Viet Nam

Native plants in Ho Chi Minh City

11 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

7 of them need no watering beyond Ho Chi Minh City’s own rainfall

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Trees4

Canopy and structure

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

No watering needed Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 1.0

Rubber Plant

Ficus elastica

No watering needed Photo: Duarte Frade · CC BY 4.0

Orange Jasmine

Murraya paniculata

No watering needed Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones · CC BY 4.0

Coconut Palm

Cocos nucifera

Photo: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs4

Backbone planting

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

No watering needed Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 1.0

Rubber Plant

Ficus elastica

No watering needed Photo: Duarte Frade · CC BY 4.0

Orange Jasmine

Murraya paniculata

No watering needed Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones · CC BY 4.0

True Indigo

Indigofera tinctoria

No watering needed Photo: Robert Taylor · CC BY 4.0

Perennials5

Seasonal colour

Coleus

Coleus scutellarioides

Photo: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho · CC0 1.0

Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Banana

Musa acuminata

Photo: Caleb Catto · CC BY 4.0

Soybean

Glycine max

Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0

Glory Lily Climbing Lily

Gloriosa superba

No watering needed Photo: spellecchias · CC0 1.0

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Glory Lily Climbing Lily

Gloriosa superba

No watering needed Photo: spellecchias · CC0 1.0

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

No watering needed

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