Tennessee
Native plants in Memphis
284 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 (147), trees (62), shrubs (43) · 212 of them need no watering beyond Memphis’s own rainfall
Showing 118 plants · 166 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees42
Canopy and structure
Shrubs20
Backbone planting
Grasses14
Movement and texture
Perennials40
Seasonal colour
Vines7
Verticals and screens
Ferns5
Shade and damp
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