Arizona
Native plants in Tucson
395 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 (175), shrubs (151), grasses (62) · 119 of them need no watering beyond Tucson’s own rainfall
Showing 33 plants · 362 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees6
Canopy and structureShrubs11
Backbone plantingGrasses4
Movement and texturePerennials14
Seasonal colourFerns1
Shade and dampSucculents5
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