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Native plants in Shizuoka

152 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

152 of them need no watering beyond Shizuoka’s own rainfall

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Trees26

Canopy and structure

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed

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

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Fernleaf Full Moon Maple

Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'

No watering needed

Duke Gardens Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'

No watering needed

Marley's Pink Parasol Japanese Snowbell

Styrax japonicus 'Marley'S Pink Parasol'

No watering needed

Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

No watering needed Photo: monkeyjodey · CC0 1.0

Chinese Fringetree

Chionanthus retusus

No watering needed Photo: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0

Hinoki Cypress Verdon

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdon'

No watering needed

Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Golden Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Aurescens'

No watering needed

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea 'Pendula'

No watering needed

Japanese White Pine

Pinus parviflora 'Glauca'

No watering needed

Japanese Black Pine

Pinus thunbergii

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

Golden Ghost Pine

Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost'

No watering needed

Whitespire Birch

Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire'

No watering needed

Amur Maackia

Maackia amurensis

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · 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

No watering needed 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

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

Shrubs38

Backbone planting

Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed

Compact Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

No watering needed

Mountain Fire Andromeda

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'

No watering needed

Tatsumaki Japanese Laurel

Aucuba japonica 'Tatsumaki'

No watering needed

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

No watering needed Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

Tuff Stuff Ah-Ha Mountain Hydrangea

Hydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff Ah-Ha'

No watering needed

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering needed Photo: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0

Pinkie Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica 'Pinkie'

No watering needed

Gulftide Osmanthus

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide'

No watering needed

Nikko Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

No watering needed

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'

No watering needed

Duke Gardens Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'

No watering needed

Mariesii Japanese Snowball

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

No watering needed

Wakaebisu Satsuki Azalea

Rhododendron indicum 'Wakaebisu'

No watering needed

Double Play Artisan Spirea

Spiraea japonica 'Galen'

No watering needed

Gulf Stream Nandina

Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream'

No watering needed

Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Dwarf Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'

No watering needed

California Privet

Ligustrum ovalifolium

No watering needed Photo: Jochen Essig · CC BY 4.0

Dappled Willow

Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki'

No watering needed

Golden Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Aurescens'

No watering needed

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea 'Pendula'

No watering needed

Coppertop Sweet Viburnum

Viburnum odoratissimum 'Coppertop Sweet'

No watering needed

Japanese Skimmia

Skimmia japonica

No watering needed Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0

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

Fuzzy Deutzia

Deutzia scabra

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

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

Michael Dodge Linden Viburnum

Viburnum dilatatum 'Michael Dodge Linden'

No watering needed

Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia

No watering needed

Grasses6

Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

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

Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra

No watering needed

Japanese Sedge

Carex morrowii

No watering needed Photo: Peter de Lange · CC0 1.0

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Siderosticta sedge

Carex siderosticta

No watering needed Photo: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

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

Perennials56

Seasonal colour

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

No watering needed Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Siebold Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana

No watering needed Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mix'

No watering needed

Fortune's Hosta

Hosta fortunei

No watering needed

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

No watering needed Photo: renshuchu · CC0 1.0

Japanese Iris

Iris ensata

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Desdemona Bigleaf Ligularia

Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona'

No watering needed

Large-flowered Barrenwort

Epimedium grandiflorum

No watering needed Photo: Timur Kalininsky · 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

Fernleaf Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering needed Photo: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0

Large Leaf Begonia

Begonia grandis

No watering needed Photo: MUNENORI YAMAKAWA · CC BY 4.0

Red Spider Lily

Lycoris radiata

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

Surprise Lily

Lycoris squamigera

No watering needed Photo: Kōsuke Onoda · CC0 1.0

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus

No watering needed Photo: Juan · CC0 1.0

Hillside Black Beauty

Actaea simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty'

No watering needed

Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

No watering needed Photo: Vladimir Atachkin · CC BY 4.0

Falcate Solomon's Seal Silver Lining

Polygonatum falcatum 'Silver Lining'

No watering needed

Toad Lily

Tricyrtis hirta

No watering needed Photo: Neko · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: teresa lo · CC BY 4.0

Chinese lantern Winter cherry Lantern plant

Physalis alkekengi

No watering needed

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

No watering needed Photo: Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0

Golden Lace

Patrinia scabiosifolia

No watering needed Photo: Nina Filippova · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Onion Ozawa

Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

No watering needed

Wando Toad Lily

Tricyrtis macropoda 'Wando'

No watering needed

Siebold's Wild Ginger

Asarum sieboldii

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus

No watering needed Photo: Petr Harant · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bugbane

Actaea japonica

No watering needed

Japanese Gentian

Gentiana scabra

No watering needed Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov · CC BY 4.0

Nippon Lily

Rohdea japonica

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

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering needed Photo: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Fairy Bells

Disporum sessile 'Tightwad'

No watering needed

Vines9

Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Wisteria 'Grande Diva Jessye'

Wisteria floribunda 'Grande Diva Jessye'

No watering needed

Mississippi River Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora 'Mississippi River'

No watering needed

Chocolate Vine

Akebia quinata

No watering needed Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

Snow-N-Summer Asiatic Jasmine

Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Snow-N-Summer'

No watering needed

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

No watering needed Photo: sudomir · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Revolution American Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus 'Autumn Revolution'

No watering needed

Rose Sensation False Hydrangea Vine

Hydrangea hydrangeoides 'Rose Sensation'

No watering needed

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering needed Photo: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Ferns27

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

No watering needed 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

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

No watering needed Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Tassel Fern

Polystichum polyblepharum

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

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

No watering needed Photo: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

No watering needed Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

No watering needed Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

No watering needed Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Cretan Brake Fern

Pteris cretica 'Western Hills'

No watering needed

Eared Lady Fern

Athyrium otophorum

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

Siebold's Wood Fern

Dryopteris sieboldii

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

Tokyo Wood Fern

Dryopteris tokyoensis

No watering needed

Odaesan Fern

Dryopteris crassirhizoma 'Odaesan'

No watering needed

Variegated East Indian Holly Fern

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

No watering needed

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

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

Makino's Holly Fern

Polystichum makinoi

No watering needed

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

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

Oriental Chain Fern

Woodwardia orientalis

No watering needed Photo: Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0

Bisset's Wood Fern

Dryopteris bissetiana

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

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

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

Upside-down Fern

Arachniodes standishii

No watering needed Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Bamboo Fern

Coniogramme japonica

No watering needed 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

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Ogon Sedum

Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'

No watering needed

Other native plants2

No growth type given

Casa Blanca Lily

Lilium x auratum 'Casa Blanca'

No watering needed

Japanese Cobra Lily

Arisaema ringens

No watering needed Photo: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

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