Abstract: Firstly, we introduced the concept of urban night lighting and common urban greening plants; then, according to urban spatial distribution, we divided the night lighting and urban plants into different categories; finally, using the light source as the starting point, we summarized the plant growth and metabolism in photosynthesis under the light treatments (lighting quality, lighting time or lighting intensity). The current domestic and foreign research progresses in this field were analyzed and the relative deficiency of research on current urban landscape lighting and urban greening plants was pointed out. In conclusion, we put forward suggestions as using field survey and experiments to understand the influence of night lighting on urban greening plants, taking into consideration of the new light source LED, and arranging the urban lighting design for protecting urban greening plants.