Petit English Garden of MARPLE & POIROT

My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc. In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.

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.

6/30/2017

REGROWING OF STRONGLY PRUNED ACACIA (強剪定したミモザ復活)

We've grown Acacia baileyana in a large pot for several years.
It had grown too high, and the pot was once blown down by strong winds.
So, I decided to prune it.

ミモザ（ギンヨウアカシア）を大きな鉢で育てていますが、

大きくなりすぎて強風で倒れることもあったので、

剪定することにしました.

However, I wondered if it bud and grow new branches after pruning,

because I didn't find no buds below the branches.

I took the plunge and pruned it strongly in the middle of April.

しかし、枝の下の方にはまったく芽らしきものがなく、
はたして剪定して新しい枝が出てくるものかと心配していました.
思い切って四月の中旬に強剪定をしました.

At the end of May, there seemed no change.

But when I looked it closely, I found that a tiny bud was sprouting.

五月の終わり、特に変化ないようにみえましたが、
近くからよく見ると小さな芽が出てきているのを見つけました.

And now several new shoots are growing.

We hope it flowers next spring again.

そして今やいくつか新しい枝が育ってきています.
来春もまた花を咲かせてくれることを期待しています.

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6/28/2017

TODAY'S SHOT: What is this plant?

これは何の葉でしょうか？

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The answer is Sago palm (Cycas revoluta).

答えはソテツでした

6/25/2017

VIVID REDDISH ORANGE COLOUR IN THE GARDEN (庭の鮮やかな赤橙色)

There was a heavy rain in our gardens yesterday.

Gardens are totally wet

and branches of flowers soaked with water,

such as hydrangea and trumpet vine, are hanging down.

I post pictures of reddish orange flowers of trumpet vine and montbretia

(Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora).

昨日は大雨でした.

庭はすっかり水浸しで、

アジサイやノウゼンカズラなど水を吸った花の枝は

しだれています.

今日は赤橙色のノウゼンカズラとヒメヒオウギスイセンの写真を紹介します.

The standard trumpet vine in the central bed is growing year by year,

and it bears more and more flowers.

中央花壇のスタンダード仕立てのノウゼンカズラは

毎年大きくなり、

花数も増えてきています.

Montbretia in the new garden bears many vivid orange flowers,

and they are also hanging down because of rain.

新しい庭のヒメヒオウギスイセンはたくさん鮮やかな橙色の花をつけ、

雨で花たちはやはり枝垂れています.

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6/22/2017

AGAPANTHUS BLUE (アガパンサスの青)

I like the light lavender colour of agapanthus.
It has begun to flower beautifully this week.
Flower buds are also beautiful.

Today

Four days ago

Two days ago

Today

アガパンサスの花の淡いラベンダー色が好きです.
今週、きれいに咲き出しました.
蕾もきれいです.

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6/20/2017

TODAY'S SHOT: Gaura in the Central Flower Bed

中央花壇のガウラの花

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6/18/2017

SOFT CUTTINGS OF LAVENDER (ラベンダーの挿し穂)

Sunny and dry weather is continuing.

Weather forecast says there will be rainfall in a few days

and cloudy days with some shower follow.

It's time for taking soft cuttings of dentata lavender in the herb bed.

In the morning I took cuttings of the lavender.

I sat in the gazebo and making soft cuttings and planted in plastic cells.

I covered the gazebo with a movable awing

to avoid burning sunshine.

ガゼボに腰掛けて挿し穂を作ってプラスチックのセルに挿しました.

焼けるような日差しを避けるために、移動式のオーニングでガゼボをおおいました.

At the east corner of the gazebo, a cute angel was sleeping so comfortably.

ガゼボの東の角にはかわいい天使が気持ちよさそうに居眠りしています.

I enjoyed the TV programme 'Gardeners' World' on my iPad mini

(Episode 13, Jun 16, 2017).

The winner of the golden jubilee plant award

(the most influential plant of the last 50 years) was the rose,

which was nominated by Adam.

I think it is reasonable.

アイパッドで16日放送のテレビ番組「ガーデナーズワールド」を楽しみました.

番組の50周年の記念にこの50年間でもっとも影響を与えた植物が選ばれ

その発表がありました.

それは、アダムが候補に挙げたバラでした.

納得です.

I made 18 soft cuttings of lavender,

and plant them in multi-purpose compost or akadama soil
(traditional Japanese elementary soil for gardening) .

It's because I want to know which is suitable for lavender cuttings.

18本の挿し穂を作って

万能培養土（種まき用）と赤玉土に挿してみました.

どっちがラベンダーの挿し穂に向いているか知りたいと思ったからです.

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(↓ガーデナーズワールドの動画です. 動画は見られなくなることがあります）

6/17/2017

COLLECTING SEEDS AND TAKING CUTTINGS OF FOXGLOVE (ジギタリスの種とりと挿し穂づくり)

Today we collected seeds of foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

今日はジギタリスの種をとりました.

The most beautiful season of foxglove in our garden is mid-May.

Following eight pictures of foxglove in the kitchen garden

were taken in mid-May.

私たちに庭のジギタリスのベストシーズンは5月中旬です.

以下の8枚の写真はそのころに撮影したものです.

Digitalis 'Polkadot Pippa' and D. 'Polkadot Polly'

still bear flowers of side shoots.

They are perennial.

Flowers of Digitalis purpurea (biennual) were almost over,

and it bears seedheads filled with a huge number of seeds.

ジギタリスのポルカドット・ピッパとポルカドット・ポリーは

今でもわき芽からのびた花が咲いています.

これらは多年草です.

そして、二年草のジギタリス・プルプレアは花がほとんど終わり、

膨大な数の種を入れたシードヘッドをつけています.

Digitalis 'Polkadot Pippa'
ジギタリス・ポルカドット・ピッパ

Digitalis 'Polkadot Polly'
ジギタリス・ポルカドット・ポリー

Digitalis 'Polkadot Polly' and a bumblebee in a flower
ジギタリス・ポルカドット・ポリーと花の中の花蜂

Seedheads of Digitalis purpurea
種をつけたジギタリス・プルプレア

I cut spikes of foxgloves and laid them on a newspaper.

A number of seeds fell from seedheads.

So, I collected them.

種のついた花穂を切って新聞紙の上に置くと

たくさんの種が落ちます.

それを集めます.

We sow seeds of Digitalis purpurea in every late summer,

and we have many seedlings even now.

毎年夏の終わりにジギタリス・プルプレアの種まきをし、

今もたくさんの実生の苗があります.

However, we took heel cuttings of D. purpurea today,

because colour of flower of a seedling is not clear until it flowers.

Cuttings of plants whose colour of flower is known are beneficial

for planning colour scheme.

でも、実生苗の花色は咲いてみるまではっきりとは分からないので、
今日は挿し穂もつくって挿しました.

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