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Native plants in Okayama

126 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

104 of them need no watering beyond Okayama’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

No watering needed Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

No watering needed Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

No watering needed Photo: Jenny Christianson · CC0 1.0

Japanese Cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Photo: Paul Dufour · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

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

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Elm

Ulmus parvifolia

No watering needed Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

No watering needed Photo: monkeyjodey · CC0 1.0

Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Black Pine

Pinus thunbergii

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

Pine

Pinus densiflora

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Amur Maackia

Maackia amurensis

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

Sawtooth Oak

Quercus acutissima

No watering needed Photo: Vincent Egan · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

No watering needed Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Hiba Arborvitae

Thujopsis dolabrata

Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

False Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

No watering needed Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

No watering needed Photo: Athena Philips · CC BY 4.0

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

No watering needed Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Stone Oak

Lithocarpus edulis 'Starburst'

No watering needed

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Backbone planting

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

No watering needed Photo: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

No watering needed Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Common Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides

No watering needed Photo: jackywu · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

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

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Littleleaf Boxwood

Buxus microphylla

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spindle

Euonymus japonicus

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

Rugosa Rose

Rosa rugosa

No watering needed Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 1.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

No watering needed

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

No watering needed Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0

Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica

No watering needed Photo: Sophia K · CC BY 4.0

Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

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

Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Quince

Chaenomeles japonica

No watering needed Photo: IMORI MIHO · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: Nico Carl · CC BY 4.0

Thorny Olive

Elaeagnus pungens

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Bridalwreath Spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

No watering needed Photo: Erin Collins · CC BY 4.0

Mellow Yellow Spirea

Spiraea thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: Jhonatan Matheus · CC BY 4.0

Fuzzy Deutzia

Deutzia scabra

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Dwarf Yeddo Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis umbellata 'Minor'

No watering needed

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

No watering needed Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Photinia

Photinia glabra

No watering needed Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

No watering needed Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Memorial Rose

Rosa lucieae

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

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Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

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

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Korean Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis arundinacea

No watering needed Photo: Perry Gunnar Larsen · CC BY 4.0

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

No watering needed Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra

No watering needed Photo: ianrainbow · CC BY 4.0

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

No watering needed

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Sedge

Carex conica

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

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

No watering needed Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · 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

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Seasonal colour

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

No watering needed Photo: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · 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

Fan Columbine

Aquilegia flabellata

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Large Leaf Begonia

Begonia grandis

No watering needed Photo: MUNENORI YAMAKAWA · CC BY 4.0

Red Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

No watering needed Photo: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0

Kalimeris

Kalimeris incisa

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

Toad Lily

Tricyrtis hirta

Photo: Neko · CC BY 4.0

Cast Iron Plant

Aspidistra elatior

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

Japanese Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum

Photo: teresa lo · CC BY 4.0

Spotted bellflower

Campanula punctata

No watering needed Photo: Takashi KOIKE · CC0 1.0

Japanese Aster

Aster ageratoides 'Adustus Nanus'

No watering needed

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

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

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

No watering needed Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

No watering needed

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus

Photo: Petr Harant · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Common Vervain

Verbena officinalis

No watering needed

Small Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum humile

No watering needed Photo: Viola Alekseeva · CC0 1.0

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering needed Photo: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0

Soybean

Glycine max

No watering needed Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0

Cursed Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

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

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Myoga Ginger

Zingiber mioga

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · 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

Vines7

Verticals and screens

Star Jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Hoya Wax Plant

Hoya carnosa

Photo: 黃美滿 · CC BY 4.0

Chocolate Vine

Akebia quinata

No watering needed Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

Memorial Rose

Rosa lucieae

No watering needed

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

No watering needed Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

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Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

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

Japanese Tassel Fern

Polystichum polyblepharum

Photo: jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Cretan Brake Fern

Pteris cretica

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

Eared Lady Fern

Athyrium otophorum

No watering needed Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Tokyo Wood Fern

Dryopteris tokyoensis

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

No watering needed Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

No watering needed Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · 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

Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

Photo: Kiwi Shen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

No watering needed Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Sorrowful Fern

Polystichum luctuosum

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

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Succulents3

Dry and architectural

Japanese Stonecrop

Sedum makinoi

No watering needed Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Needle Stonecrop

Sedum lineare

No watering needed

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

No watering needed Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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