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Native plants in Niigata

63 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

63 of them need no watering beyond Niigata’s own rainfall

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Trees5

Canopy and structure

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

No watering needed Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

No watering needed Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Fullmoon Maple

Acer shirasawanum

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese White Birch

Betula platyphylla

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs9

Backbone planting

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

No watering needed Photo: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

No watering needed Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

No watering needed Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

No watering needed Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spindle

Euonymus japonicus

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

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

No watering needed Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Yeddo Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis umbellata 'Minor'

No watering needed

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

No watering needed Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Grasses8

Movement and texture

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Red fescue

Festuca rubra

No watering needed Photo: Jens Søgaard Hansen · CC BY 4.0

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

No watering needed Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

American Dune Grass

Leymus mollis

No watering needed Photo: John D Reynolds · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

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

Fountain Grass

Cenchrus alopecuroides

No watering needed

Southern Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

No watering needed Photo: Marco Polo amarillas vargas · CC0 1.0

Perennials28

Seasonal colour

Bigleaf Ligularia

Ligularia dentata

No watering needed Photo: Timur Kalininsky · CC BY 4.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

No watering needed Photo: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry Begonia

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering needed Photo: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

No watering needed Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0

Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Physalis alkekengi

No watering needed

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

No watering needed Photo: Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0

Needle Stonecrop

Sedum lineare

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

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

No watering needed Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa · CC BY 4.0

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering needed Photo: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0

Kinsei Variegated Japanese Fairy Bells

Disporum sessile 'Kinsei'

No watering needed

Fragrant Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum odoratum

No watering needed Photo: Letniy · CC0 1.0

Soybean

Glycine max

No watering needed Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

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

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed

Japanese Butterbur

Petasites japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

No watering needed Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Pink False Lily of the Valley

Reineckea carnea

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

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

No watering needed Photo: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0

Corn Speedwell

Veronica arvensis

No watering needed Photo: Rocco Lieghio · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

No watering needed Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Goering's Cymbidium

Cymbidium goeringii

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

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

No watering needed Photo: Crispin Holloway · CC0 1.0

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

No watering needed Photo: nebrooks · CC BY 4.0

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

No watering needed Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

Pale smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

No watering needed Photo: Linda Jo Conn · CC BY 4.0

Vines5

Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Beach Pea

Lathyrus japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Corvi Zeman · CC BY 4.0

Oriental Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

No watering needed Photo: stinger · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

No watering needed Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

No watering needed Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Ferns11

Shade and damp

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

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

No watering needed Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0

Fern

Dryopteris crassirhizoma

No watering needed Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

No watering needed Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · 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

Succulents2

Dry and architectural

Needle Stonecrop

Sedum lineare

No watering needed

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

No watering needed Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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