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Native plants in Köln

295 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

172 of them need no watering beyond Köln’s own rainfall

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Trees38

Canopy and structure

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

No watering needed Photo: Stuart · CC0 1.0

European Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

No watering needed Photo: Beth · CC BY 4.0

English Oak

Quercus robur

No watering needed Photo: Łucja Borsuk · CC BY 4.0

English Yew

Taxus baccata

No watering needed Photo: Sascha Nunheim · CC BY 4.0

Littleleaf Linden

Tilia cordata

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

English Holly

Ilex aquifolium

No watering needed Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY 4.0

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

No watering needed Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson · CC BY 4.0

Common Hazel

Corylus avellana

No watering needed Photo: Ivan Celikov · CC BY 4.0

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Cornus mas

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

No watering needed Photo: Valerii Glazunov · CC BY 4.0

Hedge Maple

Acer campestre

No watering needed Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 1.0

Common Pear

Pyrus communis

No watering needed Photo: Oleksandr Shynder · CC BY 4.0

Rowan Mountain Ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Large-leaved Linden

Tilia platyphyllos

No watering needed Photo: Radu Teodoreanu · CC BY 4.0

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Photo: Paulius Rupšas · CC BY 4.0

European Plum

Prunus domestica

No watering needed Photo: relet · CC0 1.0

White Willow

Salix alba

Photo: Naturforvaltning Lørenskog kommune · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Arctic Willow

Salix purpurea

Photo: Vladimír Fuka · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore Maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

No watering needed Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0

Whitebeam

Sorbus aria 'Lutescens'

No watering needed

Sweet Cherry

Prunus avium

Photo: Jon Sullivan · CC BY 4.0

Black Alder

Alnus glutinosa

Photo: guywallbanks · CC BY 4.0

English Hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

No watering needed Photo: Stephan Mende · CC BY 4.0

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

No watering needed Photo: Michal Honskus · CC BY 4.0

Black Poplar

Populus nigra

No watering needed Photo: Timo Walcher · CC BY 4.0

Cherry

Prunus cerasus

No watering needed Photo: Barry Cottam · CC BY 4.0

Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea

No watering needed Photo: Morgan Amundsen · CC BY 4.0

Common Linden

Tilia europaea

No watering needed Photo: Steve Cross · CC0 1.0

Field Elm

Ulmus minor

No watering needed Photo: Benjamin Schedl · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs46

Backbone planting

Elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Photo: ahabo · CC BY 4.0

Common Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

European Cranberrybush

Viburnum opulus

Photo: Albert Cardona · CC BY 4.0

English Yew

Taxus baccata

No watering needed Photo: Sascha Nunheim · CC BY 4.0

Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 1.0

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

Photo: Виктор · CC BY 4.0

English Holly

Ilex aquifolium

No watering needed Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY 4.0

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

No watering needed Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson · CC BY 4.0

Common Hazel

Corylus avellana

No watering needed Photo: Ivan Celikov · CC BY 4.0

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Cornus mas

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Hedge Maple

Acer campestre

No watering needed Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 1.0

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Bloodtwig Dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

No watering needed Photo: Sarah Adamson · CC0 1.0

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Black Currant

Ribes nigrum

Photo: Nikita Goncarenko · CC BY 4.0

Euphorbia

Euphorbia amygdaloides

No watering needed Photo: Thomas Ebner · CC BY 4.0

Basket-of-Gold

Aurinia saxatilis

No watering needed Photo: Philipp Pavelka · CC BY 4.0

Absinthe Wormwood

Artemisia absinthium

No watering needed Photo: Radosław Puchałka · CC0 1.0

Sunrose

Helianthemum nummularium

No watering needed Photo: Philipp · CC BY 4.0

Perennial Flax

Linum perenne

No watering needed Photo: aberkov · CC0 1.0

Bell Heather

Erica cinerea

Photo: considerthelilies · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Arctic Willow

Salix purpurea

Photo: Vladimír Fuka · CC BY 4.0

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

No watering needed Photo: ddoni_h · CC BY 4.0

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Photo: Antonina · CC BY 4.0

English Hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

No watering needed Photo: Stephan Mende · CC BY 4.0

Sea Buckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides

Photo: Anastasia_Surkova · CC BY 4.0

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

No watering needed Photo: Michal Honskus · CC BY 4.0

Dog Rose

Rosa canina

No watering needed Photo: Charles Joynson · CC0 1.0

Cherry

Prunus cerasus

No watering needed Photo: Barry Cottam · CC BY 4.0

Sweetgale

Myrica gale

Photo: Jens Thorving Andersen · CC BY 4.0

February Daphne

Daphne mezereum

Photo: Jens Ullenius · CC0 1.0

Grasses28

Movement and texture

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Photo: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0

Blue Moor Grass

Molinia caerulea

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 1.0

Blue Sedge

Carex flacca

No watering needed Photo: Augustin Soulard · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Sedge

Carex elata

Photo: Mirko Ubović · CC0 1.0

Korean Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis arundinacea

Photo: Perry Gunnar Larsen · CC BY 4.0

Red fescue

Festuca rubra

Photo: Jens Søgaard Hansen · CC BY 4.0

Great Wood-Rush

Luzula sylvatica

Photo: considerthelilies · CC BY 4.0

European wood sedge

Carex divulsa

No watering needed Photo: empressmoth · CC0 1.0

Kentucky Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Photo: Lorraine Cook · CC BY 4.0

