Want Your Garden to Look More Japanese? These 5 Plants and Trees Will Make It Feel Like Springtime in Tokyo

A garden with a cement border and bench beside an elevated garden featuring a maple, textured grass and small plants.

It feels like everyone is getting back out into their gardens readying it for the days of real sunshine soon to come (fingers crossed). And a style I've noticed more and more is that of considered planting to evoke a calm, lived-in feel — much like the trend of design indoors.

And if you ask me, one of the best to do it is definitely Japanese gardens. And you might notice that a common theme across this fashion of landscaping includes quietly manicured moments interspersed with free-flowing accents. All in part to certain Japanese trees and plants, of course.