The Japanese iris is a much-loved flowering plant and one of the best perennials for Japanese gardens. It blooms with lavender colored flowers around June and is generally suitable for zones 4-9.

Compared to western gardens, the color palette in Japanese gardens is restrained, with an emphasis on foliage rather than flowers – a celebration of green in all its varying shades.

One of the best places to catch the annual cherry blossom bloom is on the outskirts of Grand Rapids, where the renowned Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park sprawls. The botanical garden and ...

Each panelist was asked to nominate 10 must-see gardens and, on a video call in March, they spent almost four hours winnowing down that long list to a definitive 25. Most, if not all of them, are ...

In 1963, the Portland Japanese Garden went from being a wish to an official project and Tono of Japan started the foundational layout of the now 12-acre site encompassing eight distinct gardens.

Travel website Trips to Discover recently ranked Portland among the 14 best places to view cherry blossoms around the world. If you go: Open Wednesday-Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.