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.
Today I'd like to introduce you to the blue flowers in our garden. Even now, in March, there are a dozen of varieties of blue flowers in bloom. Some are annuals, some are perennials, some are bulbs.
Ajuga decumbens is a wild variety and native to Japan キランソウは野草で日本原産です
We grow Echium vulgare for the first time in our garden. エキウムブルガレ（または シベナガムラサキ）を庭で初めて育てています.
Forget-me-not is native to Europe and is perennial. However it dies in hot summer in Japan. So it is treated as an annual plant. It grows on spilled seeds. ワスレナグサはヨーロッパ原産の多年草です. しかし、日本では暑い夏に枯れてしまうので一年草として扱われます. こぼれ種で育ちます.
Hyacinth（ヒアシンス）
Viola（ビオラ）
Borage（ボリジ）
Chinese violet cress is native to China. It was imported in the Edo period and has gone wild. オオアラセイトウは中国原産で、江戸時代に輸入されて、野生化しています.
Nemophila（ネモフィラ）
Brachycome（ブラキカム）
Periwinkle is native to the western Mediterranean. It is an evergreen perennial, frequently used in cultivation as groundcover. ツルニチニチソウは地中海西部の原産で、常緑多年草です. グランドカバーによく使われます.
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