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Native plants in Foshan

51 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

46 of them need no watering beyond Foshan’s own rainfall

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Trees8

Canopy and structure

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed

Japanese Persimmon

Diospyros kaki

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Hosui Asian Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia 'Hosui'

No watering needed

Susan Magnolia

Magnolia liliiflora 'Susan'

No watering needed

Chinese Chestnut

Castanea mollissima

No watering needed Photo: B Jaeger-Stanley · CC BY 4.0

Drippin' Honey Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Drippin' Honey'

No watering needed

Variegated Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

Shrubs15

Backbone planting

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed

White Chiffon Hibiscus

Hibiscus syriacus 'White Chiffon'

No watering needed

Dwarf Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

No watering needed

Red Chocolate Chinese Fringe Flower

Loropetalum chinense 'Red Chocolate'

No watering needed

Pinkie Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica 'Pinkie'

No watering needed

Coppertop Sweet Viburnum

Viburnum odoratissimum 'Coppertop Sweet'

No watering needed

Lady Palm

Rhapis excelsa

No watering needed Photo: Greg III Espera · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Flora Plena Confederate Rose

Hibiscus mutabilis 'Flora Plena'

No watering needed

Susan Magnolia

Magnolia liliiflora 'Susan'

No watering needed

Lindley's Butterfly Bush

Buddleja lindleyana

Photo: TZ Fitch · CC0 1.0

Variegated Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea 'Kogane Mushi'

No watering needed

Edo Shibori Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii 'Edo Shibori'

No watering needed

Grasses3

Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

No watering needed Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Perennials18

Seasonal colour

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mix'

No watering needed

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

No watering needed Photo: renshuchu · CC0 1.0

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

No watering needed Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

No watering needed Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Garlic Chives

Allium tuberosum

No watering needed Photo: riya_s · CC BY 4.0

Variegated Shell Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'

Welsh Onion

Allium fistulosum

No watering needed Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

White Mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

No watering needed Photo: Yj · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Basil

Ocimum basilicum

No watering needed Photo: Diogo Luiz · CC BY 4.0

Purple-leaved Plantain

Plantago major 'Atropurpurea'

No watering needed

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

No watering needed Photo: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Mazus

Mazus pumilus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Sichuan Splendor Lily

Lilium brownii 'Sichuan Splendor'

No watering needed

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea 'Kogane Mushi'

No watering needed

Asparagus cochinchinensis Graham's Cracker

Asparagus cochinchinensis 'Graham's Cracker'

No watering needed

Vines5

Verticals and screens

Star Jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Snowdrift Clematis

Clematis armandii 'Snowdrift'

No watering needed

Creeping Fig

Ficus pumila

No watering needed Photo: Felicity Kreger · CC0 1.0

Chinese Trumpet Vine

Campsis grandiflora

No watering needed Photo: Pedro Henrique Maloso Ramos · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Ferns7

Shade and damp

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

No watering needed Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

No watering needed Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

No watering needed

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

No watering needed Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

No watering needed Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Moellendorff's spikemoss

Selaginella moellendorffii

No watering needed Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants2

No growth type given

Ginger Lily Butterfly Ginger

Hedychium coronarium

No watering needed Photo: liriodobrejoufscar · CC BY 4.0

Guizhou Golden Spider Lily

Lycoris aurea 'Guizhou'

No watering needed

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