Petit English Garden - にほんブログ村

PANDOREA IS BLOOMING PINK FLOWERS (パンドレアがピンクの花を咲かせています)

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...

2025/06/12 07:30

TRAILING ABUTILON LIKE LANTERNS (ランタンのようなウキツリボクの花)

The trailing abutilon is an evergreen shrub with a succession of red flowers on long, slender branches, giving the appearance of many hang...

2025/06/11 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Harvesting Potatoes

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

2025/06/10 07:30

TERRACED HERB BEDS IN EARLY JUNE (六月初めのハーブの段々畑)

Herbs such as rosemary, lavender and mint are growing thick in the barb beds. Cherry sage has red flowers and rose geraniums are beginning...

2025/06/09 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Bumblebees in the Blue Border with Bird Songs

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

2025/06/08 07:30

HYDRANGEAS HAVE STARTED TO BLOOM (アジサイが咲き始めました)

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...

2025/06/06 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Single Flower Vase in the Office

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

2025/06/04 07:30

MAIN GARDEN JUST BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON (梅雨入り前のメインガーデン)

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 ...

2025/06/03 07:30

HARVESTING ONIONS (タマネギの収穫)

Onions planted last autumn were harvested. They were bigger than expected. We also harvested beetroot and Swiss chard, which we had plante...

2025/06/01 07:30

THE FIRST FLOWERS OF WATERLILIES (睡蓮の一番花)

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...

2025/05/30 07:30

WHITE ASTILBE WITH NASTURTIUM (ナスタチウムと白のアスチルベ)

Nasturtiums and astilbe, growing in a small raised bed next to the terrace, are in bloom. The nasturtiums have yellow and orange flowers,...

2025/05/29 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Deadheading Rosa Angela

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

2025/05/28 07:30

ACANTHUS MOLLIS (アカンサスモリス)

Acanthus mollis is a perennial herb known for its beautifully shaped foliage and distinctive flowers. The above-ground parts die back in s...

2025/05/27 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Birdsong Between the Rains and Then It Rains Again

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

2025/05/25 07:30

PURE WHITE CALLA ON A MORNING AFTER RAIN (雨上がりの朝、純白のカラー）

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...

2025/05/24 07:30

YESTERDAY-TODAY-AND-TOMORROW , BLOOMING IN TWO COLOURS (二色で咲くニオイバンマツリ)

Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow is an aromatic flowering shrub. The flowering was a little late this year, but it started flowering at once a...

2025/05/23 07:30

PRETTY STRAWBERRY SAXIFRAGE FLOWRES (可憐なユキノシタの花)

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 ...

2025/05/21 07:30

ROSES IN THE SIDE YARD GARDEN (横庭のバラたち)

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...

2025/05/20 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Catmint Flowers in the Blue Border

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

2025/05/19 07:30

ROSES IN THE RAIN (雨に濡れるバラたち)

It has rained and the garden is soaking wet. The roses are wet and heavy, drooping and looking down. Angela's petals are scattered all ove...

2025/05/18 07:30

THE GARDEN AT DUSK (夕暮れの庭)

The weather forecast is for cloudy and rainy weather for a while, so I filmed this dusk scene before the rain drooped the branches of the ...

2025/05/17 07:30

BEAUTIFUL REDDISH PURPLE COLOUR OF BABIANA (バビアナの美しい赤紫色)

Babiana is a bulbous plant, which starts to flower in late April. It is a little cold hardy and its foliage can be damaged in cold winters...

2025/05/16 07:30

GARDENS IN THE MORNING SUN (朝日がさす庭)

I woke up early in the morning and went out into the gardens. As it gradually gets brighter and the sun peeks out from the eastern sky and...

2025/05/15 07:30

COMPOST BIN IN THE ROSE SEASON (バラの季節のコンポスト容器)

The roses start to bloom en masse and gradually more flowers fall. The scattered flowers are collected and placed in compost bins, a beaut...

2025/05/14 07:30

SWEET SCENTED HONEYSUCKLE (甘い香りのスイカズラ)

Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a sweet-smelling flowering vine. It is native to the mountains of Japan. It is attracted to th...

2025/05/13 07:30

THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR OPEN GARDEN 2025 (2025年オープンガーデンご来園に感謝)

Thank you for coming to our open garden last weekend. We had a lot of old friends and colleagues, as well as gardening enthusiasts and nei...

2025/05/12 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: The First Day of Open Garden 2025

今日の動画：2025年オープンガーデン1日目すべて見せます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 G...

2025/05/10 21:00

PREPARING FOR STORM THE DAY BEFORE OPEN GARDENS

Strong wind and rain were forecast the day before the open garden, so measures were taken to prevent the plants from falling over in the p...

2025/05/09 07:30

BRICK WALL CLIMBING ROSES WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO START (出番を待つレンガ塀のつるバラ)

It was raining on 6 May, a few days before the open garden. The roses on the brick wall are blooming and wet from the rain. There are also...

2025/05/08 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: 5 May, Gardens Before Sunrise

今日の動画：オープンガーデン直前、日の出前の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 Potager Garden R...

