.TL .nf SHADE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS FOR THE EAST BAY .SH SHADE TOLERANT (Full Shade) .TS l l l l. Ground Covers: Winter-blooming Bergenia B. crassifolia 12-18" rose, lilac + Strawberry Geranium Saxifraga stolonifera 8"-2 ft white Bear's Breech Acanthus mollis 3-4 ft white Sweet Woodruff Gallium odoratum 6-12" white Japanese Pachysandra P. terminalis 6-10" white Australian Violet Viola hederacea 3-6" violet Kenilworth Ivy Cymbalaria muralis 4" violet Boston Ivy Serbian Bellflower Companula poscharskyana 12-18" violet Carpet Bugle Ajuga reptans 3-6" blue-purp Evergreen Clematis C. armandii white Spanish Shawl Heterocentron elegans 2-4" magenta Trailing Fuchsia F. procumbens 6-12" yellow Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia 2-4" Pratia P. angulata 2-6" white Blue Star Creeper Laurentia fluviatilis 2-3" blue Baby Tears Soleirolia soleirolii 2-6" Corsican Mint Mentha requienii 1" Asparagus Fern A. setaceus 10-20 ft Mediterranean Heather Erica carnea 16-24" pink Big Blue Lily Turf Liriope muscari 12-18" purple Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus 6-12" (Mexican Sedum S. confusum) (Rock Cotoneaster C. horizontalis) (Bearberry Cotoneaster C. dammeri) (Rockspray Cotoneaster C. microphyllus) (Passion Flower Vine can have bottom in shade) Native Ground Covers: Salal Gaultheria shallon 16"(sun), 16 ft(shade) white Yerba Buena Satureja douglasii 6" Vancouveria 6"-2 ft white Redwood Sorrel Oxalis oregana 2-10" pink, white Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum 10-12" Flowering Plants: Natal Lily Clivia miniata 18" orange Foxglove Digitalis purpurea 4 ft many Columbine Aquilegia sp. Cineraria Senecio stellata 2-4 ft many ?Cyclamen Primrose Primula Impatiens Begonia Pansy Viola x wittrockiana Viola Viola cornuta Johnny-Jump-Up Viola tricolor Alum Root/Coral Bells Heuchera sanguinea 2 ft many Native Flowering Plants: Alum Root Heuchera micrantha 2-3 ft white Shrubs: Sarcococca S. confusa 3-4 ft fragrant Boxleaf Azara A. microphylla 12-18 ft fragrant Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica 5-12 ft (messy berries) African Linden Sparmannia africana 10-20 ft white + yel/or/red Tree Ferns 8-20 ft Philodendron P. selloum 6-8 ft Sago Palm Cycas revoluta 2-3 ft Holly-leaf Osmanthus O. heterophyllus 10-20 ft fragrant Delavay Osmanthus O. delavayi 4-6 ft wh + fragrant Mahonias 10-12 ft yel + purp berries Turk's Cap Malvaviscus arboreus 5-10 ft scarlet Box Honeysuckle Lonicera nitida 4-6 ft fragrant Native Shrubs: Giant Chain Fern Woodwardia fimbriata 9 ft Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina 6 ft Five-Fingered Fern Adiantum pedatum 2 ft (Bracken Fern) .TE .SH DROUGHT TOLERANT .TS l l l l. Ground Covers: Dwarf Coreopsis C. auriculata `Nana' 6" yel-or Gazania 6-10" yellow Lilac Vine Hardenbergia comptoniana 2 ft violet Primrose Jasmine Jasminum mesnyi yellow Potato Vine Solanum jasminoides white Plumbago P. auriculata 6 ft blue Mexican Sage Salvia leucantha 2-4 ft purple Trailing Lantana L. monevidensis 2-3 ft lilac Red Groundcover Verbena V. peruviana 6-8" red Ground Morning Glory Convolvulus sabatius 1-2 ft lavender Lippia Phyla nodiflora 1-4" pink Woolly Thyme Thymus lanuginosis 2-3" pink Creeping Coprosma C. kirkii 2-3 ft white Australian Bluebell Creeper Sollya hereophylla 2-3 ft blue `Pink Cascade' Leptospermum scoparium 1 ft pink Dwarf Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis `Prostratus' 18"-2 ft Woolly Grevilla G. lanigera 3-6 ft Lavender Cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus 1-2 ft yellow Ground Cover Junipers (Pfitzer, Dwarf Japanese, Shore) Grnd Cvr Geranium G. incanum 8-12" purple Lily-of-the-Nile Agapanthus orientalis 2-3 ft blue Blue Fescue Festuca ovina glauca 6-12" (Ivy Geranium-Pelargonium) (Cape Weed-Arctotheca) (Trailing African Daisy-Osteospermum) (Ice Plants) Native Ground Covers: Monterrey Manzanita Arctostaphylus hookeri 2-4 ft white Little Sur Manzanita Arctostaphylos edmundsii 1 ft pink Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 6-12" white Pt. Reyes Creeper Ceanothus gloriosus 12-20" blue-purp Sand Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis 6-10" white Dwarf Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis 2 ft Sandhill