
Queen Victoria agave
Agave victoriae-reginae
Agave victoriae-reginae

Ponytail palm
Beaucarnia recurvata
Beaucarnia recurvata

Dragon tree
Dracaena draco
Dracaena draco

Small cape rush
Chondropetalum tectorum
Chondropetalum tectorum

Afterglow echeveria
Echeveria 'Afterglow'
Echeveria 'Afterglow'

Pink ice plant
Lampranthus deltoides
Lampranthus deltoides

Haworth aeonium
Aeonium haworthii
Aeonium haworthii

Desert spoon
Dasylirion wheeleri
Dasylirion wheeleri

Spider agave
Agave bracteosa
Agave bracteosa

Fan aloe
Aloe plicatilis
Aloe plicatilis

Leather leaf sedge
Carex buchananii
Carex buchananii

Afterglow echeveria
Echeveria 'Afterglow'
Echeveria 'Afterglow'
Description
The plants included on this list are among the many choices that can grow will relatively little assistance or care after they are established. Such plants benefit from monthly inspections to remove competing weeds, accumulation of thatch, old flower stalks and general clean up of excessive leaf litter and growth. This monthly grooming should be supplemented with quarterly deep cleaning, trimming and refreshing the surface mulch. This type of maintenance regimen still involves commitment and work, and hopefully an appreciation and sense of satisfaction for helping plants succeed.
Plant List

Blue hesper palm
Botanical Name: Brahea armataPlant Type: Palm
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 30 ft. - 40 ft. Width: 15 ft. - 20 ft.

Candelabra tree
Botanical Name: Euphorbia ingensPlant Type: Tree
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 15 ft. - 25 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 15 ft.

Dragon tree
Botanical Name: Dracaena dracoPlant Type: Tree
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 25 ft. Width: 25 ft.

Mediterranean fan palm
Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilisPlant Type: Palm
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 10 ft. - 20 ft. Width: 10 ft. - 20 ft.

Ponytail palm
Botanical Name: Beaucarnia recurvataPlant Type: Tree
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 12 ft. - 25 ft. Width: 10 ft. - 15 ft.
Shrubs

Apache plume
Botanical Name: Fallugia paradoxaPlant Type: Shrub
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 4 ft. - 5 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 5 ft.

Ashyleaf buckwheat
Botanical Name: Eriogonum cinereumPlant Type: Shrub, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 4 ft. - 5 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 6 ft.

Cliff buckwheat
Botanical Name: Eriogonum parvifoliumPlant Type: Shrub
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 2 ft. Width: 3 ft.

Coyote brush
Botanical Name: Baccharis pilularisPlant Type: Shrub, Native
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 12 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 12 ft.

Hayes iva, Poverty weed
Botanical Name: Iva hayesianaPlant Type: Shrub, Ground cover, Native
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 5 ft.

Moonlight grevillea
Botanical Name: Grevillea 'Moonlight'Plant Type: Shrub
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 5 ft. - 6 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 7 ft.

Santa Cruz Island buckwheat
Botanical Name: Eriogonum arborescensPlant Type: Shrub, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 6 ft.

Western mountain mahogany
Botanical Name: Cercocarpus betuloidesPlant Type: Shrub, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 10 ft. - 15 ft. Width: 10 ft. - 15 ft.
Perennials and Grasses

Berkeley sedge
Botanical Name: Carex tumulicolaPlant Type: Grass, Sedge
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 1 ft. - 1.5 ft. Width: 1.5 ft. - 3 ft.

Blanket flower
Botanical Name: Gaillardia x grandifloraPlant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 15 in. - 24 in. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

California gray rush
Botanical Name: Juncus patensPlant Type: Grass, Rush, Native
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 18 in. - 24 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in.

California meadow sedge
Botanical Name: Carex pansaPlant Type: Ground cover, Grass, Sedge, Native
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 8 in. - 10 in. Width: 12 in. - 24 in.

