What kind of plants I can use in a Japanese themed rockery garden?
A: The Japanese favour slow growing pruned evergreens for rockery/rock areas, things like various types of box, dwarf azaleas and small camellias. Form is more important than the flower. It is us westerners that indulge in florrid flamboyance. Trees that show the ravages of time like the red Pine (Pinus densiflora), the Black Pine (Pinus thunbergi). Japanese acers never look out of place even on a bank particularly the Acer dissectum varieties.
Next to water they love too weep down to their reflection creating a spectacular effect. Visit Tatton Park in Knutsford, Cheshire or Holland Park in central London to see two of the best British Japanese gardens.
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