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.
There is a fence of Jasminum polyanthum behind a small fountain directly at the upper entrance to the garden. The beautiful flowers bloom every year at the end of April, releasing a wonderful fragrance
The carpenter bees are actively coming to the flowers to suck the nectar, but close observation shows that the distance from the top of the flower to the nectar base is great, so the bees go to the bottom of the flower to suck the nectar directly from the base of the flower. The video below shows this clearly.
This jasmine has also been trained to grow on the arch a little way up from the entrance at the bottom of the garden. It has been very vigorous this year and is producing lots of flowers.
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