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.

11/15/2023

YELLOW FLOWERS IN LATE AUTUMN (晩秋の黄色い花々)

In the garden there are now yellow flowers everywhere:

Leopard plant & Mexican marigold.

庭では今あちこちで黄色い花が咲き誇っています.

ツワブキとレモンマリゴールドです.

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Leopard plant is an evergreen perennial plant with beautiful yellow flowers at this time of year. It is native to Japan and grows naturally here and there from seeds blown by the wind. It is in bloom here and there in our garden. I found a rare phenomenon of fusion of three flowers.

ツワブキはこの時期に美しい黄色の花をつける常緑性の多年草です. 日本の原産で、風で飛ばされた種からあちこちに自然に育ってきます. うちの庭でもあちこちで咲いています. 3つの花が癒合した珍しい現象も見つけました.

The other is the perennial Mexican marigold, which grows into a fairly large plant with gradually woody stems. It has many yellow flowers with a slightly orange tinge in late autumn and early winter, deciduous in mid-winter and sprouts again in spring.

もう一つは、多年草のレモンマリゴールドで、茎は次第に木質化してかなり大株に成長します. 晩秋から初冬にかけてややオレンジがかった黄色い花をたくさんつけて、真冬に落葉して、春にまた芽吹きます.