California
Native plants in Gilroy
379 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 (234), shrubs (81), grasses (50) · 132 of them need no watering beyond Gilroy’s own rainfall
Showing 52 plants · 327 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees2
Canopy and structureShrubs12
Backbone plantingGrasses3
Movement and texturePerennials35
Seasonal colourVines1
Verticals and screensFerns2
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