今日の動画：小玉スイカのその後
honey suckle
8/08/2026
CLOCK-SHAPED PASSION FLOWER (時計の形のトケイソウの花)
We grow two types of climbing plants—potato vine and passion flower—as a green curtain on the large windows of our garden room. Both are perennials that shed their leaves in winter. They are virtually free from pests and diseases, and have beautiful foliage.
Potato vine produce charming blue flowers that bloom continuously throughout the hot season, giving a refreshing appearance.
Passion flowers produce flowers with a very unusual shape. They are single-day flowers that open in the morning and wilt by evening. The pistil is divided into three parts, resembling the hour, minute and second hands of a clock, whilst the petals are arranged in a circle to resemble a clock face; this is why they are known as ‘clock flowers’ in Japan. As they are single-day flowers, those that bloomed the previous day will not bloom again. The number of flowers varies from day to day; some days there are few, whilst on others there are many. Occasionally, the wilted flowers bear fruit, but this is not edible.
ガーデンルームの大きな窓には二種類のつる植物、ツルハナナスとトケイソウ、を緑のカーテンにして育てています。どちらも冬には葉を落とす多年草です。病害虫はほとんどなく、葉が美しい植物です。
ツルハナナスは可愛らしい青い花をつけて暑い季節に咲き続けて涼しげに見えます。
トケイソウはとても変わった形の花をつけます。朝開花して夕方にはしぼんでしまう一日花です。、雌しべが３本に分かれていて、時計の長針、短針、秒針のように見え、花びらが円形に並び文字盤の様に見えるため、「時計草」と日本では呼ばれています。一日花なので、前日に咲いた花はもう咲きません。花の数は毎日異なり、少ない日もあり、多い日もあります。しぼんだ花にはたまに実が付きますが食べられません。
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| Passion flowers with potato vine flowers ツルハナナスの花とトケイソウの花 |
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| A wilted flower しぼんだ花 |
8/05/2026
ROSES IN MID-SUMMER (真夏のバラ)
The shrub roses beside the central steps in the main garden are thriving even in this sweltering summer heat. They are putting out new shoots, forming buds and blooming. Although the flowers are smaller than those in May, they are blooming beautifully.
メインガーデンの中央階段脇のシュラブローズは猛暑の夏でも元気です。シュートを伸ばして蕾をつけ、花をつけています。五月の花に比べると小さいですが、元気に咲いています。
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| Mary Rose メアリーローズ |
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| Scarborough Fair スキャボロフェア |
8/02/2026
TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: To Protect the Leaves from Intense Sunlight and Extreme Heat
今日の動画：強い日差しと高温から葉を守る
Agapanthus exposed to the afternoon sun are prone to leaf scorch in the height of summer; as this year’s particularly intense sunshine and high temperatures have persisted for more than three weeks since the end of the rainy season, we have covered them with a silver shade net. We have also covered the entire shade garden to protect plants such as hostas, whose leaves are sensitive to strong sunlight.
西日の当たるアガパンサスは真夏になると葉焼けを起こしやすく、今年は特に強い日差しと高温が梅雨明け後3週以上も続いているため、銀色の遮光ネットを被せました。シェードガーデンにも全体にかぶせて、ギボウシなど強い日差しに弱い葉を守っています。
7/31/2026
FLOWERS NOW IN BLOOM IN THE POTAGER, PART 2 (続・ポタジェに今咲いている花)
The roses in the border of the potager are in bloom. One is a single-petalled pink rose called ‘Dainty Beth’. The other is a rose called ‘Tiffany’, which is also pink and has a wonderful fragrance. I’ve been growing them for quite some time now; although they’ve lost some vigour and don’t produce many flowers, they do occasionally rebloom from May right through to autumn.
ポタジェのボーダーのバラに花が咲いています。一つはデンティーベスという一重のピンクのバラです。そしてもう一つはやはりピンクの香りが素晴らしいティファニーというバラです。ずいぶん長く育てていますが樹勢が弱って花数は多くありませんが、5月に咲いた後も秋まで時々返り咲きします。
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| Dainty Beth デンティーベス |
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| Tiffany ティファニー |
The ruellia, which I’ve been growing for several years, are also blooming every day. Although they are day-blooming flowers that open in the morning and wilt by evening, they produce numerous buds and bloom one after another throughout the long summer months.
数年前から育てているルエリアも毎日花を咲かせています。朝咲いて夕方には萎れてしまう一日花ですが、たくさんの蕾ができて次々に夏の長期間にわたって花を咲かせます。
Gaura is also a summer flower. It produces many small, butterfly-like blooms, and the way they sway in the breeze is truly beautiful.
ガウラも夏の花です。小さな蝶のような花がたくさん咲いて、風に揺れる様はとても綺麗です。
The tiger lilies are also in bloom, attracting not white butterflies but large black ones that come to feed on their nectar.
そしてオニユリも咲いていて、白い蝶ではなく大きな蝶がやってきて蜜を吸っています。
These flowers are doing their best to bloom even amidst the intense heat.
厳しい暑さの中でも頑張って咲いている花たちです。
7/29/2026
7/27/2026
FLOWERS OF LANTANAS IN MID-SUMMER (真夏のランタナの花たち)
Lantana is a flower that blooms profusely from spring through to autumn. White lantana is a shrub with beautiful, pure white petals. Meanwhile, the small or creeping lantana is a vine, with long, trailing branches that continuously produce a succession of flowers ranging from pink to reddish-purple. Both varieties have leaves with a refreshing fragrance.
ランタナは春から秋までよく咲き続ける花です。白のランタナはシュラブで真っ白い花びらが美しいです。そしてコバノランタナはつる性で、長く伸びる枝咲きに次々とピンクから赤紫色の花を咲き続けます。どちらも葉には爽やかな香りがあります。
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| White lantana 白のランタナ |
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| Small (creeping) lantana コバノランタナ |
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| Potato vine on the gate 入り口上のツルハナナス |
7/24/2026
FLOWERS SWAYING WITH BUMBLEBEES (花蜂で揺れる花)
The potato vine has been in bloom throughout the summer. Several large bumblebees (carpenter bees) have been coming to feed on the nectar, and it’s quite amusing to see the flowers swaying heavily as the bees cling to them. The agapanthus had been blooming beautifully for about a month, but as they’re now coming to an end, I’ve cut off the spent blooms. There were about 25 of them. This is a scene from the garden on a slightly cooler morning during the hot summer.
ツルハナナスは夏になってずっと花をつけています。そこに大きな花蜂のクマバチが数匹やってきて蜜を吸うのですが、花につかまると重みで花が大きく揺れてとてもユーモラスです。アガパンサスは1か月ほどきれいに咲いていましたが、そろそろ終わりになったので花がらを切りました。25本ほどありました。暑い夏のほんの少し涼しい朝の庭の風景です。
7/22/2026
FLOWERS NOW IN BLOOM IN THE POTAGER (ポタジェに今咲いている花)
The potager looks a bit bare in the height of summer with so few flowers, but this year I’m growing echinacea and rudbeckia in the spot where I had a standard rose until last year. It’s their first year, so they haven’t grown very tall yet, but they’re starting to produce beautiful flowers.
Echinacea purpurea has pink flowers, whilst Rudbeckia goldstrum has deep yellow ones; both are absolutely lovely. I hope they’ll grow strong and produce plenty of blooms.
Apart from these, marigolds are in bloom, and amongst the vegetables, the cherry tomatoes are flowering too.
The small yellow flowers of the miniature watermelons also bloom from time to time, and we’re enjoying the fruit as they grow larger.
真夏のポタジェは花が少なくて淋しいですが、去年までスタンダード仕立てのバラがあった所に今年はエキナセアとルドベキアを育てています。一年目で草丈もあまり高くありませんが、美しい花が咲き始めています。
エキナセア・プルプレアはピンクの花、ルドベキア・ゴールドストラムは濃い黄色の花で、どちらもとても綺麗です。しっかり育ってたくさんの花をつけて欲しいです。
そのほかには、マリゴールドの花や、野菜ではミニトマトの花も咲いています。
小玉スイカの小さな黄色い花も時々咲いて、大きくなった実をいただいています。
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