California
Native plants in El Monte
343 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 (194), shrubs (96), grasses (52) · 133 of them need no watering beyond El Monte’s own rainfall
Showing 42 plants · 301 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees2
Canopy and structureShrubs14
Backbone plantingGrasses2
Movement and texturePerennials24
Seasonal colourFerns3
Shade and dampSucculents1
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