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.



8/31/2014

LYCORIS RADIATA

Lycoris radiata is called Higan-bana (彼岸花、this means 'autumnal equinoctial flower') in Japan because it flowers at the autumnal equinoctial week.  However, it starts blooming now this year; quite earlier than usual.  It is native in Japan, and mostly planted beside rice fields, especially  'Tanada' ( this means 'rice fields arranged in a staircase pattern on a very steep slope on a mountain).  It is believed that moles dislike tubes of it and it is useful to prevent water leak from water-filled rice fields.  Yellowish green rice leaves and pure red lycoris flowers really contrast their complementary colors and look so beautiful.

Shot on 23 September 2005 at Yamato town in Saga. 




In our garden, lycoris flowers here and there to tell us the autumn is coming.

In front of the bench

Under plum trees

Lycoris flowers before leaves grow, and this looks as if this is a flower of a hosta in this photo.  





1 comment:

  1. That is not a plant that I know. It so unusual and very pretty too.

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