Florida
Native plants in Fort Myers
372 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 (174), shrubs (96), grasses (65) · 126 of them need no watering beyond Fort Myers’s own rainfall
Showing 84 plants · 288 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees18
Canopy and structure
Shrubs25
Backbone planting
Grasses10
Movement and texture
Perennials30
Seasonal colour
Vines6
Verticals and screens
Ferns4
Shade and damp
Succulents3
Dry and architectural
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