THUNBERG'S MEADOWSWEET IN THE POTAGER (ポタジェのユキヤナギ)

In the kitchen garden, Thunberg's meadowsweet is in full bloom now.
It announces us the beginning of spring. 

Temperature has been increasing little by little in March.
Pure white colour of the flowers is a origin of the name in Japanese;
'Yuki-Yanagi' which means 'snow-willow'.

Morning sunlight stains white flowers light pink.
朝日が白い花を淡いピンクに染めます

The flower has five pure white petals and pure yellow stamens.
純白の5枚の花弁と真っ黄色な雄蕊

ポタジェではユキヤナギが今満開です
春の到来を告げる花です
気温は三月に少しずつ上昇しています
この花の純白の色は日本語の植物名の由来です
「白い柳」

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TODAY'S SHOT: Foxglove at the end of March

 三月の終わりのジギタリス
ユキヤナギの花とバラの新緑

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FOGGY MORNING (霧の朝)

It was foggy and dark this morning when we took a walk in our neighbourhood. 

We seldom have fog, and everything looked different. 

From the top of the hill, we couldn't see Mt. Kaya or Itoshima Fuji.  

We walked down the road and we enjoyed the mysterious views.  

今日の朝、近所を散歩するとき、霧がたちこめ暗い朝でした.
めったに霧はでませんが、すべてが変わって見えます.

岡の頂上からは可也山（糸島富士）が見えません.

岡を下りながら、ちょっと神秘的な景色を楽しみました.

New light green leaves of the box hedge are becoming beautiful, and Thunberg's meadowsweet are bearing white flowers again in our kitchen garden. 

ポタジェではボックスヘッジの明るい緑いろの新緑が美しく、
ユキヤナギの白い花も再び咲いています.

In two triangular beds, we planted tomatoes last Saturday after digging up broccoli.  

Red cabbages and brussels sprouts are still growing in the cold frame.


二つの三角形の区画にはブロッコリーを抜いて、ジャガイモを植えました.
赤キャベツや芽キャベツがまだコールドフレームでは育っています. 

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HASTY THUNBERG'S MEADOWSWEET (あわてもののユキヤナギ)

Thunberg's meadowsweet　
（Spiraea thunbergii, Japanese common name : yuki-yanagi）
is a small, long-lived shrub with thin, flexible stems.
It is native to Japan, and usually flowers in March.

However, it has already started to bloom this year,
probably because of very warm climate of last month.
I wonder if it will flower in March.


ユキヤナギは、細くてしなやかな枝をもつ低い潅木です。
日本原産で、ふつうは3月に白い花をつけます.

しかし今年はすでに花が咲き始めていて
たぶん先月がとても暖かかったからなのでしょう.
果たして3月にも咲くのでしょうか.

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THUNBERG'S MEADOWSWEET (ユキヤナギ)

Thunberg's meadowsweet　（Spiraea thunbergii, Japanese common name : yuki-yanagi）is a small, long-lived shrub with thin, flexible stems. It is native to Japan.  The flowers are white, borne in early spring.  Japanese name yuki-yanagi means snow-willow because of its white flowers and flexible long stems.

It is now full bloomed in our kitchen garden under Rosa banksiae.  In a month Rosa banksiae will follow to have white flowers.


（ユキヤナギは、細くてしなやかな枝をもつ低い潅木で、日本原産です。花は白く、早春に咲きます。日本での呼び名のユキヤナギは、その花の雪のような白さと枝の姿が柳に似ていることに由来します。いまユキヤナギがモッコウバラの下のポタジェに咲いています。1ヶ月もすると続いてモッコウバラが白い花を咲かせるでしょう。）

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