New York
Native plants in Manhattan
905 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 (480), grasses (181), shrubs (148) · 720 of them need no watering beyond Manhattan’s own rainfall
Showing 299 plants · 606 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees71
Canopy and structureShrubs67
Backbone plantingGrasses38
Movement and texturePerennials127
Seasonal colourVines5
Verticals and screensFerns21
Shade and dampSucculents1
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