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Native plants in Xi’an

51 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

6 of them need no watering beyond Xi’an’s own rainfall

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Chinese Juniper

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0
Kousa Dogwood

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0
Chinese Pistache

Chinese Pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Photo: IDClaire · CC BY 4.0
Corkscrew Willow

Corkscrew Willow

Salix babylonica

Photo: Wesley Webb · CC BY 4.0
Himalayan Birch

Himalayan Birch

Betula utilis

No watering neededPhoto: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
Apricot

Apricot

Prunus armeniaca

No watering neededPhoto: Bob · CC BY 4.0
Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

Chinese Chestnut

Chinese Chestnut

Castanea mollissima

Photo: B Jaeger-Stanley · CC BY 4.0
Glossy Privet

Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Photo: Dan Vickers · CC0 1.0
Siberian Elm

Siberian Elm

Ulmus pumila

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0
Tree-of-Heaven

Tree-of-Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky) · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs19

Chinese Juniper

Chinese Juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0
Double Japanese Kerria

Double Japanese Kerria

Kerria japonica

Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 1.0
Winged Euonymus

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0
Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis 'Aurea Nana'

Fountain Butterfly Bush

Fountain Butterfly Bush

Buddleja alternifolia

Photo: Llydia · CC0 1.0
Winter Honeysuckle

Winter Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima

Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0
Downy Lilac

Downy Lilac

Syringa pubescens

Photo: Kaden Slone · CC BY 4.0
Weeping Forsythia

Weeping Forsythia

Forsythia suspensa

Photo: Jiao Sun (孙娇) · CC BY 4.0
Korean Boxwood

Korean Boxwood

Buxus sinica

Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Cotoneaster

Creeping Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster adpressus

No watering neededPhoto: 王天 · CC BY 4.0
Tube Clematis

Tube Clematis

Clematis heracleifolia

Photo: Benjamin Schedl · CC BY 4.0
Manchu Rose

Manchu Rose

Rosa xanthina

No watering neededPhoto: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0
Peking Cotoneaster

Peking Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster acutifolius

No watering neededPhoto: Марина Давлетшина · CC BY 4.0
Goji Berry

Goji Berry

Lycium barbarum

No watering neededPhoto: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 1.0
Glossy Privet

Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Photo: Dan Vickers · CC0 1.0
Early Lilac

Early Lilac

Syringa x oblata

Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0
Autumn Olive

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Amur Honeysuckle

Amur Honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii

Photo: Ashley Pitcher · CC0 1.0
Multiflora Rose

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

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Chinese Silver Grass

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Blood Grass

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Perennials18

Bigleaf Ligularia

Bigleaf Ligularia

Ligularia dentata

Photo: Timur Kalininsky · CC BY 4.0
Tiger Lily

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
Common Orange Daylily

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Spotted bellflower

Spotted bellflower

Campanula punctata

Photo: Takashi KOIKE · CC0 1.0
Japanese Aster

Japanese Aster

Aster ageratoides 'Adustus Nanus'

White Mugwort

White Mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Photo: Yj · CC BY 4.0
Indian Chrysanthemum

Indian Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0
Chinese Delphinium

Chinese Delphinium

Delphinium grandiflorum

Photo: Urgamal Magsar · CC BY 4.0
Plume Poppy

Plume Poppy

Macleaya microcarpa

Obovate Peony

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

Photo: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0
Soybean

Soybean

Glycine max

Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0
Patience Dock

Patience Dock

Rumex patientia

Photo: gerardbertrand · CC BY 4.0
Greater Burdock

Greater Burdock

Arctium lappa

Photo: Matt Demmon · CC0 1.0
Himalayan Cobra Lily

Himalayan Cobra Lily

Arisaema consanguineum

Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin · CC BY 4.0
Canada Thistle

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 1.0
Lamb's Quarters

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

Photo: nebrooks · CC BY 4.0
Spiny Plumeless Thistle

Spiny Plumeless Thistle

Carduus acanthoides

Photo: María Regina Silva · CC BY 4.0
Prostrate Knotweed

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

Vines1

Boston Ivy

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Ferns2

Japanese painted fern

Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0
Fortune's Holly Fern

Fortune's Holly Fern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Photo: Henry Miller · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Stringy Stonecrop

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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