Iowa
Native plants in Des Moines
177 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 (111), grasses (30), trees (24) · 30 of them need no watering beyond Des Moines’s own rainfall
Showing 79 plants · 98 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees18
Canopy and structure
Shrubs8
Backbone planting
Grasses9
Movement and texture
Perennials45
Seasonal colour
Vines1
Verticals and screens
Ferns1
Shade and damp
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