Louisiana
Native plants in Baton Rouge
398 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 (180), grasses (79), trees (78) · 363 of them need no watering beyond Baton Rouge’s own rainfall
Showing 145 plants · 253 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees47
Canopy and structure
Shrubs30
Backbone planting
Grasses22
Movement and texture
Perennials51
Seasonal colour
Vines8
Verticals and screens
Ferns6
Shade and damp
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