Connecticut
Native plants in Hartford
783 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 (423), grasses (148), shrubs (132) · 581 of them need no watering beyond Hartford’s own rainfall
Showing 247 plants · 536 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees58
Canopy and structure
Shrubs56
Backbone planting
Grasses33
Movement and texture
Perennials101
Seasonal colour
Vines3
Verticals and screens
Ferns20
Shade and damp
Succulents1
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