Common yarrow + cvs
Botanical Name: Achillea millefoliumPlant Type: Ground cover, Perennial, Native
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 18 in. - 30 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in. then slowly spreading

Desert Marigold
Botanical Name: Baileya multiradiataPlant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 18 in. Width: 24 in. - 30 in.

Dwarf flax lily
Botanical Name: Dianella revoluta 'Little Rev'Plant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 18 in. - 24 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in.

Jack Sprat dwarf flax
Botanical Name: Phormium 'Jack Sprat'Plant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 18 in. Width: 18 in.

Leather leaf sedge
Botanical Name: Carex buchananiiPlant Type: Grass, Sedge
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

New Zealand flax
Botanical Name: Phormium 'Guardsman'Plant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 5 ft. - 7 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 5 ft.

Orange sedge
Botanical Name: Carex testaceaPlant Type: Grass, Sedge
Water Needs: Moderate 3
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 18 in. Width: 18 in.

Saffron buckwheat
Botanical Name: Eriogonum crocatumPlant Type: Perennial, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 18 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in.

Small cape rush
Botanical Name: Chondropetalum tectorumPlant Type: Perennial, Rush
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 6 ft.

Variegated flax lily
Botanical Name: Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata'Plant Type: Perennial
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 2 ft. Width: 2 ft.

Western meadow sedge
Botanical Name: Carex praegracilisPlant Type: Ground cover, Grass, Sedge, Native
Water Needs: Moderate 4
Exposure: Morning sun, Moderate shade, All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 15 in. Width: 12 in. - 15 in.
Cacti and Succulents

Afterglow echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria 'Afterglow'Plant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun
Height: 6 in. - 8 in. Width: 10 in. - 12 in.

Aloe vera
Botanical Name: Aloe veraPlant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 18 in. - 24 in. Width: 3' then offsets to form a larger clump - 24 in.

Apple cactus
Botanical Name: Cereus peruvianusPlant Type: Cacti
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 10 ft. - 12 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 12 ft.

Artichoke agave + var
Botanical Name: Agave parryiPlant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Black rose aeonium
Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'Plant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Blue chalksticks
Botanical Name: Senecio serpensPlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 6 in. - 8 in. Width: 1 ft. - 2 ft.

Blue Elf aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe 'Blue Elf'Plant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 15 in. - 18 in. Width: 24 in.

Blue finger
Botanical Name: Senecio talinoides ssp. mandraliscaePlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 12 in. - 18 in. Width: 3 ft. - 4 ft., can slowly spread further

Blue Flame agave
Botanical Name: Agave 'Blue Flame'Plant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 5 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 5 ft.

Blue fox tail agave
Botanical Name: Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue'Plant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 5 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 5 ft.

Blue Glow agave
Botanical Name: Agave 'Blue Glow'Plant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 18 in. - 20 in. Width: 18 in. - 20 in.

Blue rose echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria imbricataPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun
Height: 6 in. - 12 in. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Coppertone stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum nussbaumerianumPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 15 in. Width: 18 in.

Coral aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe striataPlant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 12 in. - 24 in. Width: 12 in. - 24 in.

Desert spoon
Botanical Name: Dasylirion wheeleriPlant Type: Yucca
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 4 ft. - 7 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 7 ft.

Dudleya species
Botanical Name: DudleyaPlant Type: Succulent, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 6 in. - 18 in. Width: 12 in. - 18 in.

Elephant food
Botanical Name: Portulacaria afraPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 6 ft. - 8 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 8 ft.

Fan aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe plicatilisPlant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 5 ft. - 6 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 6 ft.

Felt plant
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe beharensisPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 5 ft. - 7 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 7 ft.

Flapjack plant
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe luciaePlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 12 in. - 18 in. Width: 12 in. - 18 in.

Fox tail agave
Botanical Name: Agave attenuataPlant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 3 ft. - 5 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 5 ft.

Ghost plant
Botanical Name: Graptopetalum paraguayensePlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 15 in. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Golden barrel cactus
Botanical Name: Echinocactus grusoniiPlant Type: Cacti
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 12 in. - 24 in. Width: 18 in. - 30 in.

