California
Native plants in Santa Cruz
549 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 (323), shrubs (124), grasses (82) · 317 of them need no watering beyond Santa Cruz’s own rainfall
Showing 81 plants · 468 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees4
Canopy and structureShrubs23
Backbone plantingGrasses7
Movement and texturePerennials50
Seasonal colourVines1
Verticals and screensFerns2
Shade and dampSucculents1
Dry and architecturalMore of California
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