New Mexico
Native plants in Las Cruces
282 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 (136), shrubs (104), grasses (47) · 35 of them need no watering beyond Las Cruces’s own rainfall
Showing 38 plants · 244 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees5
Canopy and structure
Shrubs16
Backbone planting
Grasses6
Movement and texture
Perennials15
Seasonal colour
Ferns1
Shade and damp
Succulents10
Dry and architectural
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