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Native plants in Niigata

44 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

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

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Trees5

Compact Japanese Holly

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed
Governor Mouton Camellia

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed
Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering neededPhoto: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0
Moonrise Maple

Moonrise Maple

Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise'

No watering needed
Whitespire Birch

Whitespire Birch

Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire'

No watering needed

Shrubs7

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

No watering neededPhoto: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0
Compact Japanese Holly

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed
Tatsumaki Japanese Laurel

Tatsumaki Japanese Laurel

Aucuba japonica 'Tatsumaki'

No watering needed
Governor Mouton Camellia

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed
Silver King Euonymus

Silver King Euonymus

Euonymus japonicus 'Silver King'

No watering needed
Dwarf Burning Bush

Dwarf Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'

No watering needed
Multiflora Rose

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering neededPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Grasses2

Mondo Grass

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering neededPhoto: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Japanese Blood Grass

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

No watering neededPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Perennials19

Desdemona Bigleaf Ligularia

Desdemona Bigleaf Ligularia

Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona'

No watering needed
Tiger Lily

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

No watering neededPhoto: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
Chinese Ground Orchid

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

No watering neededPhoto: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0
Fernleaf Saxifrage

Fernleaf Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering neededPhoto: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0
Surprise Lily

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

No watering neededPhoto: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0
Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Physalis alkekengi

No watering needed
Japanese Iris

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

No watering neededPhoto: Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
Golden Lace

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0
Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

No watering needed
Obovate Peony

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering neededPhoto: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Fairy Bells

Japanese Fairy Bells

Disporum sessile 'Tightwad'

No watering needed
Solomon's Seal Prince Charming

Solomon's Seal Prince Charming

Polygonatum odoratum 'Prince Charming'

No watering needed
Chinese Lobelia

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

No watering neededPhoto: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed
Japanese Butterbur Variegatus

Japanese Butterbur Variegatus

Petasites japonicus 'Variegatus'

No watering needed
Greenscape Pink False Lily of the Valley

Greenscape Pink False Lily of the Valley

Reineckea carnea 'Greenscape'

No watering needed
Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

No watering neededPhoto: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0
Goering's Cymbidium

Goering's Cymbidium

Cymbidium goeringii

No watering neededPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Purple Loosestrife

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

No watering neededPhoto: Crispin Holloway · CC0 1.0

Vines3

Boston Ivy

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering neededPhoto: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
Mississippi River Sweet Autumn Clematis

Mississippi River Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora 'Mississippi River'

No watering needed
Autumn Revolution American Bittersweet

Autumn Revolution American Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus 'Autumn Revolution'

No watering needed

Ferns10

Japanese painted fern

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

No watering neededPhoto: りなべる · CC BY 4.0
Autumn Fern

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

No watering neededPhoto: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0
Northern Maidenhair Fern

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

No watering neededPhoto: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0
Fortune's Holly Fern

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

No watering neededPhoto: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0
Sensitive Fern

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

No watering neededPhoto: laurawies · CC BY 4.0
Odaesan Fern

Odaesan Fern

Dryopteris crassirhizoma 'Odaesan'

No watering needed
Bisset's Wood Fern

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

No watering neededPhoto: りなべる · CC BY 4.0
Upside-down Fern

Upside-down Fern

Arachniodes standishii

No watering neededPhoto: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Bamboo Fern

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

No watering neededPhoto: Kiwi Shen · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Royal Fern

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

No watering neededPhoto: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

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