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Native plants in Hiroshima

100 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

99 of them need no watering beyond Hiroshima’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

No watering needed Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

No watering needed Photo: Jenny Christianson · CC0 1.0

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

City Sprite Zelkova

Zelkova serrata 'City Sprite'

No watering needed

Marley's Pink Parasol Japanese Snowbell

Styrax japonicus 'Marley'S Pink Parasol'

No watering needed

Japanese umbrella pine

Sciadopitys verticillata

No watering needed

Golden Ghost Pine

Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost'

No watering needed

Whitespire Birch

Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire'

No watering needed

Amur Maackia

Maackia amurensis

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

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

False Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

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

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

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Backbone planting

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

No watering needed Photo: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed

Dwarf Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

No watering needed

Mountain Fire Andromeda

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'

No watering needed

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Littleleaf Boxwood

Buxus microphylla

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Tuff Stuff Ah-Ha Mountain Hydrangea

Hydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff Ah-Ha'

No watering needed

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Double Play Artisan Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Galen'

No watering needed

Gulf Stream Nandina

Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream'

No watering needed

Dwarf Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'

No watering needed

Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: Nico Carl · CC BY 4.0

Thorny Olive

Elaeagnus pungens

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

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

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea 'Kogane Mushi'

No watering needed

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Boehmeria japonica 'Platanifolia'

No watering needed

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Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

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

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

No watering needed

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

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

Perennials37

Seasonal colour

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

No watering needed Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mix'

No watering needed

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

No watering needed Photo: renshuchu · CC0 1.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

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

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

No watering needed Photo: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0

Fernleaf Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering needed Photo: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0

Large Leaf Begonia

Begonia grandis

No watering needed Photo: MUNENORI YAMAKAWA · CC BY 4.0

Red Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

No watering needed Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0

Hillside Black Beauty

Actaea simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty'

No watering needed

Blue Star Kalimeris

Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'

No watering needed

Japanese Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: teresa lo · CC BY 4.0

Narrow-spiked Ligularia

Ligularia stenocephala

No watering needed Photo: 黃美滿 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Physalis alkekengi

No watering needed

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

No watering needed Photo: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

No watering needed

Wando Toad Lily

Tricyrtis macropoda 'Wando'

No watering needed

Barrenwort

Epimedium sempervirens

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Long-stalked Hosta

Hosta longipes

Photo: Caroline Voget · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bugbane

Actaea japonica

No watering needed

Nippon Lily

Rohdea japonica

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Fairy Bells

Disporum sessile 'Tightwad'

No watering needed

Japanese Ligularia

Ligularia japonica

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Solomon's Seal Prince Charming

Polygonatum odoratum 'Prince Charming'

No watering needed

Yomena Shogun Aster

Aster yomena 'Shogun'

No watering needed

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Myoga Ginger

Zingiber mioga

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed

Japanese Butterbur Variegatus

Petasites japonicus 'Variegatus'

No watering needed

Greenscape Pink False Lily of the Valley

Reineckea carnea 'Greenscape'

No watering needed

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

No watering needed Photo: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0

Vines5

Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Mississippi River Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora 'Mississippi River'

No watering needed

Snow-N-Summer Asiatic Jasmine

Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Snow-N-Summer'

No watering needed

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

No watering needed Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Ferns26

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

No watering needed Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

No watering needed Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Tassel Fern

Polystichum polyblepharum

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

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

No watering needed Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

No watering needed Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Cretan Brake Fern

Pteris cretica 'Western Hills'

No watering needed

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

No watering needed Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Eared Lady Fern

Athyrium otophorum

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Siebold's Wood Fern

Dryopteris sieboldii

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Tokyo Wood Fern

Dryopteris tokyoensis

No watering needed

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

No watering needed

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

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

Makino's Holly Fern

Polystichum makinoi

No watering needed

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

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

Oriental Chain Fern

Woodwardia orientalis

No watering needed Photo: Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

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

Upside-down Fern

Arachniodes standishii

No watering needed Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

No watering needed Photo: Kiwi Shen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

No watering needed Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Sorrowful Fern

Polystichum luctuosum

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

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Ogon Sedum

Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'

No watering needed

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