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.

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.

Japanese bird cherry is a deciduous tree of Rosaceae. Its Japanese name comes from the grooved board used in ancient tortoise shell divination. It can be distinguished from the similar Inu cherry, its inflorescence branches with leaves.

Soybean (Glycine max) was domesticated by the Chinese 6,000 to 9,000 years ago. In the eighteenth century, Europeans used soybean for ornamental purposes. It’s a versatile plant grown both for consumption and as an ingredient in manufactured products. It was even used by Henry Ford to make plastic parts for his Model T.

Fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum) is a species of maple tree native to Japan and South Korea. It rarely grows more than 10 m tall. Fullmoon maple has found favor as a North American and European ornamental plant. In autumn, the leaves change to a dark red or bright orange before they fall.

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.

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree 15 to 30 m tall, with slate grey bark. The leaves are large, 16 to 38 cm (rarely to 50 cm) long and 9 to 20 cm (rarely 25 cm) broad, leathery, green above, silvery or greyish pubescent below, and with an acute apex. The flowers are also large, cup-shaped, 15 to 20 cm diameter. The fruit is an oblong-cylindric aggregate of follicles 12 to 20 cm long and 6 cm broad, bright pinkish red.

The leaves are odd-winged double leaves with 4-8 pairs of leaflets. The leaves are ring-shaped and the smaller the lower leaves. Hair grows densely on both sides of the leaf. The leaves of mature trees are rounded but the leaves of young trees have saw teeth. The petioles and leaf stems also have hair and are reddish. It turns red in the fall. It is a hermaphroditic strain with yellow-green flowers around spring. The fruit is tonsil-like and has stings on the surface.

Tree height reaches 4 m. The bark of the trunk is dark brown, the young branches are green, often purple-brown, and have no hair or long simple hairs. The leaves are opposite, the petiole is 1 to 2 cm long, usually reddish, with long, downy hairs, sometimes with short bundles, with grooves on the top, and usually without stipules. The leaf blade is 6 to 14 cm long and 4 to 9 cm wide, the shape is from oval to broad oval, the tip sharply narrows and sharpens, the base becomes wide wedge-shaped, round, dull, the edge is shallow 3 There are square saw teeth. At the end of the short branch, a flowering inflorescence with a pair of leaves and a diameter of 6 to 10 cm is attached, and many white flowers are densely attached. The fruit is a spherical or ovoid drupe, 5 to 7 mm in length, ripe to a shiny dark red. The nucleus, into which one seed enters, is oval, 4.5 to 7 mm long and 1.8 to 2.5 mm thick, with two shallow grooves on the dorsal side of the nucleus and three on the ventral side.

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.

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.

Grey snake-bark maple is a shrub that can grow into a tree with distinctive mottled, striped bark that resembles a snakeskin - hence the name. The alternative name of redvein maple is attributed to the red-brown color of the leaf veins. Like many maples, grey snake-bark maple hosts larvae of the Imperial moth. It also attracts pollinators such as bees.

It reaches 35 m in height. The crown is rounded and the bark is smooth and grey. The simple leaves are arranged alternately along the branch. They are broadest towards the base and have 7 to 11 pairs of veins. The nut has a short thick stalk, 1.5 cm long. There are flattened green whiskers at the base of the husk of the nut.

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.

Acer pictum is a deciduous tree up to 20 m tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes.

Siebold's maple is a striking tree native to Japan and Korea. It is valued for its vibrant fall colors, which range from gold to deep red. Unlike other maples, its bark often peels away in thin, curled strips, adding texture to its trunk and branches.

Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is a highly ornamental small tropical tree or shrub, often multi-stemmed. It is native to India, Southeastern Asia, and Japan, and features a characteristic vase-shaped crown and beautifully-ruffled pink blooms that can last from early summer to autumn. It is also a popular nesting shrub for small birds.

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.

Big blue lilyturf is an evergreen perennial endemic to East Asia. Comparable to grape hyacinths, this plant has velvety, lush foliage and abundant lavender-blue spikes with black berries blooming next to it. It is a famous, enticing plant that looks especially good at sloping waterways. This low-maintenance plant is excellent for ground cover and edging.