Sagebrush Artemisia pycnocephala 1-2 ft cream California Sagebrush Artemisia californica 5 ft yellow Flowering Plants: Iris Chasmanthe floribunda 3-4 ft orange Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 3-4 ft orange Watsonia W. pyramidata 2-6 ft many Harlequin Flower Sparaxis tricolor 1 ft yel+burg African Cornlily Ixia maculata 2 ft many Fortnight Lily Dietes vegeta 4 ft white Naked Lady Amaryllis belladonna 2 1/2 ft pink Red Hot Poker Plant Kniphofia uvaria 4-6 ft or, yel Anemone A. coronaria 18" many Love-in-a-Mist Nigella sativa 1-2 ft many Nierembergia Basket of Gold Aurinia saxatilis 10-12" yellow Rock Cress Arabis 4-16" white+cvs Gayfeather Liatris spicata 2 ft purple+ Yarrow Achillea sp. 4 ft many Bachelor's Button Centaurea cyanus 1-2 ft many Dusty Miller Centauria cineraria 1-3 ft yel, purp Cosmos C. bipinnatus 2-8 ft many Strawflower Helichrysum bracteatum 1 ft+ many Coreopsis Coreopsis sp. 2 ft yellow Blanket Flower Gaillardia x grandiflora 2-4 ft yel, or, red ?Transvaal Daisy Gerbera Marigold Tagetes erecta 1-4 ft yel, or Statice Limonium sinuatum 2 1/2t many Sea Lavender Limonium perezii 3 ft blue Verbena 6-12" many Red Valerian Centranthus ruber 12-40" pink, rose+ (Crown-Pink Lychnis coronaria) Native Flowering Plants: Calif. Fuchsia Zauschneria californica 2 ft red Calif. Poppy golden Lupine purple Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla 3-6 ft purple Sonoma Sage Salvia sonomensis 3-6-16" blue-purp Monkey Flower Diplacus aurantiacus 3-4 ft golden Woolly Blue-Curls Trichostema lanatum 3-5 ft purple Blue-eyed Grass Sisyinchium bellum 12-16" blue-purp Shrubs: (Too numerous to list) !Pride of Madeira Echium fastuosum !Lavenders Native Shrubs: (Many) .TE .SH SHADE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT ("Dry Shade") .TS l l l l. Ground Covers: Maiden's Wreath Francoa ramosa 1-2 ft white Natal Plum Carissa macrocarpa 18"-2 ft white Creeping Fig Ficus pumila 2 ft Chocolate Vine Akebia quinata 3 ft purplish Rose Carpet Knotweed Polygonum capitatum 5-8" pink Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides 18"-2 ft white Caroline Jasmine Gelsemium sempervirens 3 ft yellow Periwinkle Vinca minor 4-8" lilac Fleabane Erigeron karvinskiana 10-20" pink Native Ground Covers: Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus 1 ft violet Flowering Plants: Spring Snowflake Leucojum aestivum 18" white Narcissus Spanish Bluebell Endymion hispanicus 20" blue+cvs Garden Penstemon P. gloxinoides 2-3 ft many Hellebore(s) ?Nierembergia Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima 3-4" white+cvs English Daisy Bellis perennis 4-6" many Geranium Pelargonium sp. Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis 1-3 ft rose Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus 8-15" or, cream, red+ Native Flowering Plants: Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa 12-18" pink-rose Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana 18"-2 ft violet+ Shrubs: Japanese Aucuba A. japonica 6-10 ft Native Shrubs: Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum 4 ft California Ground Fern Polypodium californicum 18" Wood Fern Dryopteris arguta .TE .bp .SH TOLERANT OF PART SHADE, SOME DROUGHT: .TS l l l l. Ground Covers: Creeping St. Johnswort Hypericum calycinum 12-18" yellow Lady Banks' Rose Rosa banksiae 15 ft white, yellow Crane's Bill Erodium chamaedryoides 3-6" white Flowering Plants: Grape Hyacinth Muscari armeniacum 12-18" purple Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum 2 ft white Arab's Eye Ornithogalum arabicum 2 ft white Per. Candytuft Iberis sempervirens 8-12" white Globe Candytuft Iberis umbellata 16" many Blister Cress Erysimum hieraciifolium 2" yel,cream Wallflower Cheiranthus cheiri 1-2 1/2 ft many Iceland Poppy Native Flowering Plants: Calif Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum 2-3 ft pinkish Shrubs: Mickey Mouse Plant Ochna serrulata 4-8 ft yellow Flowering Maple Abutilon megapotamicum 4 ft red+yellow Gamolepis chrysanthemoides 4-6 ft yellow Euryops pectinatus Myrtle Nandina Bird of Paradise Shrub Hypericum H. beanii 2-4 ft yellow New Zealand Tea Tree Leptospermum scoparium 8-20 ft pink Rhaphiolepis Holly Ilex Pyracantha Cordyline stricta Native Shrubs: ?Erysimum purp-violet .TE