California
Native plants in Costa Mesa
353 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 (198), shrubs (112), grasses (47) · 132 of them need no watering beyond Costa Mesa’s own rainfall
Showing 43 plants · 310 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees2
Canopy and structure
Shrubs14
Backbone planting
Grasses2
Movement and texture
Perennials26
Seasonal colour
Ferns2
Shade and damp
Succulents1
Dry and architectural
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