| i have a japenese style landscape in my front yard and I need to know what I can use as a focal point? and also I live in a zone 5 buffalo ny...and also I need a little color what plants could give me a little color |
| There are many different things you could use as a focal point. You could use a mugo pine or other evergreen, a small tree such as an ornamental cherry or plum or crabapple, a large stone or grouping of stones, a stone bench, an ornament such as a Japanese style lantern, a small garden pond, a small bridge over a "pool" of gravel.... In Japanese gardens there are usually very few flowers, if any. However you could add Japanese or Siberian iris, peonies and possibly some of the smaller, extra hardy rhododendrons in sun; moss, hostas, ferns and tricyrtis in shade and still have an Asian theme. If you are willing to go somewhat non-traditional you could also add cranesbill, ornamental grasses, sedums, and mums for example and still maintain that Japanese garden feel. I hope this gives you some ideas. |
