Viet Nam

Native plants in Ho Chi Minh City

49 plants are genuinely native to this area — not merely able to survive here. They are grouped below by what they do in a garden, from canopy trees down to groundcovers.

Best represented here: trees (18), perennials (17), shrubs (11) · 35 of them need no watering beyond Ho Chi Minh City’s own rainfall

Showing 6 plants · 43 more are native here but not in the catalog yet

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Trees1

Canopy and structure

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed

Shrubs1

Backbone planting

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed

Perennials4

Seasonal colour

Yellow Moon Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri 'Yellow Moon'

No watering needed

Siam Ruby Banana

Musa acuminata 'Siam Ruby'

Sweet Basil

Ocimum basilicum

No watering needed

Glory Lily Climbing Lily

Gloriosa superba

No watering needed

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Glory Lily Climbing Lily

Gloriosa superba

No watering needed

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

No watering needed

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