California
Native plants in San Francisco
476 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 (277), shrubs (119), grasses (68) · 303 of them need no watering beyond San Francisco’s own rainfall
Showing 80 plants · 396 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees4
Canopy and structureShrubs24
Backbone plantingGrasses5
Movement and texturePerennials49
Seasonal colourVines1
Verticals and screensFerns3
Shade and dampSucculents2
Dry and architecturalMore of California
- Berkeley
- Oakland
- Redlands
- Chino Hills
- Upland
- Santa Cruz
- Corona
- Temecula
- Lake Forest
- Glendale
- Mission Viejo
- Richmond
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