Japanese Gardens Plants
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Groundcovers
Botanical name |
Common name |
Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ |
Sweetflag |
Acorus gramineus ‘Minimus Aureus’ |
Dwarf sweetflag |
Asarum shuttleworthii |
Mottled wild ginger |
Astilbe sp. |
Astilbe |
Cotoneaster sp. |
Cotoneaster |
Epimedium sp. |
Fairy wings |
Helleborus x hybridus |
Lenten rose |
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ |
Golden creeping Jenny |
Microbiota decussata |
Russian arborvitae |
Ophiopogon japonicus |
Mondo grass |
Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nana’ |
Dwarf mondo grass |
Pachysandra terminalis |
Japanese spurge |
Sedum spurium |
Caucasian stonecrop |
Sedum tetractinum |
Chinese sedum |
Selaginella braunii |
Spikemoss |
Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ |
Blue Pacific juniper |
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Bar Harbor’ |
Bar Harbor juniper |
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’ |
Blue Rug juniper |
Ferns
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum |
Japanese painted fern |
Dryopteris spp. |
Wood ferns |
Dryopteris erythrosora |
Autumn fern |
Onoclea sensibilis |
Sensitive fern |
Osmunda regalis |
Royal fern |
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum |
Cinnamon fern |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas fern |
Polystichum polyblepharum |
Japanese tassel fern |
Perennials
Amsonia hubrichtii |
Arkansas bluestar |
Amsonia tabernaemontana |
Eastern bluestar |
Anemone x hybrida ‘Alba’ |
Japanese anemone |
Aspidistra elatior |
Cast iron plant |
Chelone sp. |
Turtlehead |
Eurybia divaricata |
Wood aster |
Eutrochium purpureum |
Joe Pye weed |
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ |
Cranesbill |
Heuchera ‘Caramel’ |
Coral bells |
Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ |
Coral bells |
Iris ensata ‘Variegata’ |
Variegated Japanese iris |
Juncus effusus |
Common rush |
Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’ |
Variegated liriope |
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Zebra’ |
Dwarf zebra grass |
Nassella tenuissima |
Mexican feather grass |
Peltandra virginica |
Arrow arum |
Pennisetum alopecuroides |
Fountain grass |
Rohdea japonica |
Nippon lily |
Solidago sp. |
Goldenrod |
Yucca filamentosa |
Yucca |
Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ |
Variegated yucca |
Xanthorhiza simplicissima |
Yellowroot |
Shrubs
Abelia x grandiflora |
Abelia |
Aucuba japonica |
Aucuba |
Camellia japonica |
Japanese camellia |
Camellia Sasanqua |
Sasanqua camellia |
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Fastigiata’ |
Upright plum yew |
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Prostrata’ |
Spreading Japanese plum yew |
Clethra alnifolia |
Summersweet |
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Globosa ‘Nana’ |
Dwarf Japanese cedar |
Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ |
Variegated Daphne |
Edgeworthia chrysantha |
Paperbush |
Euonymous alatus |
Burning bush |
Fatsia japonica |
Fatsia |
Fothergilla sp. |
Fothergilla |
Hydrangea arborescens |
Native hydrangeas |
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ |
Annabelle hydrangea |
Hydrangea macrophylla |
Mophead hydrangea |
Hydrangea quercifolia |
Oakleaf hydrangea |
Hypericum sp. |
St. John’s wort |
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ |
Heller’s holly |
Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’ |
Sky Pencil Japanese holly |
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’ |
Dwarf Burford holly |
Itea virginica |
Virginia sweetspire |
Juniperus x pfitzeriana |
Cloud-pruned Pfitzer junipers |
Kalmia latifolia |
Mountain laurel |
Lonicera nitida |
Box honeysuckle |
Lonicera nitida ‘Lemon Beauty’ |
Variegated box honeysuckle |
Loropetalum chinensis |
Loropetalum |
Mahonia bealei |
Leatherleaf mahonia |
Nandina domestica |
Nandina |
Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ |
Firepower nandina |
Pieris japonica |
Pieris |
Pieris japonica ‘Variegata’ |
Variegated pieris |
Rhododendron viscosum |
Swamp azalea |
Viburnum macrocephalum |
Chinese snowball viburnum |
Vines
Decumaria barbara |
Native climbing hydrangea |
Lygodium japonicum |
Japanese climbing fern –can be invasive |
Trees
Acer spp. |
Maple trees |
Acer griseum |
Paperbark maple |
Acer palmatum |
Japanese maples |
(‘Bloodgood’, ‘Emperor’, ‘Sango Kaku,’ ‘Ryusen’, ‘Seyriu’, and many more) |
Amelanchier sp. |
Serviceberry |
Betula nigra ‘Heritage’ |
River birch |
Carya sp. |
Hickory |
Cedrus deodara |
Deodar cedar |
Cercis canadensis |
Redbud |
Chionanthus virginicus |
Native fringetree |
Chionanthus retusus |
Chinese fringetree |
Cornus florida |
Dogwood |
Crataegus spp. |
Hawthorns |
Cryptomeria japonica |
Japanese cedar |
Cupressus arizonica |
Arizona cypress |
Fagus grandifolia |
American beech |
Lagerstroemia indica |
Crape myrtle |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
Sweetgum |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
Tulip poplar |
Magnolia grandiflora |
Southern magnolia |
Malus angustifolia |
Southern crabapple |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
Dawn redwood |
Oxydendrum arboreum |
Sourwood |
Parrotia persica |
Persian ironwood |
Pinus parviflora |
Japanese white pine |
Prunus cerasifera |
Purple leaf plum |
Prunus serrulata |
Kwanzan cherry |
Prunus x ‘Okame’ |
Okame cherry |
Prunus x yeodensis |
Yoshino cherry |
Quercus laurifolia |
Laurel oak |
Quercus rubra |
Red oak |
Salix babylonica |
Weeping willow |
Stewartia pseudocamellia |
Japanese stewartia |
Tsuga canadensis |
Eastern hemlock |
Viburnum plicatum tomentosum |
Doublefile Viburnum |