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Quaking Grass

Briza media

No watering needed Photo: Сергей Крыленко · CC BY 4.0

Hard Rush

Juncus inflexus

Photo: Наталья Пикалова · CC BY 4.0

Pendulous Sedge

Carex pendula

Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0

Beatlemania Sedge

Carex caryophyllea 'Beatlemania'

No watering needed

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Softstem Bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Photo: Tommy Forrest · CC0 1.0

Variegated oat grass

Arrhenatherum elatius 'Variegatum'

No watering needed

Black Sedge

Carex nigra

Photo: Михаил Языков · CC BY 4.0

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Skinner's Gold Smooth Brome

Bromus inermis 'Skinner's Gold'

No watering needed

Spring Sedge

Carex praecox

No watering needed

Orchard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Meadow Foxtail Grass

Alopecurus pratensis 'Aureus'

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Greater Tussock-Sedge

Carex paniculata

Photo: Jens Bokelaar · CC BY 4.0

Everoro Sedge

Carex elongata 'Everoro'

Timothy Grass

Phleum pratense

No watering needed Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

Perennials184

Seasonal colour

Carpet Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 1.0

Wood Sage Meadow Sage

Salvia nemorosa

No watering needed Photo: Oleksandr Shynder · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica

Photo: Igor Balashov · CC BY 4.0

Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Photo: Michael O'Loughlin · CC BY 4.0

Bloody Cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum

No watering needed Photo: Victor Heng · CC BY 4.0

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

No watering needed Photo: Павлик Лисицын · CC BY 4.0

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum

No watering needed Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Spike Speedwell Spiked Speedwell

Veronica spicata

No watering needed Photo: Кирилл Зенин · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum

Photo: Marianne Hoffmann · CC BY 4.0

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

No watering needed Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

No watering needed Photo: myarobilliard · CC0 1.0

Wild Thyme

Thymus serpyllum

No watering needed Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 1.0

Common Columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

No watering needed Photo: Sarah Adamson · CC0 1.0

Masterwort

Astrantia major

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Mountain Bluet

Centaurea montana

Photo: Catriona Hays Howson · CC BY 4.0

Meadow Cranesbill

Geranium pratense

No watering needed Photo: Наталья Пикалова · CC BY 4.0

Maiden Pink

Dianthus deltoides

No watering needed Photo: Jonny Tostenson · CC0 1.0

Stonecrop

Sedum acre

No watering needed Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

White Stonecrop

Sedum album

No watering needed Photo: Robert H. Wardell · CC0 1.0

Peach-leaved bellflower

Campanula persicifolia

No watering needed Photo: Jeff Clark · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Violet

Viola odorata

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Common Lungwort

Pulmonaria officinalis

Photo: Konrad J. Hammerl · CC0 1.0

Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalis

No watering needed Photo: T. Pedro Hafermann · CC0 1.0

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

No watering needed Photo: Sim Elliott · CC0 1.0

English Daisy

Bellis perennis

No watering needed Photo: Emma · CC BY 4.0

Corn Poppy

Papaver rhoeas

No watering needed Photo: Nicola Crockford · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum odoratum

Photo: Letniy · CC0 1.0

Drumstick Allium

Allium sphaerocephalon

No watering needed Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Woodland Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis sylvatica

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Johnny Jump Up

Viola tricolor

Photo: Екатерина Гущина · CC BY 4.0

Stinking Hellebore

Helleborus foetidus

No watering needed Photo: Bastien Le Mort · CC BY 4.0

Wild Daffodil

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

No watering needed Photo: Paul Braun · CC0 1.0

Vines12

Verticals and screens

Common Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Periwinkle

Vinca minor

No watering needed Photo: rmjb · CC BY 4.0

Common hop

Humulus lupulus

No watering needed Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Dog Rose

Rosa canina

No watering needed Photo: Charles Joynson · CC0 1.0

English Ivy

Hedera helix

No watering needed Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Grape

Vitis vinifera

No watering needed Photo: Katrin Simon · CC BY 4.0

Old Man's Beard

Clematis vitalba

No watering needed Photo: Radosław Puchałka · CC0 1.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Cleavers

Galium aparine

No watering needed Photo: Dan Johnson · CC BY 4.0

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Black bindweed

Fallopia convolvulus

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Ferns13

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

Male Fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

No watering needed Photo: Jess · CC0 1.0

Hart's Tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 1.0

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0

Royal Fern

Osmunda regalis

Photo: B. Phalan · CC BY 4.0

Common Polypody

Polypodium vulgare

Photo: Julia · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hard Shield Fern

Polystichum aculeatum

Photo: Katrin Simon · CC BY 4.0

Spinulose Wood Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Photo: Марина Давлетшина · CC BY 4.0

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Photo: Andrew Lewis · CC BY 4.0

Broad Buckler Fern

Dryopteris dilatata

Photo: Maryna Burlaka · CC BY 4.0

Deer Fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Succulents5

Dry and architectural

Stonecrop

Sedum rupestre

No watering needed

Stonecrop

Sedum acre

No watering needed Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

White Stonecrop

Sedum album

No watering needed Photo: Robert H. Wardell · CC0 1.0

Tasteless Stonecrop

Sedum sexangulare

No watering needed Photo: Bobo-X · CC BY 4.0

Grand Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

No watering needed Photo: Benjamin Schedl · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants2

No growth type given

Snake's Head Fritillary

Fritillaria meleagris

No watering needed Photo: Terry Instone · CC BY 4.0

Mouse Garlic

Allium angulosum

No watering needed Photo: Роман Шестеров · CC BY 4.0

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