Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Of

Native plants in Pyongyang

30 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

28 of them need no watering beyond Pyongyang’s own rainfall

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Shantung Maple

Shantung Maple

Acer truncatum

No watering neededPhoto: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0
Japanese White Birch

Japanese White Birch

Betula platyphylla

No watering neededPhoto: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0
Siberian Elm

Siberian Elm

Ulmus pumila

No watering neededPhoto: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

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Indigo

Indigo

Indigofera kirilowii

No watering neededPhoto: Todd Huang · CC BY 4.0
Early Lilac

Early Lilac

Syringa x oblata

No watering neededPhoto: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0
Autumn Olive

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

No watering neededPhoto: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

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Chinese Silver Grass

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

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

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

No watering needed
Reed Canary Grass

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

No watering neededPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0
Wood Small-Reed

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

No watering neededPhoto: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

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Balloon Flower

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

No watering neededPhoto: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0
Common Orange Daylily

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

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

Chinese Pink

Dianthus chinensis

No watering neededPhoto: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0
Fan Columbine

Fan Columbine

Aquilegia flabellata

No watering neededPhoto: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0
Surprise Lily

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0
Great Burnet

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

No watering neededPhoto: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Aster

Japanese Aster

Aster ageratoides 'Adustus Nanus'

No watering needed
Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Physalis alkekengi

No watering needed
Golden Lace

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0
Indian Chrysanthemum

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

No watering neededPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0
Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

No watering needed
Small Solomon's Seal

Small Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum humile

No watering neededPhoto: Viola Alekseeva · CC0 1.0
Obovate Peony

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering neededPhoto: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Avens

Yellow Avens

Geum aleppicum

No watering neededPhoto: Алёна Осипова · CC BY 4.0
Soybean

Soybean

Glycine max

No watering neededPhoto: 周铮 · CC0 1.0
Creeping Buttercup

Creeping Buttercup

Ranunculus repens

No watering neededPhoto: Joss Carr · CC BY 4.0
Chinese Lobelia

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0
Painter's Palette Persicaria

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed
Prostrate Knotweed

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

No watering neededPhoto: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

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Stringy Stonecrop

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

No watering neededPhoto: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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