Louisiana
Native plants in Lake Charles
340 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 (176), grasses (65), shrubs (62) · 235 of them need no watering beyond Lake Charles’s own rainfall
Showing 128 plants · 212 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees38
Canopy and structure
Shrubs24
Backbone planting
Grasses20
Movement and texture
Perennials52
Seasonal colour
Vines7
Verticals and screens
Ferns2
Shade and damp
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