2025/05/06 07:30

ECHIUM CANDICANS ATTRACTS FLOWER BEES (エキウムに集まるハナバチたち)

Echium candicans is a perennial herb native to the Madeira Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. In our garden, it grows large next to the upper ...

2025/05/05 07:30

CLEMATIS TAKASE IN THE SIDE YARD (横庭に咲くクレマチス高瀬）)

Clematis ‘Takase’ has started to flower on the welded wire mesh installed on the side yard garden wall. Some clematis have died from expos...

2025/05/04 07:30

THE SEASON OF SWEET-SMELLING JASMINE (甘い香りのジャスミンの季節)

Hagoromo jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is an aromatic vine with white flowers from pink buds in early summer. We have it growing in our g...

2025/05/03 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Wild Radish Flower and Decommissioned Fishing Vessel

今日の動画：ハマダイコンと廃船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

2025/05/02 07:30

BEAUTIFUL PURPLE OF HYACINTH ORCHID (紫蘭の美しい紫)

Shiran ('purple orchid' in Japanese) or hyacinth orchid is a type of orchid native to Japan, which is easy to grow and can be propagated b...

2025/05/01 07:30

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...

2025/04/30 07:30

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...

2025/04/29 07:30

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, ...

2025/04/28 07:30

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・・

2025/04/27 07:30

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...

2025/04/26 07:30

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

2025/04/25 07:30

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...

2025/04/24 07:30

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

2025/04/23 07:30

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...

2025/04/22 07:30

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,...

2025/04/21 07:30

SHADE GARDEN NOW (シェードガーデンの今)

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...

2025/04/20 07:30

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...

2025/04/19 07:30

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....

2025/04/18 07:30

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...

2025/04/17 07:30

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...

2025/04/16 07:30

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...

2025/04/15 07:30

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

2025/04/14 07:30

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 ...

2025/04/13 07:30

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...

2025/04/12 07:30

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...

2025/04/11 07:30

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...

2025/04/10 07:30

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...

2025/04/09 07:30

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

2025/04/07 07:30

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...

2025/04/05 07:30

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

2025/04/03 07:30

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...

2025/04/02 07:30

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...

2025/04/01 07:30

SNOWFLAKE FLOWERS IN SPRING GARDEN (春の庭のスノーフレーク)

Snowflake is one of the most typical spring-flowering bulb plants. Its very pretty little flowers are very popular. It is almost disease a...

2025/03/31 07:30

YOUNG WILD CHERRY TREE IN BLOOM (山桜の若木が開花)

On the slope between the main garden and the potager there used to be a large wild cherry tree with white flowers. It used to bloom very b...

2025/03/30 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Cherry Blossom Lights Up at Night Again

今日の動画：夜桜ライトアップふたたび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

2025/03/29 07:30

PLUM FLOWERS (スモモの花)

Plum flowers are blooming at the far left of the main garden. The pure white flowers and yellow-green leaves are very beautiful together. ...

2025/03/28 07:30

TETE-A-TETE AND MUSCARI ARE BLOOMING (テータテートとムスカリが咲いています)

The tête-à-tête is a small yellow daffodil with very pretty flowers. I have been growing them in pots for a long time. It is one of the fl...

2025/03/27 07:30

SUNRISE ON THE DUST AND SANDSTORM (黄砂の日の出)

Yellow dust has been flying in from mainland China since yesterday, making the sky a little yellow and hazy. The sunrise is not so dazzlin...

2025/03/26 09:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: THE POTAGER GARDEN ON 22 MARCH

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

2025/03/25 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: THE BLUEBELL GARDEN ON 22 MARCH

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2025/03/24 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: THE MAIN GARDEN ON 22 MARCH

今日の動画：3月22日のメインガーデ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

2025/03/23 07:30

HARDENBERGIA FLOWERS BROUGHT SPRING (ハーデンベルギアが春を連れてきた)

The Hardenbergia flowered about a month later than usual. We had different coloured varieties growing on either side of the arbour seat, b...

2025/03/20 07:30

CAMELLIAS IN THE SIDE YARD GARDEN (横庭に咲く椿たち)

The camellia trees, which were hidden and difficult to see by the white wooden fence, can now be seen clearly with the removal of the fenc...

2025/03/18 07:30

PANSIES TO BRIGHTEN UP THE GARDEN (パッと庭を明るくするパンジー)

For the past few years, pansies have been growing in large terracotta pots in front of the brick wall during this season. The brightly col...

2025/03/16 07:30

DOUBLE AND SINGLE HELLEBORES (八重と一重のクリスマスローズ)

The winter has been colder than usual and the hellebores are in full bloom about three weeks later than usual. The potted double Christma...

2025/03/14 07:30

SPRING HAS SPRUNG WITH NEW BUDS (新芽が芽吹く春の庭)

The cold winter, rare in recent years, is finally coming to an end. In the gardens, deciduous trees are beginning to bud. In the main gard...

2025/03/12 07:30

SOWING ENDANGERED LILY SEEDS (絶滅の危機のカノコユリの種まき)

At the Annual General Meeting of the Reiwa Open Garden, a member gave us a pamphlet about the Kanoko-yuri (Lilium speciosum) and its seeds...

