California
Native plants in Santa Barbara
470 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 (254), shrubs (136), grasses (71) · 248 of them need no watering beyond Santa Barbara’s own rainfall
Showing 59 plants · 411 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees3
Canopy and structure
Shrubs16
Backbone planting
Grasses5
Movement and texture
Perennials33
Seasonal colour
Ferns3
Shade and damp
Succulents4
Dry and architectural
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