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Native plants in Chongqing

40 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

5 of them need no watering beyond Chongqing’s own rainfall

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Trees5

Canopy and structure

Corkscrew Willow

Salix babylonica

No watering needed Photo: Wesley Webb · CC BY 4.0

Giant Dogwood

Cornus controversa

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Persimmon

Diospyros kaki

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Hardy Schefflera

Schefflera delavayi

Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense

Photo: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs9

Backbone planting

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0

Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica

Photo: Sophia K · CC BY 4.0

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0

Rose

Rosa chinensis

Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Photinia

Photinia glabra

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Hardy Schefflera

Schefflera delavayi

Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense

Photo: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Perennials19

Seasonal colour

Strawberry Begonia

Saxifraga stolonifera

Photo: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0

White Mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Photo: Yj · CC BY 4.0

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Golden Globes Loosestrife

Lysimachia congestiflora

Photo: Alexis López Hernández · CC BY 4.0

Disporum Cantoniense Fairy Bells

Disporum cantoniense

Photo: Siddarth Machado · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu · CC BY 4.0

Caper Spurge

Euphorbia lathyris

No watering needed Photo: guywallbanks · CC BY 4.0

Cursed Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

Photo: Linda Jo Conn · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Mock Strawberry

Potentilla indica

Photo: Clive Freedman · CC BY 4.0

Moorgrun Foamflower

Tiarella polyphylla 'Moorgrun'

Cleavers

Galium aparine

No watering needed Photo: Dan Johnson · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Cranesbill

Geranium sibiricum

Photo: Olga Zakharova · CC BY 4.0

Noble Dendrobium

Dendrobium nobile

Photo: Ramesh Shenai Jr. · CC BY 4.0

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Sichuan Aspidistra

Aspidistra sichuanensis

Vines7

Verticals and screens

Nepalese Ivy

Hedera nepalensis

No watering needed Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Cleavers

Galium aparine

No watering needed Photo: Dan Johnson · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Ferns6

Shade and damp

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Moellendorff's spikemoss

Selaginella moellendorffii

Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Sorrowful Fern

Polystichum luctuosum

Photo: jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants1

No growth type given

Sargent's Lily

Lilium sargentiae 'DJHC587'

No watering needed

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