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Native plants in Qingdao

68 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

5 of them need no watering beyond Qingdao’s own rainfall

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Trees17

Canopy and structure

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Photo: Jasper Shide · CC0 1.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 1.0

Japanese Snowbell

Styrax japonicus

Photo: David Stern · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Fringetree

Chionanthus retusus

Photo: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

Photo: Valerii Glazunov · CC BY 4.0

Giant Dogwood

Cornus controversa

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

Amur Maackia

Maackia amurensis

Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Photo: Dan Vickers · CC0 1.0

Callery Pear

Pyrus calleryana

Photo: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0

Siberian Elm

Ulmus pumila

No watering needed Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

Tree-of-Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

No watering needed Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky) · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs19

Backbone planting

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Rugosa Rose

Rosa rugosa

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 1.0

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

Dwarf Flowering Almond

Prunus glandulosa

Korean Boxwood

Buxus sinica

Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu · CC BY 4.0

Tube Clematis

Clematis heracleifolia

No watering needed Photo: Benjamin Schedl · CC BY 4.0

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Indigo

Indigofera kirilowii

Photo: Todd Huang · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bush Cherry

Prunus japonica

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Photo: Dan Vickers · CC0 1.0

Early Lilac

Syringa x oblata

No watering needed Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Amur Honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii

Photo: Ashley Pitcher · CC0 1.0

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Photo: eml23 · CC BY 4.0

Laceshrub

Neillia incisa

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Boehmeria japonica 'Platanifolia'

Grasses6

Movement and texture

Kentucky Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Photo: Lorraine Cook · CC BY 4.0

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra

No watering needed Photo: ianrainbow · CC BY 4.0

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Orchard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Hairy Crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Photo: harrylurling · CC BY 4.0

Perennials26

Seasonal colour

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

Photo: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 1.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Pink

Dianthus chinensis

Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

Photo: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Aster

Aster ageratoides 'Adustus Nanus'

Blackberry Lily

Iris domestica

Photo: Jhonatan Matheus · CC BY 4.0

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

Photo: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus

Photo: Petr Harant · CC BY 4.0

Great St. John's Wort

Hypericum ascyron

Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Photo: eml23 · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

Mock Strawberry

Potentilla indica

Photo: Clive Freedman · CC BY 4.0

Patience Dock

Rumex patientia

Photo: gerardbertrand · CC BY 4.0

Lady's Thumb

Polygonum persicaria

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Mazus

Mazus pumilus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Greater Burdock

Arctium lappa

Photo: Matt Demmon · CC0 1.0

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 1.0

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

Photo: nebrooks · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle

Boehmeria japonica 'Platanifolia'

Japanese Chloranthus

Chloranthus japonicus

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

Pale smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Photo: Linda Jo Conn · CC BY 4.0

Vines5

Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Chocolate Vine

Akebia quinata

Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Oriental Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

Photo: stinger · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Ferns3

Shade and damp

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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