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Native plants in Mount Vernon
915 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 (487), grasses (182), shrubs (149) · 629 of them need no watering beyond Mount Vernon’s own rainfall
Showing 303 plants · 612 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees71
Canopy and structureShrubs68
Backbone plantingGrasses39
Movement and texturePerennials131
Seasonal colourVines5
Verticals and screensFerns19
Shade and dampSucculents1
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