Louisiana
Native plants in New Orleans
394 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 (195), shrubs (77), grasses (69) · 333 of them need no watering beyond New Orleans’s own rainfall
Showing 125 plants · 269 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees37
Canopy and structure
Shrubs32
Backbone planting
Grasses16
Movement and texture
Perennials44
Seasonal colour
Vines8
Verticals and screens
Ferns5
Shade and damp
Succulents2
Dry and architectural
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