Since hundreds of taxa have been trialed, researchers have sought to curate the data, sorting the results into several categories to assist in finding plants. If you want to see the entire plant list click here.
Blue Ribbon™ Winners
Plants that maintained consistently high aesthetic quality ratings during the spring, summer and fall of the deficit year on the lowest irrigation treatment (20% of ETo).
South Coast REC Blue Ribbon List
People's Choice Awards
At each Open House, participants are asked to vote for their favorite plant in the field. The top 3 plants at each open house are awarded the People's Choice Award.
Happy Mediums
Plants that maintained high aesthetic qualities when irrigated in a manner consistent with WUCOLS Moderate/Medium category (40-60% of ETo). Plants in this list have been evaluated at 40%, 50% and/or 60% of ETo in the trials and maintained an average overall appearance score of 4 or higher.
Staff Picks
Put simply, this list is an ode to our favorite plants that we've evaluated.
