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Native plants in Osaka

56 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

21 of them need no watering beyond Osaka’s own rainfall

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Shrubs20

Backbone planting

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Photo: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0

Common Gardenia

Common Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides

Photo: jackywu · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Aucuba

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Fatsia

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spindle

Japanese Spindle

Euonymus japonicus

Photo: jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Indian Hawthorn

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Double Japanese Kerria

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

No watering needed Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0

Japanese Spirea

Japanese Spirea

Spiraea japonica

No watering needed Photo: bgirardot · CC0 1.0

Winged Euonymus

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

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

Fragrant Tea Olive

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Photinia

Japanese Photinia

Photinia glabra

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Isu Tree

Isu Tree

Distylium racemosum

Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Temple Juniper

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Bush Clover

Thunberg's Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Olive

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

No watering needed Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Multiflora Rose

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Boehmeria japonica 'Platanifolia'

Grasses5

Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Annual Bluegrass

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

No watering needed Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Blood Grass

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

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

Fountain Grass

Fountain Grass

Cenchrus alopecuroides

No watering needed

Southern Crabgrass

Southern Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

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

Perennials15

Seasonal colour

Balloon Flower

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

Photo: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0

Chinese Ground Orchid

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Photo: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0

Red Spider Lily

Red Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Iris

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

Photo: Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0

Common Sorrel

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

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

Yomena Shogun Aster

Yomena Shogun Aster

Aster yomena 'Shogun'

Soybean

Soybean

Glycine max

Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0

Mock Strawberry

Mock Strawberry

Potentilla indica

Photo: Clive Freedman · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

Photo: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0

Corn Speedwell

Corn Speedwell

Veronica arvensis

No watering needed Photo: Rocco Lieghio · CC BY 4.0

Goering's Cymbidium

Goering's Cymbidium

Cymbidium goeringii

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Mazus

Japanese Mazus

Mazus pumilus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Yellow Woodsorrel

Yellow Woodsorrel

Oxalis stricta

No watering needed Photo: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0

Lamb's Quarters

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

No watering needed Photo: nebrooks · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Boehmeria japonica 'Platanifolia'

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Japanese Climbing Fern

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Ferns12

Shade and damp

Autumn Fern

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly Fern

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Fortune's Holly Fern

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Cretan Brake Fern

Cretan Brake Fern

Pteris cretica

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

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

Japanese Felt Fern

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Champion's Wood Fern

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

Photo: Kiwi Shen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Stringy Stonecrop

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

No watering needed Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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