Nigeria

Native plants in Lagos

8 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

7 of them need no watering beyond Lagos’s own rainfall

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Trees1

Canopy and structure

Apple of Sodom

Calotropis procera

No watering needed Photo: Emilia Trueba · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs3

Backbone planting

Corn Plant Dracaena Corn Plant

Dracaena fragrans 'Aureo Marginata'

No watering needed

Lollipop Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus sabdariffa 'Lollipop'

No watering needed

Apple of Sodom

Calotropis procera

No watering needed Photo: Emilia Trueba · CC BY 4.0

Grasses1

Movement and texture

King Tut Papyrus

Cyperus papyrus 'King Tut'

Perennials3

Seasonal colour

Lollipop Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus sabdariffa 'Lollipop'

No watering needed

Sweet Basil

Ocimum basilicum

No watering needed Photo: Diogo Luiz · CC BY 4.0

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

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

No watering needed Photo: Caleb Catto · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants1

No growth type given

Blood Lily

Scadoxus multiflorus

No watering needed Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

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