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Native plants in Hangzhou

172 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

65 of them need no watering beyond Hangzhou’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

No watering needed Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 1.0

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

No watering needed Photo: Jasper Shide · CC0 1.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Photo: Jenny Christianson · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Snowbell

Styrax japonicus

Photo: David Stern · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Holly

Ilex cornuta

Photo: Chase Harris · CC0 1.0

Chinese Pistache

Pistacia chinensis

No watering needed Photo: IDClaire · CC BY 4.0

Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

Photo: monkeyjodey · CC0 1.0

Chinese Fringetree

Chionanthus retusus

Photo: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0

Trident Maple

Acer buergerianum

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Giant Dogwood

Cornus controversa

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

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

Peach

Prunus persica

No watering needed Photo: Julia Henning · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

No watering needed

Asian Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia

No watering needed Photo: Askar Akhmedov · CC BY 4.0

Sawtooth Oak

Quercus acutissima

Photo: Vincent Egan · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Plum

Prunus salicina

No watering needed Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

No watering needed Photo: Athena Philips · CC BY 4.0

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

Lily Magnolia

Magnolia liliiflora

Photo: Lauren N · CC0 1.0

Isu Tree

Distylium racemosum

Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Chinese Chestnut

Castanea mollissima

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

Hardy Rubber Tree

Eucommia ulmoides

No watering needed Photo: Morgan Gostel · CC0 1.0

Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

No watering needed Photo: Dan Vickers · CC0 1.0

Callery Pear

Pyrus calleryana

Photo: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0

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Backbone planting

Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

No watering needed Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 1.0

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus

Photo: Julien Lepage · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Common Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides

Photo: jackywu · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica

Photo: poyin · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

No watering needed Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0

Seven-Son Flower

Heptacodium miconioides

Photo: 들꽃ᄉr랑 · CC0 1.0

Chinese Holly

Ilex cornuta

Photo: Chase Harris · CC0 1.0

Japanese Spirea

Spiraea japonica

Photo: bgirardot · CC0 1.0

Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica

No watering needed Photo: Sophia K · CC BY 4.0

Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0

Edgeworthia Paperbush

Edgeworthia chrysantha

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Snowball Viburnum

Viburnum plicatum

Photo: Annie Weissman · CC BY 4.0

Flowering Quince

Chaenomeles speciosa

No watering needed Photo: Bubble-Enko · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Viburnum

Viburnum odoratissimum

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Bodinier Beautyberry

Callicarpa bodinieri

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

No watering needed

Thorny Olive

Elaeagnus pungens

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Bridalwreath Spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

Photo: Erin Collins · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Snowball Viburnum

Viburnum macrocephalum

No watering needed Photo: SmileyNi · CC BY 4.0

Common Bluebeard

Caryopteris incana

Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Winter Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Korean Boxwood

Buxus sinica

Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu · CC BY 4.0

Viburnum

Viburnum dilatatum

Photo: Navin Sasikumar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Photinia

Photinia glabra

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

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Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Korean Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis arundinacea

No watering needed Photo: Perry Gunnar Larsen · CC BY 4.0

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

No watering needed Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra

No watering needed Photo: ianrainbow · CC BY 4.0

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

No watering needed Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

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

Southern Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

No watering needed Photo: Marco Polo amarillas vargas · CC0 1.0

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Seasonal colour

Chinese Peony

Paeonia lactiflora

No watering needed Photo: Святослав Власенко · CC BY 4.0

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

Photo: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 1.0

Japanese Iris

Iris ensata

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Photo: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Pink

Dianthus chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry Begonia

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering needed Photo: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0

Large Leaf Begonia

Begonia grandis

Photo: MUNENORI YAMAKAWA · CC BY 4.0

Red Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Goat's Beard

Aruncus dioicus

Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 1.0

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

Photo: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0

Garlic Chives

Allium tuberosum

No watering needed Photo: riya_s · CC BY 4.0

Hosta ventricosa

No watering needed Photo: Theodor Korsgaard · CC BY 4.0

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

No watering needed Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0

Shell Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Aster

Aster ageratoides 'Adustus Nanus'

No watering needed

Blackberry Lily

Iris domestica

Photo: Jhonatan Matheus · CC BY 4.0

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

Needle Stonecrop

Sedum lineare

No watering needed

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

Photo: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Toad Lily

Tricyrtis macropoda

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus

Photo: Petr Harant · CC BY 4.0

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

No watering needed Photo: Timothy McNitt · CC BY 4.0

Common Vervain

Verbena officinalis

No watering needed

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

No watering needed Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa · CC BY 4.0

Golden Globes Loosestrife

Lysimachia congestiflora

Photo: Alexis López Hernández · CC BY 4.0

Wild Chervil

Anthriscus sylvestris

No watering needed Photo: David Lazarus · CC0 1.0

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Verticals and screens

Star Jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Climbing Hydrangea

Hydrangea anomala

No watering needed Photo: 黃美滿 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Photo: mfeaver · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Fig

Ficus pumila

Photo: Felicity Kreger · CC0 1.0

Chocolate Vine

Akebia quinata

Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

Chinese Trumpet Vine

Campsis grandiflora

Photo: Pedro Henrique Maloso Ramos · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

No watering needed Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Cleavers

Galium aparine

No watering needed Photo: Dan Johnson · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

No watering needed Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

No watering needed Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

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Shade and damp

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

Photo: Kiwi Shen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

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

Sorrowful Fern

Polystichum luctuosum

No watering needed Photo: jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Succulents2

Dry and architectural

Needle Stonecrop

Sedum lineare

No watering needed

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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