California
Native plants in Santa Monica
279 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 (154), shrubs (94), grasses (31) · 119 of them need no watering beyond Santa Monica’s own rainfall
Showing 40 plants · 239 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees1
Canopy and structure
Shrubs15
Backbone planting
Perennials24
Seasonal colour
Ferns2
Shade and damp
Succulents2
Dry and architectural
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