Alocasia odora is an evergreen perennial herb of the Araceae family, with leaves that look like they could be used as an umbrella when lar...
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VINES IN CONTINUOUS BLOOM (咲き続くつる性の花たち)
Two types of vines trained to the garden room wall have been flowering for a long time. The potato vine has cool-looking flowers that chan...
VIVID FOLIAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE FLOWRS ARE BLOOMING (花が咲いたような鮮やかな葉色の植物)
Every day is terribly hot and we spend less and less time in the garden. In the garden, plants with bright foliage colours add colour to a...
EXTREMELY HOT GARDEN AFTER THE RAINY SEASON (梅雨明けて酷暑の庭)
The rainy season ended on 22 July in northern Kyushu. And the heat wave continues. Only very short periods of time are spent in the garden d...
REPAIRING WOODEN BENCH (木製ベンチの修理)
The teak bench in front of the brick wall was installed in January 2011, inspired by a bench in a famous English garden. Within a few year...
CHINESE QUINCE FRUITS ARE GROWING (カリンの実が大きくなっています)
Quince produces pretty pink flowers in spring and fruits up to 15 cm in size in autumn. The fruits are soaked in sugar or honey and dilute...
VARIEGATED ABELIA BESIDE THE SLEEPER STEPS (枕木の階段横の斑入りのアベリア)
In order to install handrails on one side of the sleeper steps in the main garden, the shrub roses that had been growing there were dug ou...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Water Lily in the Bathtub Pool
今日の動画：バスタブの池のスイレン ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
THE MAIN GARDEN IN MID-JULY (七月中旬のメインガーデン)
The main garden in mid-July, at the end of the rainy season, with occasional heavy rain. The coleus are starting to grow bright foliage. T...
ORANGE AND RED IN SUMMER (夏のオレンジと赤)
It has been terribly hot and humid, and now the rainy season is back. In the garden, summer flowers, showy orange and dark orange flowers ...
ASIAN JASMINE LEAVES LOOK PINK FLOWERS (ピンクの花のようなハツユキカズラ)
The new leaves of the Japanese jasmine have a dark pink colour, which gradually changes to a pale pink and then to a normal green colour. ...
CHASTE TREE BLOSSOMS THAT MAKE US FEEL COOLER (涼しげなセイヨウニンジンボクの花)
The chaste tree is a shrub with beautiful blue flowers in summer. The tree reaches a height of several metres. In small gardens, it should...
ROSES BLOOM AGAIN (バラがまた咲いています)
It is still the rainy season and there has been heavy rain, but the roses have started to bloom again in the garden after the rain stopped...
VINES DECORATING GARDEN ROOM WALLS (ガーデンルームの壁を飾るつる性植物)
Two types of vine plants are trained to the walls on either side of the large window of the garden room. On the right-hand side of the win...
BRICK WALL FLOWERS UNDER A RAINY SKY (梅雨空のレンガ塀の花たち)
It has been raining a lot in the rainy season and the plants in the garden are green and the weeds are as thick as they can be. On the brick...
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Alocasia odora is an evergreen perennial herb of the Araceae family, with leaves that look like they could be used as an umbrella when lar...
Pandorea is an evergreen vine, a spotted variety with pink flowers, planted two years ago at the edge of a brick wall. It flowered a littl...
The trailing abutilon is an evergreen shrub with a succession of red flowers on long, slender branches, giving the appearance of many hang...
今日の動画：ジャガイモの収穫 ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking にほんブログ村 Potager Garden Ranking
Herbs such as rosemary, lavender and mint are growing thick in the barb beds. Cherry sage has red flowers and rose geraniums are beginning...
今日の動画：青の花壇のハナバチと野鳥のさえずり ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
As the rainy season approaches, the hydrangeas are beginning to bloom. At the upper entrance to the garden, a mixture of pale blues and p...
今日の動画：オフィスの一輪挿し ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
The rose season has flown by and the rainy season will soon be upon us. The garden is overflowing with lush greenery. The catmint flowers ...
Onions planted last autumn were harvested. They were bigger than expected. We also harvested beetroot and Swiss chard, which we had plante...
The small pond next to the blueberries was created using my late mother's nursing bathtub, which could be moved on castors. The first flow...
Nasturtiums and astilbe, growing in a small raised bed next to the terrace, are in bloom. The nasturtiums have yellow and orange flowers,...
今日の動画：バラのアンジェラの花がら摘み ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
Acanthus mollis is a perennial herb known for its beautifully shaped foliage and distinctive flowers. The above-ground parts die back in s...
今日の動画：雨の合間にウグイスのさえずり ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
It had rained a lot the day before and finally stopped in the morning. When I went out into the garden, the garden was soaking wet and the...
Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow is an aromatic flowering shrub. The flowering was a little late this year, but it started flowering at once a...
The Strawberry saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera) is now in bloom just in front of the gate at the bottom of the garden (in the colours of ...
The climbing roses in the side yard garden have flowered a little late and are now in full bloom. The pink rose is Mary Delaney and the ye...
今日の動画；青の花壇のキャットミントの花 ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking
Alstroemeria psittacina, or New Zealand Christmas bell is a perennial herb native to South America, which blooms at this time of year with...
The dahlias have mainly been grown in the pentagonal raised bed in the potager, but the number of dahlias, of which there were three or fo...
In May, the sun shines in the main garden around 6am. Shortly before that time, the plants are moist and beautiful. See photos and videos ...
The potager is the first place in the garden where the morning sun shines. The garden is at its most beautiful around sunrise. Please have...
A strong wind blew and the roses on the brick wall were shaking a lot. Because they were only at the beginning of flowering, there were not ...
It rained from dawn to early morning on 6 May and the roses in the garden were soaking wet. The branches drooped under the weight of the rai...
Japanese star jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum) is an evergreen vine with white flowers in early summer. The five petals are attached in...
Acanthus is native to the Mediterranean and its beautiful leaf shape has become a motif in various art forms, but its flowers are also spe...
The bluebell garden turned blue with bluebell flowers in mid-April, but the leaves will soon wither away. Instead, the chameleon plant, wh...
At the end of May, the foxgloves are almost finished flowering and many seeds are maturing. The roses are also almost finished. The flax f...
Passion flower will be pleasing to the eye with new flowers every day from now on during the summer months. Each flower blooms for one day...
Artichoke flower buds have emerged again this year in corners of the garden. Behind the arbour sheet above the bluebell garden, there are ...
Following the beautifully blooming brick wall vine roses a step ahead, many of the shrub roses on the sleeper steps (Scarborough Fair, Leo...
The herb beds are lively in May. The pink flowers of rose geraniums are in profusion, accented by the bright red flowers of cherry sage an...
The pink rose on the brick wall is Gertrude Jekyll, which blooms a little earlier than the other roses. This year it had lots of buds and ...
Potatoes have started to flower in a raised bed with the standard rose in the potager. They are long, slender and overgrown, probably beca...
Last night, rain with strong winds scattered many petals of Angela, the pink rose on the arch. The pink petals on the ground look very bea...
The roses on the sleeper steps and at the white fence are just starting to come into their own. The branches of the roses that were in ful...
今日の動画：オープンガーデン二日目は雨で閉園 - 雨音だけの静かな庭 ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ranking にほんブログ村 Potag...
Today was the first day of the open garden. The weather was pleasant, sunny and cloudy with light winds. This year we were able to welcome...
