16 Beautiful Japanese Indoor Plants
27.12.2023 - 06:57
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Do you want to create a serene and soothing atmosphere in your home? Consider adding these Beautiful Japanese Indoor Plants!Caring for Japanese house plants is a rewarding experience, as they thrive indoors with minimal effort.
A Japanese garden symbolizes harmony by combining natural forces together. It is designed to incorporate harmony in a minimalistic scenery, following the traditional aesthetics of Japanese culture.
The five elements of a Japanese garden include water—which stands for calmness and renewal; stones—the omnipresence of nature; lantern—the guiding light to clear the cloud of negativity; bridges—to linger around the beauty of nature; and plants—that depict the universal forms of life.
Now that you know how to set it up all that’s left is beautiful Japanese native foliage. Let us see the most wonderful plants for Japanese garden.
Hosta is a domestic plant found across Japan. This shade-tolerant plant prefers indirect bright light and good air circulation.
Botanical Name: Hydrangea
Hydrangeas are quite a famous showy plant in Japan, mainly the macrophylla varieties that change color between pink and blue according to soil acidity.
Lotus is very common in Japanese gardens. You can create a mini water garden indoors for growing dwarf cultivars like; ‘Crystal Beauty’ or ‘Baby Doll’ in small bowls.
Chrysanthemum first came to Japan through China during the fifth century and grew in entire Japan from Heian Period. They do best in bright and indirect light.
Botanical Name: Acorus gramineus
These ornamental indoor Japanese plants have a very sweet fragrance, which increases when crushed. You can grow them indoors in full sun to full shade and keep the soil always moist.
Botanical Name: Asplenium antiquum
This evergreen fern