マイナンバーカード更新の時期なので、チャリをこいで練馬区役所へ行ったあと、ついでに家とは反対方向にある渋谷園芸本店まで足を延ばしました。行かなければよかったものを、見てはいけないものを見てしまった。フィンガーライムの新苗が入荷していました。
I had to go to the Nerima Ward Office this afternoon for some paperwork, after which I went further to visit a large plant shop. In spite of my resolve not to buy any more new plants, since I have no more space left in my tiny garden, I happened to see what I should not have done - new finger lime plants had just come in.
Among these little plants, Durham Emerald is the only one I have had the experience of growing. I started with 8 different varieties many years ago, but one by one they died and now I am left with only 3: Mia Rose, Rick's Red, and a white seedling.
The plants on this shelf are quite small - about 40cm.
こちらの苗は樹高は同じくらいでも、もう少し充実した枝ぶりで蕾の量も多く、値段はさっきの2倍。
There was another shelf with slightly more mature plants with more flower buds, but hardly taller than the small ones. The price of these were twice that of the smaller ones.
開花が始まっている苗もあります。
Some of them are already starting to bloom.
私の楽しみは安く小さく買って大きく育てることなので、小苗のほうばかり持ち帰りました。
現在うちで生き残っている苗は、ミアローズ、リックスレッド、実生の白実です。収穫実績のあるのは、値段が一番安く大苗で買った実生の白だけ。
I find it more fun to buy cheap, small, and grow big. So, I brought home 3 small ones.
こぢんまりと剪定されているので小さく見えますが、出荷直前まではもっと大きかったはずです。
They may look very small, but I can see that they were trimmed down to the current sizes just before being shipped out of the nursery.
From left to right, New Yellow, Purple Bliss, and Durham Emerald.
パープルブリス: Purple Bliss
ニューイエロー: New Yellow
ダラムエメラルド: Durham Emerald