2025/03/10 07:30

PALE PINK JAPANESE APRICOT (淡いピンクの梅の花)

In the bluebell garden, a little later than last month's white Japanese apricot (Kizanhaku), the pale pink Japanese apricot (Bungo Ume) ca...

2025/03/08 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Shining Sea of Early Spring

今日の動画；早春、光る海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

2025/03/06 07:30

NEW FAKE WINDOWS ON THE METAL STORAGE SHED (物置の新しいニセの窓)

Fake windows on the storage shed were made eight years ago . They were badly damaged and difficult to repair. So we decided to make new wi...

2025/03/03 07:30

WHITE FLOWERS OF JAPANESE APRICOT (白梅の花)

The white Japanese apricot in the Bluebell garden is starting to flower. This winter was colder than usual and the start of flowering was ...

2025/02/28 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Planting Foxglove Seedlings

今日の動画：ジギタリスの苗の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

2025/02/27 07:30

BENCHES COATED WITH PRESERVATIVE PAINT (ベンチに木材保護塗料)

Wooden benches have been coated with wood-protective paint. The bench in front of the brick wall is already 14 years old and is quite dama...

2025/02/25 07:30

PRUNING OF MUBE VINES (ムベの剪定)

Mube (Stauntonia hexaphylla) is an evergreen vine with pretty flowers in spring and edible fruit in autumn. It is a pest- and disease-free...

2025/02/23 07:30

NEW WHITE WOODEN GATE (新しい白の木製ゲート)

We replaced the wooden gate that was left behind after the white wooden fence was removed with a new one. This time we purchased a ready-m...

2025/02/22 07:30

THREE VARIETIES OF NARCISSUS (三種類の水仙)

The narcissus flowers in our garden are beautiful right now. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis is the most common, but there are also 'Pape...

2025/02/20 07:30

PRUNING SUMMER-FLOWERING VINES (夏咲きのつる植物の剪定)

Two types of summer-flowering vines are trained to the garden room wall. The vine is potato vine on the left side of the window, and passi...

2025/02/17 07:30

CLIMBING ROSE PRUNING HAS COMPLETED (ツルバラの選定も今日で終了)

The strong cold wave that lasted for a week is almost over and it is a little easier to work in the garden. So we spent a day pruning and ...

2025/02/13 07:30

TRAINING CLIMBING ROESE TO WELDED WIRE MESHES (溶接金網につるバラを誘引)

The day before yesterday it snowed intermittently throughout the day, with snow accumulating at one point. But yesterday the weather recov...

2025/02/09 07:30

PAINTING IRON PIPES IN THE SNOW (雪の中、鉄パイプのペンキ塗り)

The strong cold wave has continued for several days, with snow flurries every day. Fortunately there is very little snow on the ground in ...

2025/02/07 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Lunch in a Restaurant with Beautiful Sea Views

今日の動画：海のきれいなレストランでランチ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

2025/02/04 07:30

REMOVAL OF THE WHITE WOODEN FENCE (白い板塀の撤去)

The white wooden fence that I built myself in 2011 has been painted and partially repaired, but overall the boards have decayed and I dec...

2025/02/01 07:30

BORAGE IS GROWING AND BEGINNING TO BLOOM (ボリジが育って一斉に開花)

The borage, which germinates from spilt seeds every fall, has gradually grown over the winter and is now beginning to flower en masse. If ...

2025/01/29 07:30

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Alocasia Leaves Have Died from the Cold

今日の動画：クワズイモの葉が寒さで枯れました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

2025/01/26 07:30

OXALIS OPEN IN THE SUN (日が当たって開いたオキザリスの花)

Oxalis bloom in the peony flower bed during the winter months. It is a pink “pink splendour (Momo-no-kagayaki)” variety of bulb plant. On ...

2025/01/23 07:30

TREE PEONY BLOOMING IN MID-WINTER (真冬に咲く牡丹)

My yellow-flowered peony named “High Noon” has begun to bloom. It has been many years since I started growing it, but this is the first ti...

2025/01/20 07:30

FLOWERING ROSES ON PRUNED BRANCHES (剪定枝のバラの花たち)

The white wooden fence has been in place for 14 years and the boards have decayed considerably. We considered major repairs but decided ag...

2025/01/17 07:30

PRUNING AND PICKING SEEDLESS KUMQUAT (種なし金柑の剪定と収穫)

I didn't prune kumquat for two years and it got too tall. So I pruned the branches that were growing too far up. Fruit was also found on h...

2025/01/14 07:30

THE COLD WAVE BROUGHT SNOW (寒波が雪をつれて来た)

The strongest cold spell of the winter arrived and for the first time it snowed occasionally during the day and some snow piled up at nigh...

2025/01/11 07:30

LEMMON'S MARIGOLD IN FULL BLOOM (満開のレモンマリゴールド)

Lemmon's marigolds begin blooming in mid-November and bloom throughout January. The very brightly colored flowers brighten up the garden. ...

2025/01/08 07:30