The Japanese Garden

A few remarkable plants, each given room to be seen — cloud pruned trees, acers, camellia and tree ferns for gardens built on restraint.

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      Hardy tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica, with fibrous trunk
      Hardy Tree Fern, 'Dicksonia Antarctica' - Plant Drop
      Hardy Tree Fern
      from £195
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      Camellia japonica bush in flower
      Camellia bush styled in an interior courtyard
      Camellia Bushes
      £150
      Statement ficus bonsai, Indian laurel, sculpted trunk
      Ficus bonsai, studio cut-out
      Ginseng Bonsai
      from £245
      Bloodgood Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, crimson foliage
      Bloodgood Japanese maple foliage
      Bloodgood Japanese Maple
      from £125
      Green Japanese Maple
      Acer Palmatum 'Dissectum Viridis' - Plant Drop
      Green Japanese Maple
      from £150
      Large Fatsia japonica, castor oil plant, glossy leaves
      Fatsia Japonica, Japanese Aralia - Plant Drop
      Fatsia Japonica
      £150
      Mature Japanese bonsai specimen
      Japanese bonsai, sculpted canopy
      Cloud Pruned Tree
      £695

      The Japanese garden is built on restraint: a few remarkable plants, each given room to be seen. Structure from a cloud-pruned tree, seasonal fire from an acer, deep evergreen calm from camellia and fatsia, and the prehistoric softness of a tree fern in the shade.

      It suits British gardens unusually well — shade-tolerant, sculptural through winter, and content in the courtyard and small-garden spaces where a traditional border struggles. Start with one specimen worth contemplating; the gravel and the stillness will suggest themselves.