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Hakone is a masterpiece of horticultural beauty throughout the
year as one observes a visual symphony of plantings blooming and
colors changing each month of the seasons. Decades ago, the
garden designers planted a choreography of foliage and flowering
plants whose seasonal displays feature a different highlight.
Hakone is famous for the spring blossoming of wisteria, cherry
blossoms, and a wide variety of Japanese maples. Summer brings
the blooming of water plants, groundcover, shrubs and trees.
Autumn's magnificent colors include the bright hues of golden
reds, oranges and yellows slowly spreading throughout the
gardens. Winter reveals the stark beauty of deciduous and
coniferous plants and the spectacular blooms of the camellias.
A brief monthly highlight of plantings in bloom include:
| January | Flowering Plums |
| January-April | Camellias |
| February | Daphne and Andromeda |
| February-March | Violets |
| March | Flowering Cherries |
| March-June | Azaleas |
| April | Wisteria and Rhododendron |
| May-June | Iris and Peonies |
| May-September | Water Lilies |
| October-November | Fall Color |
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