Firewise Landscape Plants

For High Fire Hazard Zone Landscapes
Yuba, Nevada and Placer Firesafe Council

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 *Indicates drought resistant plants

Herbaceous Perennials   
 *Achillea x ‘Moonshine’
*Achillea millefolium ‘Lavender Deb’
Agapanthus africanus
Agapanthus africanus ‘Peter Pan’
Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Headbourne Hybrids’
Alstromeria x ‘Little Eleanor’
Armeria alliacea
Armeria maritima ‘Bloodstone’
Armeria maritima ‘Cotton Tail’
Armeria setacea
*Artemisia californica ‘Canyon Grey’
*Artemisia x ‘Silver Brocade’
Aster novi-belgii ‘Professor Kippenburg’
*Asteriscus maritimus ‘Compact Gold Coin’
Coreopsis lanceolata
Echeveria imbricata
*Eachscholzia californica
Festuca glauca
*Convolvulus mauritanicus
Geranium x cantabrigense ‘Biokovo’
Geranium cuinereum var. subcaulescense
Geranium x ‘Johnson’s Blue’
Geranium x ‘Pink Spice’
Geranium sanguineum
Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’
Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’
*Guara lindheimeri
*Helianthemum nummalarium
Hemerocallis dwarf hybrids
Heuchera x brizoides ‘Firefly’
Heuchera maxima
Heuchera maxima ‘Palace Purple’
Hosta spp.
Iris innominata
Iris pumila
Liriope muscari ‘Lilac Beauty’
Liriope muscari ‘Silvery Sunproof’
Liriope muscari ‘White’
Liriope spicata ‘Silver Dragon’
*Oenothera berlandieri
Ophiopogon japonicus
Ophiopogon japonicus
Pachysandra terminalis ‘Green Sheen’
*Penstemon heterophyllus
Phlox divericata ‘Louisiana’
Phlox stolonifera ‘Pink Ridge’
Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’
Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’
Phlox subulata ‘Red Wings’
*Salvia nemorosa ‘East Friesland’
*Salvia sonomensis
*Santolina chamaecyparissus
Sedum spurium ‘Bronze Carpet’
Sedum spurium ‘Red Carpet’
Sedum x ‘Vera Jameson’
Stachys byzantina
Tulbaghia violacea
Thymus vulgaris
Verbena peruviana hybrids
Verbena tenuisecta
Tulbaghia violacea ‘Tricolor’
Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’ Variety’
Vinca minor ‘Green Carpet’
Vinca minor ‘Jekyll’s White’
Vinca minor ‘Variegata’
*Zauschneria californica
Moonshine Fernleaf Yarrow
Lavender Deb Yarrow
Lily of the Nile
Dwarf Lily of the Nile
Bell Agapanthus
Little Eleanor Dwarf Peruvian Lily
Sea Pink
Bloodstone Thrift
Cotton Tail Thrift
Thrift
California Sagebrusyh
Seashore Artemisia
Professor Kippenberg Dwarf Aster
Compact Gold Coin Daisy
Coreopsis
Hens and Chicks
California Poppy
Blue Fescue
Ground Morning Glory
Biokovo Cranesbill
Black Eye Magenta Cranesbill
Johnsons Blue Cranesbil
Pink Spice Cranesbill
Bloody Cranesbill
White Cranesbill
Striped Bloody Cranesbill
Guara
Sun Rose
Miniature Daylilies
Firefly Coral Bells
Island Alum Root
Palace Purple Coral Bells
All hostas.
Woodland Iris
Miniature Bearded Iris
Lilac Beauty Lilyturf
Silvery Sunproof Lilyturf
White Lilyturf
Silver Dragon Lilyturf
Mexican Evening Primrose
Mondo Grass
Dwarf Mondo Grass
Japanese Spurge
Foothill Penstemon
Sweet William Phlox
Pink Ridge Creeping Phlox
Candy Stripe Creeping Phlox
Emerald Blue Creping Phlox
Red Wings Creeping Phlox
Fast Friesland Sage
Creeping Sage
Lavender Cotton
Bronze Carpet Stonecrop
Red Carpet Stonecrop
Vera Jameson Sedum
Lamb’s Ear
Society Garlic
Common Thyme
Creeping Verbena
Moss Verbena
Tricolor Society Garlic
Wine Periwinkle
Bowles’ Common Periwinkle
Green Carpet Common Periwinkle
Jekyll’s White Periwindle
Variegated Common Periwinkle
California Fuschsia

Herbaceous Perennials  
 
*Arctostaphylos hookeri
*Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Vancouver Jade’
*Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Wood’s Compact’
*Baccharis pilularis ‘Twin Peaks’
Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’
Berberis thunbergii ‘Kobold’
Carissa macrocarpa ‘Tomlinson’
*Ceanothus griseus horizontalis
*Cistus x ‘Brilliancy’/’Sunset’
*Cistus salvifolius
Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Moner’
Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’
Cotoneaster dammer ‘Eichholz’
Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Streibs Findling’
Cotoneaster horizontalis perpusillus
Cotoneaster microphyllus thymifolius
Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus’
Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus Varieg.’
Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’
Gardenia jasminoides ‘White Gem’
Gaultheria shallon
*Lavandula multifida
*Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’
Nandina domestica ‘Harbour Dwarf’
Nandina domestica ‘Wood’s Dwarf’
*Pittosporum tobira ‘Shima’
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Monsidh’
*Rosmarinus officinalis
*Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’
Monterey Manzanita
Vancouver Jade Kinnikinick
Wood’s Compact Kinnikinick
Dwarf Coyote Bush
Crimson Pygmy Dwarf Barberry
Kobold Japanese Barberry
Tomlinson Natal Plum
Carmel Creeper California Lilac
Brilliancy Rockrose
Sageleaf Rockrose
Canadian Creeper Cotoneaster
Coral Beauty Cotoneaster
eicholz Cotoneaster
Streibs Findling Cotoneaster
Ground Cotoneaster
thyme Rockspray Cotoneaster
Purpleleaaf Euonymus
Boxleaf Euonymus
Variegated Boxleaf Euonymus
Miniature Gardenia
White Gem Gardenia
Lemon Leaf, Sallal
Fern-leaf Lavender
Otto Quast Lavender
Harbour Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo
Wood’s Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo
Cream de Mint Dwarf Mock Orange
Frosty Potentilla
Huntington Carpet Rosemary
Creeping Rosemary

Avoid: Ornamental grasses and large coniferous shrubs such as upright junipers. This list was compiled by Maureen Gilmer, author of California Wildfire Landscaping. More information on wildfire, plants and your homesite at: www.moplants.com