The bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous shrub native to Japan, and is known for its lush, oval, colorful inflorescence. The two types of Hydrangea macrophylla are mopheads - with large, ball-shaped, sterile flower clusters, and lace capes - with small round fertile flowers in the center, and sterile flowers on the outer side of each inflorescence. Depending on soil pH, blooms can change color from pink to blue.

The japanese camellia is a small tree or shrub with glossy green leaves and showy white, pink or red flowers. Native to Japan, it has since spread around the world and is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, even becoming the official state flower of the U.S. state of Alabama. In China, it is considered a symbol of good luck and is a staple of many New Year's celebrations.

The stem grows up to about 5 meters high. Wakae has hair at the beginning but gradually disappears and black spots are gradually appearing on green smooth skin. As it gets older it gradually becomes covered with a rough gray bark. The leaves are western paper and oval dark green and not shiny. The back of the leaf is a little whitish. Hermaphrodite. The flower is yellowish green and blooms in a diffuse inflorescence from the side of the leaf at the same time as the leaves come out in spring. There are 9 stamens for male flowers and ovary for female flowers. The fruits are berries and ripen black around fall.

The japanese tree clethra is a dense, deciduous shrub. It produces fragrant white flowers that are attractive to bees and butterflies. Its showy and fragrant blooms add value to gardens and can grow up to 2.5 m high. It has received the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

A woody plant native to East Asia, the japanese maple features hand-shaped leaves with five-pointed lobes that resemble the palm of a hand. It has been cultivated for millennia in Japan for bonsai creation. Extracts from the branches and leaves of this plant are used as medicine in Chinese traditional medicine.

Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) is an evergreen shrub native to China, Japan, and Korea. Japanese holly is a flowering plant, and its flowers transition into berries during summer. This plant is popularly planted as an ornamental shrub and can be grown as a Bonsai tree.

East asian eurya (Eurya japonica) is an evergreen shrub that will grow from 1.5 to 1.8 m tall and spread 1.2 to 1.5 m wide. It blooms from winter to spring with tiny creamy-white bell-shaped flowers. Dark blue berries ripen in fall on female plants if a male plant is close by.

Despite its name, heavenly bamboo is not actually bamboo at all but a semi-evergreen shrub. It gains its name because a casual observer may mistake it for actual bamboo. The bright red berries are a key distinguishing feature of this plant. They should be avoided, however, since they are toxic to most animals and humans alike.

Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica) is an evergreen shrub that produces chains of small flowers. But be careful, it can cause seizures and temporary blindness if consumed by animals or people. Even so, is sometimes grown in the foundation portion of gardens along with other shrubs.

The kousa dogwood is known for its ornamental appeal. The showy flowers and bark, as well as the lovely fall foliage, make this vase-shaped tree a great addition to your patio, yard, or lawn. The tree matures to about 9 m high and is often just as wide.

Quercus serrata is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of 25 m. Leaves are up to 17 cm long by 9 cm wide leathery elliptical in shape with serrated margins. Petioles are short (3 cm). Flowers are pistillate inflorescences from 1.5 to 3 cm long occurring in spring. Seeds are oval shaped acorns 1.7 to 2 cm long and take 1 year to mature. Bark is grey or reddish-brown with longitudinal furrows.

Hibiscus syriacus is a deciduous shrub with trumpet-shaped pink, lavender, or white flowers. Although it was first collected by Western botanists from Syrian gardens, “rose of sharon” is native to south-central and southeastern China. Because of its hardiness and prolific blooming, it is cultivated all around the world. It is the national flower of South Korea, mentioned in its national anthem.

Asian Rice is one of the world's most important staple crops. This annual grass, which was first domesticated in China centuries ago, accounts for a significant portion of the diet of half of the world's population. Aside from food, this plant is grown for use in wines, medicines, and cosmetics. It is also used in crafts and religious ceremonies worldwide.

China root (Smilax china) is a tropical climbing plant. It gets both its scientific name and the common name "China root" from the largest country in which it grows wild. It can be best identified growing in its preferred streamside, thicket, and grassy slope habitats when its bright red fruit, which grows in peculiar almost spherical clusters, appears in late fall and early winter.

Japanese Snowbell is a deciduous flowering tree native to Japan China and Korea. This smaller-sized tree makes a lovely ornamental with its slightly fragrant white bell-shaped blossoms that bloom spring to summer. Its leaves turn yellow to orange in the fall before dropping.

The branches are gray the leaves are 1 to 2 cm long and the petiole is long. The leaves alternate the leaves are oval slightly leathery shiny and generous in appearance. The front surface is dark green and smooth the back surface is slightly pale and the middle rib protrudes. The edges are smooth but wavy. Tree height grows up to 3-7 meters. The flowering period is around spring-summer and is dioecious. The female flowers grow singly on the axils and the male flowers gather a small number of small white flowers in the inflorescence. The fruit hangs with a handle of 5 to 6 cm is spherical with a diameter of about 7 mm and ripens red in fall.

The vine wraps from left to right, with a thick stem about 2 cm in diameter. The bark is gray-brown to reddish-brown, with round bark and irregular cracks. The leaves are alternate, palm-shaped compound leaves with three leaflets. The lobules are 2 to 6 cm long and 1.5 to 4 cm wide, oval to broad oval, concave at the tip, round at the base, and wavy serrated edges. The surface of the leaves is dark green, the back is light green, and both sides are hairless. The inflorescences are drooped or bent from the side of the new leaves, and about 10 to 30 small male flowers are attached to the tip of the inflorescence, and 1 to 3 large female flowers are attached to the base. The fruit is a berry, wrapped in thick skin and forms a stubborn cocoon. The length is about 10 cm, it is oblong, and the bulge on the tip side is larger than that of Akebi. As it ripens in the fall, the color changes from green to purple or magenta, and the skin ruptures, revealing jelly-like flesh inside. The pulp is white and contains many black seeds.

Native to eastern Asia, sapphire-berry was introduced to the United States in the 19th century. It usually forms a bush, but in favorable growing conditions, it can grow to be a large tree. The intensely blue color of the fruit attracts birds. Research has begun to investigate whether sapphire-berry is a good candidate for biofuel production.

When the leaves or stems of stinkvine are crushed or bruised, they give off a strong, sulfurous odor. It is nevertheless cultivated as an ornamental vine by some gardeners. It can grow very quickly and has become the subject of significant eradication efforts in Hawaii.

Japanese chestnut is a medium-sized chestnut tree that has been used in plant-disease resistance research due to its resistance to chestnut blight and ink disease. An important nut crop, the plant grows in the foothills of Japan and Korea, where the nuts are enjoyed as a sweet snack.