Color in the Garden » azalea

White Azaleas

Portland Japanese Garden — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:11:42 +0000

A favorite of one of the Portland Japanese Garden’s early supporters, white azaleas figure prominently in its design—particularly in the more formal styles of the Flat Garden and Stroll Garden, where the gentle solidity of their rounded tamamono pruning is most at home.

White azaleas dot the formal Flat Garden. (Click for wallpaper size)

Cedric Wiens

One plant, different flowers.

Flat Garden Dogwood in Full Bloom

Portland Japanese Garden — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:55:42 +0000

The Most Colorful Time of the Year

Portland Japanese Garden — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:14:08 +0000

With azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, Korean dogwood, and a few lingering cherries in bloom, we are entering the most colorful time of the year—just in time for the throngs of gardening enthusiasts arriving at our Annual Plant Sale. Our gardeners predict the wisteria arbor will be in full flower within 3 weeks, and the iris beds may bloom as early as mid-May this year.

Blooming: Azaleas and Rhodies, Viburnum, Enkianthus, Kousa Dogwood

Portland Japanese Garden — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:45:53 +0000

We’re looking forward to the ensata irises emerging later this month—meanwhile, several spring flowers remain in the Garden:

Jasmine Blue

White Azalea Waterfall

Portland Japanese Garden — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:27 +0000

This bank of white azaleas was designed to evoke a mountain waterfall, cascading over boulders into the upper pond of the Strolling Pond Garden.

Cedric Wiens

Azaleas and More

Portland Japanese Garden — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:44:52 +0000

What a happy coincidence that the Garden’s prime flowering season arrives just in time for Mother’s Day! A visit to the Garden this week promises lingering magnolia and cherry blossoms, delicate pieris and enkianthus, budding dogwood, rhododendrons, and vibrant azaleas:

Many of the garden’s small-leaved azalea plants are pruned into neat, globular shapes. This technique—credited to the Zen Buddhist monks of medieval Japan—is called karikomi 刈り込み, also meaning, “haircut.”