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Native plants in El Cajon
490 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 (272), shrubs (153), grasses (65) · 84 of them need no watering beyond El Cajon’s own rainfall
Showing 47 plants · 443 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees2
Canopy and structure
Shrubs13
Backbone planting
Grasses3
Movement and texture
Perennials29
Seasonal colour
Ferns1
Shade and damp
Succulents2
Dry and architectural
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