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Native plants in Sakai

129 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

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

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Canopy and structure

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Photo: Jenny Christianson · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

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

Japanese Snowbell

Styrax japonicus

Photo: David Stern · CC BY 4.0

Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

No watering needed Photo: monkeyjodey · CC0 1.0

Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Black Pine

Pinus thunbergii

Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Pine

Pinus densiflora

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Sawtooth Oak

Quercus acutissima

Photo: Vincent Egan · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · 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

Isu Tree

Distylium racemosum

Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Stone Oak

Lithocarpus edulis 'Starburst'

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Backbone planting

Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Photo: Rahul Gupta · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

Photo: Michael Pirrello · CC BY 4.0

Common Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides

Photo: jackywu · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Littleleaf Boxwood

Buxus microphylla

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Mountain Hydrangea

Hydrangea serrata

Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spindle

Euonymus japonicus

Photo: jamie-aa · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Holly Osmanthus

Osmanthus heterophyllus

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

No watering needed Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0

Japanese Spirea

Spiraea japonica

No watering needed Photo: bgirardot · 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

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Thorny Olive

Elaeagnus pungens

Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Bridalwreath Spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

Photo: Erin Collins · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Photinia

Photinia glabra

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

Isu Tree

Distylium racemosum

Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Temple Juniper

Juniperus rigida

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

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

Laceshrub

Neillia incisa

Photo: Pedro Beja · CC BY 4.0

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea

Photo: 鄭雪雲 · CC BY 4.0

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Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Korean Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis arundinacea

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

Red fescue

Festuca rubra

No watering needed Photo: Jens Søgaard Hansen · 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

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · 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

Southern Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

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

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Seasonal colour

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

Photo: Jim Rusconi · CC0 1.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Photo: Robert Guralnick · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry Begonia

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering needed Photo: Takaaki Hattori · 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

Photo: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

No watering needed Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum

Photo: teresa lo · CC BY 4.0

Spotted bellflower

Campanula punctata

Photo: Takashi KOIKE · CC0 1.0

Ostrich Plume Astilbe

Astilbe thunbergii 'Ostrich Plume'

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

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus

Photo: Petr Harant · CC BY 4.0

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

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

Wild Chervil

Anthriscus sylvestris

No watering needed Photo: David Lazarus · CC0 1.0

Variegated Lilyturf

Ophiopogon jaburan 'Vittatus'

Yomena Shogun Aster

Aster yomena 'Shogun'

Soybean

Glycine max

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

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

Mock Strawberry

Potentilla indica

Photo: Clive Freedman · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium chinense

Photo: Jacy Chen · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Cobra Lily

Arisaema thunbergii

Photo: Takashi KOIKE · CC0 1.0

Corn Speedwell

Veronica arvensis

No watering needed Photo: Rocco Lieghio · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

No watering needed Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Mazus

Mazus miquelii

Photo: Junichi Mandai · CC BY 4.0

Goering's Cymbidium

Cymbidium goeringii

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

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Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Wisteria

Wisteria floribunda

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Chocolate Vine

Akebia quinata

Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

Asiatic Jasmine

Trachelospermum asiaticum

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Oriental Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

Photo: stinger · CC BY 4.0

False Hydrangea Vine

Hydrangea hydrangeoides

Photo: Mike Butler · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

No watering needed Photo: MIMI · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

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Shade and damp

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

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

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

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

No watering needed Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0

Makino's Holly Fern

Polystichum makinoi

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0

Oriental Chain Fern

Woodwardia orientalis

Photo: Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · 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

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

Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

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Dry and architectural

Japanese Stonecrop

Sedum makinoi

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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