Trees and plants give the Japanese garden its unique character. While the European garden is colorful and diverse with its trees, bushes and flowers the Japanese garden is predominately green with its almost exclusive use of evergreen trees. When flowering trees are found in the Japanese garden they are usually camelias, specifically the tsubaki and sazanka. Ideal plants and shrubs for a Japanese garden;
  • Betula pendula, Silver birch
  • Phyllostachys nigra, Black bamboo
  • Olearia macrodonta, Daisy bush
  • Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' Atropurpureum'
  • Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Variegata'
  • Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
  • Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant'
  • Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'
  • Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
  • Microphylum
  • Nymphaea 'Aurora'
  • Typha minima , bullrush
  • Iris laevigata 'Variegata'
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