California
Native plants in Los Angeles
476 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 (272), shrubs (146), grasses (56) · 243 of them need no watering beyond Los Angeles’s own rainfall
Showing 57 plants · 419 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees3
Canopy and structure
Shrubs19
Backbone planting
Grasses3
Movement and texture
Perennials34
Seasonal colour
Ferns2
Shade and damp
Succulents3
Dry and architectural
More of California
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- Mission Viejo
- Richmond
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