Dudleya pulverulenta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 12 in tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Orange, Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Panamint Dudleya

Dudleya saxosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 10 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green, Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Variegated Dudleya

Dudleya variegata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Succulent
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

White False Tickhead

Eatonella nivea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:

Calico Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 3 - 24 in tall , 4 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Three Spine Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus mojavensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Red, Orange, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Ear Drops

Ehrendorferia chrysantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Chilean Waterwort

Elatine chilensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

California Bottle Brush Grass

Elymus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Great Basin Wild Rye

Elymus cinereus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Giant Wildrye

Elymus condensatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 2 - 8 ft wide
Form: Fountain, Weeping
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Canyon Prince Wild Rye

Elymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Clumping, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Gaviota Gray Giant Wild Rye

Elymus condensatus 'Gaviota Gray'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Clumping, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bottlebrush Squirreltail

Elymus elymoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Blue Wildrye

Elymus glaucus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall , 1 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Western Rye Grass

Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Blue Wildrye

Elymus glaucus ssp. virescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Thickspike Wheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Streambank Wheatgrass

Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Big Squirreltail

Elymus multisetus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Flower Color: Brown, Green, Purple
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

False Wheatgrass

Elymus spicatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Creeping Wild Rye

Elymus triticoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 4 ft tall
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Grey Dawn Creeping Wild Rye

Elymus triticoides 'Grey Dawn'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Western Rue-anemone

Enemion occidentale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Lavender
Wildlife supported:

Siskiyou Rue-anemone

Enemion stipitatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:

Mountain Ephedra

Ephedra viridis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Panicled Willow Herb

Epilobium brachycarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 84 in tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Smooth Boisduvalia

Epilobium campestre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 22 in tall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 18 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Everett's Choice California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Everett's Choice'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Red
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Marin Pink California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Marin Pink'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sierra Salmon California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Northern Willow Herb

Epilobium ciliatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Selfing Willowherb

Epilobium cleistogamum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 6 - 13 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Denseflower Willowherb

Epilobium densiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Little Willowherb

Epilobium minutum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Largeflower Spike-primrose

Epilobium pallidum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Torrey's Willowherb

Epilobium torreyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
Hummingbirds
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Stream Orchid

Epipactis gigantea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 in wide
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Purple, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Serpentine Night Stream Orchid

Epipactis gigantea 'Serpentine Night'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Common Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 2 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Scouring Rush Horsetail

Equisetum hyemale

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Scouring Rush Horsetail

Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Horsetail

Equisetum laevigatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Giant Horsetail

Equisetum telmateia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Fern
Size: 1 - 5 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Giant Horsetail

Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Parry's Mallow

Eremalche parryi ssp. parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Prickly Sandwort

Eremogone aculeata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Ballhead Sandwort

Eremogone congesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Red
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Eremogone macradenia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:

Booth's Evening Primrose

Eremothera boothii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Red
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Long-capsule Suncup

Eremothera chamaenerioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: White, Red
Wildlife supported:

Shrubby Eriastrum

Eriastrum densifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: Purple, Lavender
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast