honey suckle

honey suckle

庭の紹介

 夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました. 赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.
 2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.



9/04/2018

TODAY'S SHOT: Wild Clematis in Morning Sunshine


今日の一枚:朝日に輝く野生クレマティス
(Clematis terniflora センニンソウ)




2 comments:

  1. I was VERY surprised to come across your blog today, whilst searching for 'English gardens in Japan'
    Not only do you speak English well but to my amazement, you actually live in the same area as myself!
    I'm a British man (40) married to my Japanese wife. And we both moved here to Itoshima, close to Maebaru city, and came from Fukuoka 4 years ago. Of course, being a keen (amateur) gardener, I also want to recreate the sense of being back in England in my own little Itoshima garden. Unfortunately I have had much less success than you. I was really surprised you could grow so many European plants in this Zone 9 heat. For example: I tried to grow Echium's many times from imported seeds, but they always, without fail, died in the middle of the summer due to the humidity. Is there some method you use to know which plants will propogate and which plants will fail? Or is it simply 'trial and error'?

    Anyway, pleasure to meet you. It's very handy to see you blog-- I can use it as a reference to see which foreign flowers have the capability to grow here in Japan.

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    1. Dear Kristian
      It's my pleasure,too.
      We tried a number of plants, such as eryngium, rhubarb, oriental poppy, etc., which we saw in English gardens when we visited UK, and many of them died mostly in a humid summer.
      However, plants like rose and foxglove love hot summer weather.
      If you have a chance, why don't you visit our garden in the near future. It takes just 30 minutes drive from your place.

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