Landscape Fact Sheet – The Japanese Heritage Shōya House at The Huntington

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Sustainable Landscape and Agriculture

The Japanese Heritage Shōya House shows the possibility of living sustainably with nature.

In Japan, farmers developed sustainable practices that improved productivity and soil quality. Huntington staff draw on that knowledge to maintain the fields in the Shōya House compound, including the process of composting and the use of cover crops.

Key Plantings

Agricultural Crops

Agricultural crops are rotated seasonally.

Arctium lappa (burdock)

Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)

Cucurbita maxima (kabocha squash)

Fagopyrum esculentum ‘Takane Ruby’ (buckwheat)

Glycine max (soybean)

Oryza sativa ‘amaura’ (upland rice)

Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet)

Sesamum indicum (sesame)

Trifolium fragiferum (Palestine strawberry clover)

Triticum aestivum (spring wheat)

Vigna angularis (adzuki bean)

V. unguiculata (cowpea)

Trees

Acer palmatum (Japanese maple)

Acer truncatum (Shantung maple)

Citrus reticulata spp. (mandarin orange)

Diospyros kaki (Diospyros sp.) (Japanese persimmon)

Ilex rotunda (Kurogane holly)

Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black pine)

Podocarpus macrophyllus (yew pine)

Prunus mume (flowering plum)

Prunus serrulata (Japanese flowering cherry)

Quercus robur (English oak)

Shrubs

Aucuba japonica (Japanese laurel)

Azalea spp. (azalea)

Camellia japonica (Japanese camellia)

Camellia sasanqua spp. (sasanqua camellia)

Chaenomeles (flowering quince)

Cycas revoluta (sago palm or sago cycad)

Elaeocarpus decipiens (Japanese blueberry tree)

Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon)

Hydrangea paniculata spp. (panicles hydrangea)

Juniperus chinensis spp. (Chinese juniper)

Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)

Nandina domestica (heavenly bamboo)

Osmanthus fragrans (sweet olive)

Polystichum tsus-simense (Korean rock fern)

Punica granatum (pomegranate)

Rhapis humilis (slender lady palm)

Rhus integrifolia (lemonade berry)

Rhus ovata (sugarbush)

Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Japanese ternstroemia)

Thymus spp. (thyme)

Grasses

Bambusa eutuldoides (Asian lemon bamboo)

Ophiopogon japonicus (mondo grass)

Zoysia spp. (zoysia)

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Updated 9/2023

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