New Mexico
Native plants in Albuquerque
239 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.
Best represented here: perennials (127), shrubs (77), grasses (45) · 21 of them need no watering beyond Albuquerque’s own rainfall
Showing 46 plants · 193 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees9
Canopy and structure
Shrubs17
Backbone planting
Grasses7
Movement and texture
Perennials22
Seasonal colour
Succulents6
Dry and architectural
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