Tennessee
Native plants in Nashville
302 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 (145), trees (72), shrubs (43) · 205 of them need no watering beyond Nashville’s own rainfall
Showing 133 plants · 169 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees53
Canopy and structure
Shrubs24
Backbone planting
Grasses11
Movement and texture
Perennials46
Seasonal colour
Vines6
Verticals and screens
Ferns4
Shade and damp
Succulents3
Dry and architectural
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