20120611

 

Last week was lousy. We had rain and rain and more rain, then a big gale on Thursday. Today, there were still more branches to be picked up even though the worst was dealt with on last Friday. A lot of herbaceous plants were blown over including Lupin in the Walled Garden. They were looking fabulous two weeks ago! As they were blown down to the ground, they quickly responded by bending the end of flowerheads up so when we staked these up last week, they looked quite bad. I was worried that they now might make second bend and look even funnier.... It turned out to be quite alright with most of the heads just straightened up.

先週はひどい天気でした。雨、雨、雨、そして強風・・・落ちた枝を拾い集めたり、風と雨にやられて倒れてしまった植物をおこして支えたりと、主な処置は金曜にしたものの、今日もまだ多少の後処理。

先々週まできれいに咲いていたノボリフジもバタバタ倒されてしまって、茎が折れやすいので起こすのも一苦労。また見れるようになりました。

 

 Kalmia, Alchemilla mollis and Cornus kousa / florida are in flower.

なかなか暖かくならないものの、次々と新しい花が開いています。ハナミズキなんかがきれいに咲いてます。下の写真はカルミア。

Bright Kalmia flower

Today I have noticed that Chilean evening primrose (Oenothera stricta) are in two different colours depending on which side of the path they are. As you go in, ones on the left are bright yellow whereas ones on the right are very pale yellow. It is unlikely that this is due to variation of colours of the same species because they are not mixed. I wonder if I can solve the mystery...!

サウス・アフリカン　ガーデンではチリ産のマツヨイグサが咲いています。ところが、下の写真のようにはっきりと違う色で咲いているんです。しかもそれが混ざり合っているわけではなく、道の右側と左側で咲き別れています。なぜでしょう。みなさんのご意見お待ちしてます。

 

Now most of red campions are going over, cottage garden looks calmer, still full of colour though.

たくさん咲いていたレッド・カンピオンが終わり始めて、ピンクの量が減ったので落ち着いた感じになって来ました。

part of Cottage Garden

In my vegetable patch, I am trying out this white radish ‘White Icicle’ (on the left) hoping that it may replace Daikon radish, heavily used in Japan. They look a bit too small for that... but I am getting reasonable crop :)

私の個人菜園では白い二十日大根を作っています。（右の赤いのはお隣さんからおすそ分けでもらいました）大根の代わりになるかなーと思って。小さいけど、まあまあ採れてます。

two kinds of radish