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Plants in Japanese gardens

Green trees

Forest-type trees are prefered in Japanese garden. Both, deciduous and evergreen trees are planted in Japanese garden. Deciduous trees show beautiful colour in autumn.

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Flower trees

Some flower trees are planted. Basicaly, they are showy naturally, some cultivars or double-flower are ocassionaly planted though.

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Shrubs

Some distinctive or showy shrubs are planted.
But they are not principal in Japanese gardens.

Flowers, ferns, bamboos, mosses

Here, I write down other kind of plant, e.g. Bamboo, mosses and ground covers.

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Plants ideas

Typical japanese countryside Japanese gardening is based on capturing the beauty of nature.

In nature, evergreen trees grow under deciduous trees. Evergreen trees grows gradually. Eventually, forests become evergreen forests. This means deciduous trees finish the life under evergreen trees. This is the nature forest transition in Japan.

Therefore, to follow the above story is the best for planting idea. Of course, in transition, some evergereen trees become taller than deciduous. In the garden, some evergreen trees may taller than deciduous trees.