Maple & Moss Corner

A dwarf hinoki cypress's twisted green sprays anchor a small Japanese maple's cut burgundy leaves, with hellebore opening the season early, astilbe filling the early-summer lull, and cascading hakonechloa grass and masterwort's star-shaped bracts carrying the ground below into fall. A quiet, layered composition for a sheltered spot.

• 12 × 9 ft
• 6 plants
• Part sun
• Zones 5a–8a
• In flower