Golden toothed aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe x nobilisPlant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 24 in. - 30 in. Width: 3 ft. - 4 ft.

Haworth aeonium
Botanical Name: Aeonium haworthiiPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Jade plant + cvs
Botanical Name: Crassula ovataPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 6 ft. - 9 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 9 ft.

Kiwi aeonium
Botanical Name: Aeonium 'Kiwi'Plant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 1 ft. - 2 ft.

Lady’s slipper
Botanical Name: Pedilanthus macrocarpusPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 4 ft.

Mexican grass tree
Botanical Name: Dasylirion quadrangulatumPlant Type: Yucca
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 8 ft. - 10 ft. Width: 6 ft. - 12 ft.

Octopus agave
Botanical Name: Agave vilmorinianaPlant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 5 ft. - 6 ft. Width: 5 ft. - 6 ft.

Orange ice plant
Botanical Name: Lampranthus aurantiacusPlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent, Iceplant
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 15 in. - 18 in. Width: 4 ft. - 5 ft.

Our Lord’s candle
Botanical Name: Hesperoyucca whippleiPlant Type: Yucca, Native
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 6 ft.

Pink ice plant
Botanical Name: Lampranthus deltoidesPlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent, Iceplant
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 10 in. - 12 in. Width: 24 in. - 30 in.

Pork and beans
Botanical Name: Sedum x rubrotinctumPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 6 in. - 8 in. Width: 12 in. - 15 in.

Prickly pear
Botanical Name: Opuntia ficus-indicaPlant Type: Cacti
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 10 ft. - 18 ft. Width: 10 ft. - 18 ft.

Prickly pear, Nopal
Botanical Name: Opuntia robustaPlant Type: Cacti
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 12 ft. - 15 ft. Width: 12 ft. - 15 ft.

Propeller plant
Botanical Name: Crassula perfoliata var. falcataPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 1 ft. - 2 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Purple ice plant
Botanical Name: Lampranthus productusPlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent, Iceplant
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 15 in. - 18 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in.

Purple prickly pear
Botanical Name: Opuntia violacea var. santa ritaPlant Type: Cacti
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 4 ft. - 5 ft.

Queen Victoria agave
Botanical Name: Agave victoriae-reginaePlant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 1 ft. - 2 ft. Width: 1 ft. - 2 ft.

Rock purslane
Botanical Name: Cistanthe grandifloraPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 12 in. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Rosea ice plant
Botanical Name: Drosanthemum floribundumPlant Type: Ground cover, Succulent, Iceplant
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 4 in. - 6 in. Width: 5 ft. - 6 ft.

Silver dollar plant
Botanical Name: Crassula arborescensPlant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 4 ft.

Spider agave
Botanical Name: Agave bracteosaPlant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 2 ft. - 3 ft. Width: 12 in. - 15 in.

Sticks on Fire
Botanical Name: Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire'Plant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 4 ft. - 8 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 5 ft.

Sunburst aeonium
Botanical Name: Aeonium 'Sunburst'Plant Type: Succulent
Water Needs: Low 2
Exposure: Morning sun, All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 1 ft. - 2 ft. Width: 2 ft. - 3 ft.

Torch aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe arborescensPlant Type: Aloe
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 6 ft. - 12 ft. Width: 10 ft. - 12 ft.

Tree aloe
Botanical Name: Aloe barberaePlant Type: Tree
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun, Partial sun
Height: 20 ft. - 30 ft. Width: 15 ft. - 20 ft.

White trailing ice plant
Botanical Name: Delosperma 'Alba'Plant Type: Ground cover, Succulent, Iceplant
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 6 in. - 12 in. Width: 18 in. - 24 in.

White-striped century plant
Botanical Name: Agave americana 'Mediopicta Alba'Plant Type: Agave
Water Needs: Low 1
Exposure: All day sun
Height: 3 ft. - 4 ft. Width: 3 ft. - 4 ft.