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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SOLOMON'S SEAL IN SHADE GARDEN (シェードガーデンのアマドコロ)
Solomon' seal has started to flower in the shade garden, following the Gymnaster savatieri. The many long, narrow bell-shaped flowers han...
VIVID TREE PEONY FLOWERS (鮮やかなボタンの花)
All the buds of the yellow-flowered tree peony “High Noon” have flowered within a week or so of the first flowers opening. They are very b...
POTAGER GARDEN AT THE END OF APRIL (四月の終わりのポタジェ巡り)
The Potager Garden is bursting with greenery, with evergreen boxwood, deciduous trees such as apples and roses, and annual flowers. Soon, ...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Sunset Glow in Itoshima Nigi Beach
今日の動画：糸島 幣の浜（にぎのはま）の夕焼け 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 あの日は晴れてたけど夕焼けは見えたかな・・
OPEN GARDEN NOTICE FOR 2025 (令和7年オープンガーデンのお知らせ）
The 2025 Open Garden will be held on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May. More information can be found on the Reiwa Open Garden website . 2025年のオ...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: The Beautiful Blue of English Bluebell
今日の動画：イングリッシュブルーベルの美しいブルー 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
AZALEA VALLEY IN MIFUNEYAMA GARDEN (御船山楽園のつつじ谷に行ってきました)
We visited Mifuneyama Rakuen in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture. It was just azalea blossom season and the view of the famous azalea spot call...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Harvesting Spring Cabbage
今日の動画：春キャベツの収穫 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
THE WORST PEST OF ROSES IS ATTACKING AGAIN (バラ最悪の害虫が今年も攻撃中！)
The worst pest of roses, Syrista similis, plagues roses every year around mid-April. They lay their eggs by cutting into the stem at the b...
FLOWER BEES POLLINATING BLUEBERRY (ブルーベリーの授粉をする花蜂たち)
Blueberry flowers have been blooming for the past week. Flower bees have gradually gathered. Borage are blooming everywhere in the garden,...
A variety of foliage is growing in the shade garden, which is shaded by the garden room, and flowers have started to bloom. The heart-shap...
WHEN APPLE BLOSSOMS BLOOM IN THE POTAGER (ポタジェでリンゴの花の咲くころ)
The variety of apple, ’Alpine maiden’ flowers have started to bloom in the apple arch and espalier in the Potager Garden. The apple blosso...
FULL-BLOOMED PANSY IN SPRING AT ITS HEIGHT (春爛漫にパンジー満開)
The pansies have been fuller and more vigorous with the warmer weather, with two large flowerpots, each with two different flower colours....
OUR 'SUSTAINABLE GARDEN' INTRODUCED IN GARDENING MAGAZINE (ガーデン雑誌で私たちのサステナブルガーデンが紹介されました)
Our recent work on ‘sustainable gardens’ was featured in the 16 April gardening magazine ‘Garden & Garden’. We use the word sustainable to...
AZALEA'S PINK, RED AND WHITE (ツツジのピンク、赤と白)
The Kurume azaleas in the garden are in beautiful bloom. They are in a row on the right side of the main garden. The pinks and reds are in...
WHITEBELLS IN THE BLUEBELL GARDEN (ブルーベルの庭のホワイトベル)
The Allium triquetrum, also known as whitebells, is now in full bloom in the bluebell garden. It has white bell-shaped petals with thin gr...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Planting Young Tree of Blueberry
今日の動画：ブルーベリーの苗木植え付け 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
MUBE FLOWERS AT THE ENTRANCE TO BLUEBELL GARDEN (ブルーベルの庭入り口のムベの花)
Mube (Stauntonia hexaphylla) is a climbing vine, with many flowers in clusters in April. The petals (actually the calyx) are shaped in a ...
CRAB APPLE DARK PINK FLOWERS (クラブアップルの濃いピンクの花)
The club apple is a type of apple that bears very small fruit. I planted it almost 10 years ago on the right side of the brick wall in the...
ACACIA SHINING IN THE MORNING SUN (朝日に輝くミモザ)
Acacia baileyana (mimosa) above the bluebell garden is in full bloom. The wild cherry blossoms have almost completely fallen and the leav...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Potager Garden Tour on 9 April
今日の動画：4月9日のポタジェガーデンめぐり 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 にほんブログ村 Potager Garden Ra...
PLANTING DWARF TOMATO SEEDLINGS (矮性トマトの苗植え付け)
The dwarf mini-tomato seedlings, which were sown and grown in February, have been planted in the potager. This is because spring is now in...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Wild Cherry Blossoms Beginning to Fall
今日の動画：散り始めた山桜 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 SHOOTS HAVE GROWN A LOT (バラの新芽がずいぶん伸びてきました)
The cherry blossoms are in bloom and the roses are growing new shoots in the garden. The colour of the leaves on the new shoots varies gre...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Trimming Boxwoods in Spring
今日の動画：セイヨウツゲの春剪定 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
SPRINGTIME AND THE WILD CHERRY IN FULL BLOOM (春、満開の山桜)
After the wild cherry blossoms quickly came into full bloom due to the May-like weather, the cherry blossoms have lasted longer because of...
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: A Bit of Tulip Spring
今日の動画：ちょっとだけのチューリップの春 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 Ran...
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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...
