Content
- Which trees belong in a Japanese garden?
- What is typical of a Japanese garden?
- Which plants are suitable for a Japanese garden
- trees and shrubs
- Other plants
- Tips
Conifers and trees with colorful foliage grace authentic Japanese gardens
Which trees belong in a Japanese garden?
The artistic interaction of green plants, stones and often also water fascinates not only the Japanese. Even in Europe, there are more and more lovers of this garden art, in which not only bonsai are used.
What is typical of a Japanese garden?
A typical Japanese garden recreates a natural landscape in a small frame. This can look very different: from the mountain landscape framed by pine trees to the garden pond with bridge and teahouse, very different design possibilities are conceivable. It is only characteristic that the individual components express certain aspects of the Japanese culture and the planting is carried out rather sparingly, but thoroughly planned. Flowering plants are rather rare in Japanese gardens, but plants in numerous shades of green. Also important are the elements stone and water, the latter can also be represented in the form of (white) pebbles.
Which plants are suitable for a Japanese garden
It is less important to plant original Japanese woody plants, but rather the choice of suitable plants. For example, you should not plant a Japanese maple if you can not give it a suitable location in your garden. Therefore, when choosing the plants for the Japanese species, always pay attention to the requirements in terms of location, soil and winter hardiness. You can also use native trees for planting - for example, a field maple instead of a maple tree. In any case, typical of Japanese gardens are more conifers, which remain green in winter and can be shaped well.
trees and shrubs
For this reason, Japanese gardens mainly include pines (eg, mountain or maid pines, black pines) and other conifers such as yew and larch. Furthermore, you can plant deciduous trees, especially maple, boxwood, rhododendrons, azaleas, as well as cherry and ornamental cherry trees and plums.
Other plants
These woods are joined by ferns and grasses, such as bamboo, Japanese forest grass, broadleaf sedge, bearskin grass, ostrich fern, rainbow fern, etc. Also indispensable is moss, such as the star moss. Flowering plants are rather rare, but to find exactly positioned: In addition to the almost obligatory cherries also include flower dogwood, peonies and irises in a Japanese garden.
Tips
If you want to keep track of your property / garden, then you can plant high hedges - or, as is usual in Japan, use a white wall.