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Native plants in Whittier
430 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 (246), shrubs (125), grasses (63) · 215 of them need no watering beyond Whittier’s own rainfall
Showing 50 plants · 380 more are native here but not in the catalog yet
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Trees2
Canopy and structure
Shrubs16
Backbone planting
Grasses3
Movement and texture
Perennials29
Seasonal colour
Ferns3
Shade and damp
Succulents1
Dry and architectural
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