Hokyo-ji is blessed with many precious flowers and plants, such as Ise Dianthus (gillyflower) granted by Emperor Kokaku, double-flowered cherry blossoms of Nara, and tea tree named by the 22nd Abbess Tokugon Riho (a.k.a. Honkakuin).

The temple precincts are adorned with beautiful seasonal flowers throughout the year, including “Akebono-ume” plum blossoms named by Emperor Kokaku, Ariake cherry blossoms, a rare species of camellias in spring, “Hokyo-ji lotus flowers” in summer, and Japanese maple (“Acer palmatum” or “palmate maple”) in front of the Main Hall and tinged maple leaves in the Garden of the Crane and Tortoise in autumn.