Japanese Garden Evergreens
A background of clear musk and dark amber creates a lingering sensuality that carries the scent to a soft finish.
Japanese garden evergreens. See more ideas about plants japanese garden shrubs. Azaleas rhododendrons Japanese maple trees conifers such as pine trees and yew are good choices for a Zen garden. Another advantage to this plant is the range of sunlight it can adapt to.
Japanese garden tools and what to use them for. Varieties of Ilex crenata Japanese Holly is a small-growing evergreen shrub with dark to mid-greenyellow glossy leaves. The hosta is a naturalized plant found throughout Japan and these native types are valued more than the hybrids North American gardeners grow.
Evergreen Azaleas are a dominant component of all Japanese Gardens. If they look a bit raw spray them with some milk a few times and this will encourage mosses and lichens to grow on them. The delicate leaves are usually divided into narrow lobes and almost look like hands.
Trees and shrubs feature heavily particularly evergreens and those with blazing autumn foliage or delicate spring blossom. Evergreen tree varieties include giant timber bamboo Bambusa oldhamii a clumping species that grows from 25 to 50 feet tall. To Westerners it seems to lack color.
It has smooth green. Literally nothing says Japanese Garden like a Japanese Maple Tree Acer palmatum. The garden defines itself as a space of monochromatic understatement.
These long-lived evergreen shrubs bring lush blooms and glossy foliage to a Japanese garden. We have over 25000 plants in our nursery. Photograph by Mihoyo Fuji via Flickr.