Plants in the Komorebi Garden

“Stark white trunks against a dark background brings the concept to life, reminiscent of the forests visited by the designer as a child. Using different size specimens will enhance this, with the taller ones providing ‘komorebi’ light and shadow when the sun passes through the canopy.”

“Long stalks give a sense of hight and depth, and black emerging stems compliment dark landscape materials, and are reminiscent of growing bamboo.”

Sought after by the designers, these elegant shade-loving perennials have attractive foliage, which emerges in spring with a bronze flush before turning rich green. Then, in late spring or early summer, pendent tubular flowers appear, which vary in colour from creamy white to purplish-red, and these are followed by deepest crimson berries.

“Arching more horizontally with a finer leaf than the Disporum, the two are paired to play on the form and bring visual interest.”

A rhizomatous perennial with erect stems, bearing lance-shaped, stalkless leaves, mainly in whirls, sometimes opposite. Bearing pendant tubular, greenish white flowers in the leaf axils, from late spring to mid-summer and followed by small, red berries.

“Deep green shinny round leaves provide a lush verdant and moist forest feel.”

A slightly tender clump-forming evergreen perennial, with large, slightly fleshy, glossy rich green, kidney-shaped leaves. Branched clusters of daisy-like bright yellow flowers are borne in late autumn and early winter.

“Small and versatile, pairing with Farfugium the similar form is a play on size and scale.”

A creeping, evergreen perennial forming carpets of kidney-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves. The green, then purple, flowers are hidden under the foliage.