The toad lily, which blooms with red flowers in autumn, is a perennial herb. Its pink petals feature red edging and dark red spots. Its spotted pattern resembles that of the bird known as the Lesser Cuckoo, hence its Japanese name. The toad lily's flowering is also later than usual this year.
秋に赤い花を咲かせるホトトギスは宿根性の多年草です。ピンクの花びらに赤い縁取りと暗赤色の斑点があります。斑点模様が鳥のホトトギスに似ていることから、和名はホトトギスと呼ばれています。ホトトギスの開花も例年より遅れています。
Toad lily is a perennial herb with beautiful flowers with distinctive spots in autumn. It is found here and there in the garden, but this summer's heat wave and low rainfall caused most of it to die. This was the first time this had ever happened. Nevertheless, a few remaining places are now producing beautiful flowers. This is one sign that climate change is having a big impact on the plants in the garden.
ホトトギスは秋に特有の斑点のある美しい花をさかせる多年草です。庭のあちこちにありますが、今年の夏の猛暑と少雨で大半が枯れてしまいました。こんなことは初めてでした。それでも少し残った場所で今、綺麗な花を咲かせています。気候変動が庭の植物にも大きな影響を与えている一つのサインなのでしょう。
Tricyrtis hirta (toad lily）is a hardy perennial that is native to Japan, growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks. The flowers are one inch wide with six whitish to pale purple tetals that have dark purple spots. Its Japanese name 'Hototogisu', that means a lesser cuckoo, is derived from spotted pattern of the bird.
In our garden, many of these flowers bloom every year in the bluebell garden. The season is from late October to November. Growth is vigorous and care should be taken as it tends to spread too far.
ホトトギスは日本原産の丈夫な多年草で、日陰の岩壁や川岸に生えます。花は幅1センチほどで、6枚の白から淡い紫色の花びらに濃い紫色の斑点があります。 和名の「ホトトギス」は鳥の斑紋に由来します。
私達の庭ではブルーベルの庭でたくさん毎年この花が咲きます. 10月後半から11月がシーズンです. 成長は旺盛で、広がりすぎる傾向があるので注意が必要です.
The toad lily is a perennial plant with beautiful reddish-purple flowers in autumn. It spreads by spills and underground stems and needs to be controlled as it will spread rapidly if left unchecked.
It has the same Japanese name as the bird, Hototogis (Cuculus poliocephalus), because the many dark spots on the flowers resemble the bird's pattern.
We grow it mainly in our bluebell garden. It only gets sun in the morning and for short periods in the afternoon. These photos were taken in the afternoon. It was windy and sometimes shook a lot.
ホトトギスは多年草で、秋に赤紫色の美しい花をつける植物です. 地下茎で広がり、放っておくとどんどん広がるので、うまくコントロールする必要があります.
ホトトギスという鳥と同じ名前がついていますが、花にあるたくさんの濃い斑点がその鳥の模様に似ているために付けられた名前です.
私たちの庭では主にブルーベルの庭で育てています. 朝日と午後の短い時間だけ日が照る場所です. 今回の撮影は午後の時間です. 風が強くて時々大きく揺れていました.
The Japanese name 'Hototogisu' comes from the resemblance of the spots on the petals to the spots on the breast of a bird called the Hototogisu (The lesser cuckoo).
The colour of the flowers appears more reddish in the afternoon sun, but more purple in the shade.
A bumblebee came to the flower to suck the nectar.
ホトトギスという花は、その花びらにある斑点が、ホトトギスと言う鳥の胸の斑点と似ているということで名前がついています.
花の色は午後の日差しで赤みが強く見えますが、日陰では紫の色調が強くなります.
ハナバチがきて、花の中にもぐりこんで蜜を吸っていました.
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| A bumblebee in a flower |
Toad lily has a unique shape of flower.
Its flower bud is dark red, and a petal is reddish pink with dark red dots.
Toad lily has started to flower behind the wooden white fence in our garden.
It continues to flower until early winter.
ホトトギスは変わった形の花です.
蕾は暗赤色で花弁は赤味がかったピンクで暗赤色の斑点があります.
庭では白い木のフェンスの後ろで咲き始めています.
冬の初めまで咲きます.
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| With red coleus 赤いコリウスと |
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| With reddish purple flowers of toad lily ホトトギスの赤紫の花と |
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| With purple flowers of duranta デュランタの紫の花と |
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| With white Japanese anemone & red Pelargonium 白のシュウメイギク、赤いゼラニウムと |
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| With Chlorophytum comosum オリズルランと |
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| With Alocasia odora (giant upright elephant ear) クワズイモと |
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| At the steps connecting the main garden and the potager 主庭とポタジェをつなぐ階段 |
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| With glory bush ノボタンと |
