There are many beautiful noninvasive alternative plants to use instead of invasive plants. That said, we secured a list of suggested alternatives because they are similar in form, color, and landscape function.
Ground Covers
- Creeping raspberry
Rubus pentalobus - Sonoma sage
Salvia sonomensis - Yerba Buena
Clinopodium douglasii - Ground morning glory
Convolvulus mauritanicus - Dwarf Coyote bush
Baccharis pilularis
Grasses and Perennials
- Deer grass
Muhlenbergia rigens - Autumn Moor grass
Sesleria autumnalis - Oriental fountain grass
Pennisetum orientale - Tropicbelle
Lomandra hystrix - Clumping Bamboo
Bambusa oldhamii
Shrubs
- Island bush poppy
Dendromecon harfordii - Forsythia
Forsythia intermedia - Coffee berry
Frangula californica - Griselinia
Griselinia littoralis - Sweet Bay
Laurus nobilis
Trees
- Red Maple or October Glory
Acer rubrum - Gold Medallion Tree
Cassia leptophylla - Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis and cultivars - Goldenrain Tree
Koelreuteria paniculate - Catalina Ironwood
Lynothamnus floribundus
Aquatic Plants
- Cape pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos - Japanese iris
Iris ensata - Laevigata iris
Iris laevigata and cultivars - King of Siam water lily
Nymphaea - Pickerel Weed
Pontederia Cordata