Abstract: Based on current status of plant application in urban greenway construction in Wuhan City， the selection and configuration of garden plants in urban greenway construction were investigated in this article. The results showed that there were 150 kinds of garden plants in Wuhan′s urban greenway construction；they involved 45 families and 92 genera. Among them，there were 8 species of big trees，27 species of trees，53 species of shrubs（including subshrubs and vines）and 62 species of herbaceous plants（ground cover plants）. The main ways of plants application in greenway were summarized as follow：water surface plant allocation，revetment plant allocation and terrestrial plant allocation. Some suggestions on the application of landscape plants in greenway construction in Wuhan City were put foward.

Key words: greenway, garden plants, plant selection, plant application, Wuhan City