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.

7/30/2017

ROSES IN OUR GARDEN NOW (庭のバラの今)

Boiling hot days are continuing.

Some of shrub and climbing roses bear flowers in our garden.

Today I post photos of rose flowers.

うだるような暑い日が続いていますが、
木立性やツルバラで花を咲かせているものもありますので、
今日はその写真を載せたいと思います.

Pink flowers of Rosa 'Mary Rose' with blue flowers of Salvia guaranitica
ピンクのメアリーローズとサルビア・ガラニチカの青い花

Rosa 'Sky Lark'
スカイラーク

Rosa 'Leonard da Vinci'
レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ


Rosa 'Scarborough Fair' スキャボロー・フェア

Rosa 'Angela' (Climbing Rose) on the iron arch
アーチに咲くアンジェラ（つるバラ）

Rosa 'Snow Goose' (Rambler Rose) on the iron arbour
鉄製のアーバーに咲くスノーグース（ランブラーローズ）

Rosa 'Iceberg'
アイスバーグ

Rosa 'Tiffany' in the potager
ポタジェのティファニー

Rosa 'Dainty Bess' in the potager
ポタジェのデンティーベス

Every late afternoon my wife (or both of us) waters plants in our gardens.
It takes an hour with heavy sweating.

毎日の夕方、家内（または二人で）それぞれの庭に水遣りをしますが、
一時間ほどかかって汗だくです.

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7/29/2017

TODAY'S SHOT: Splendour in the Grass (草原の輝き)

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'
ペニセツム・アロペクロイデス「モードリー」

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7/26/2017

BURDOCK FLOWER (ゴボウの花)

At the entrance of the garden, we have grown burdock in a felt container.
It had started to flower in late June.
My wife planted a burdock root which she bought at a grocery.

The flowers are pink and look a bit like thistle,
and its unique shape is stunning.

庭の入口にフェルトのコンテナの中でゴボウが育っています.
6月の終わりから咲き始めました.
家内がスーパーで買ってきて植えたもので、
花はピンク色をしていて、少しアザミに似ています.
その変わった形が素敵です.

A month has passed, and some of seedheads become brown,
and still ornamental.

一か月がたち、花のあとは茶色の種になって
形はやはり装飾的です

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7/24/2017

TODAY'S SHOT: Rose flowers in summer

夏のバラ

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7/21/2017

LILIES IN MID-SUMMER (真夏のユリ)

Tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium) is native to Far East Asia incuding Japan.
It is widely planted as an ornamental
because of its showy orange-and-black flowers.
It is one of rare species that produce bulbils in the leaf axils along the stem.
We used them to propagate the plant.
Tiger lily has started to bloom in our garden between the gazebo and brick wall.

ムカゴが葉の付け根に見えます　
Bulbils can be seen at the leaf axils

オニユリは日本をはじめ極東に自生するユリで

オレンジと黒の花が美しいためによく植えられています.

茎の葉腋（葉の付け根）にムカゴをつくる珍しい植物で

これを使って増やすことができます.

オニユリの花がが庭のガゼボとレンガ塀の間で咲き始めています.

There are a dozen of flower buds on each stem,

and they flower from bottom to top.

それぞれの茎におよそ10個ほどの蕾がつき

下から上への咲きます.

Among the tiger lilies, white flowers of Lilium 'Casa Blanca' are in bloom now.

It bears large flowers and has a strong scent.

オニユリの間にはカサブランカも咲いています.

大きな花で、強い香りがあります.

Lilium 'Casa Blanca' with blue flowers of Duranta erecta
カサブランカとデュランタの青い花

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Summer in Japan is the season of fireworks!
日本の夏は花火の季節です！

Keya Firework held on 20th July

7月20日開催の芥屋の花火大会

7/19/2017

ROSE GARDEN OF TOKACH HILLS (十勝ヒルズのバラ園)

Roses were in full bloom in the Rose Garden of Tokachi Hills.
We walked through the hills
and we saw beautiful lavender colour clumps of flowers.
we found that the plants of that colour were catmint and salvia.
Catmint was light lavender, and the darker one was salvia nemorosa.