Minnesota
Native plants in St. Paul
739 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 (443), grasses (134), shrubs (114) · 165 of them need no watering beyond St. Paul’s own rainfall
Showing 218 plants · 521 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees39
Canopy and structureShrubs39
Backbone plantingGrasses26
Movement and texturePerennials116
Seasonal colourVines3
Verticals and screensFerns8
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