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Japanese Garden Plants This is where to find details on plants. We don't have a lot of images, but we'll be providing articles and details as we are able. If you have materials to contribute or gaps to fill in, please let us know. Japanese Name English Name Latin Name Native Habitat ajisai  Hydrangea  Hydrangea spp.    akebi  Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine  Akebia quinata  Central China to Korea and Japan  aoki  Japanese aucuba  Aucuba japonica    asebi  Japanese andromeda  Pieris japonica    botan  Tree peony  Paeonia suffruticosa  moutains in NW and SW China  fuji  Wisteria  Wisteria floribunda, W. multijuga  mountainous areas, marsh, freshwater shore  hagi  Bush Clover  Lespedeza bicolor var japonica    hakuchoge  Japanese serrisa  Serissa foetida    hisakaki/sakaki  Eurya  Eurya japonica  deep mountains, marsh, or along a pond/lake shore  jinchôge, chinchôge  Winter Daphne  Daphne odora  Western China, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan  kanamemochi  Japanese photinia  Photinia glabra    kinmokusei  Osmanthus  Osmanthus aurantus    kirishima tsutsuji  Kirishima Azalea  Rhododendron obtusum    kuchinashi  Cape jasmine  Gardenia jasminoides    Manryo  Coral Berry/Ardisia  Ardisia crenata  woods in warmer areas  masaki  Evergreen Euonymus  Euonymus japonica    mitsuba tsutsuji  Azalea  Rhododendron dilatatum    miyama kirishima  Azalea  Rhododendron kiusianum    mochi tsutsuji  Big sepal azalea  Rhododendron dilatatum    mokkoku    Ternstroemia japonica    mokkoku    Ternstroemia gymnanthera    mukuge, hachisu  Althea; Rose of Sharon  Hibiscus syriacus  native of China  nanten  Heavenly bamboo  Nandina domestica    nezuminochi  Japanese privet  Ligustrum japonicum    renge-tsutsuji  Azalea  Rhododendron japonicum    sasa, kozasa, ozasa  Bamboo Grass  Sasa kozassa  deep mountains  sata tsutsuji  Azalea  Rhododendron sataense    satsuki  Azalea  Rhododendron indicum, R. eriocarpum  mountainous areas; marshy areas, freshwater shores  satsuki  Satsuki azalea  Rhododendron jateritium    satsuki, hirado tsutsuji  Azalea  Rhododendron indicum  mountainous areas; marshy areas, freshwater shores  sazanka  Sasanqua camellia  Camellia sasanqua    senryo  Senryo  Chloranthus glaber  forests  shakunage  Rhododendron  Rhododendron spp.    shashanpo    Vaccinium bracteatum    tsubaki  Japanese Camellia  Camellia japonica var hortensis    Tsukubane-utsugi  Japanese Abelia  Abelia grandiflora  Japan, south of Hokkaido  umemodoki  Japanese winter berry  Iles serrata var sieboldii    yadome, inutsuge  Bush holly  Ilex crenata  deep mountains  yama tsubaki  Common Camellia  Camellia japonica    yama urushi  Wild Sumac  Rhus trichocarpa  deep mountains  yamabuki  Kerria  Kerria japonica  marsh or pond/lake shore  yama-tsutsuji  Torch Azalea  Rhododendron obtusum var. kaempferi  mountainous areas; marshy areas, freshwater shores  yatsude  Japanese aralia  Fatsia japonica  prefers a partially  yukiyanagi  Thunberg spiraea  Spiraea thunbergii

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