西洋サンシュユのカザンラクは、夏は灼熱の砂漠と化する2階バルコニーで葉っぱが茶色く干からびたので庭に降ろしてありました。一旦、葉が全て無くなったあと、新たな葉が出始めています。うちのバルコニーで元気に生き延びられるのは、ナツメ、オリーブ、パッションフルーツくらいです。地中海・中東などが原産のケイパーでさえ今年は疲労気味で、花のあとの実は生らないほどです。
Kazanlak (cornelian cherry) lost all its leaves due to overheating on the upstairs balcony. Since then, it has been placed on the ground and new leaves have started to come out. During the summer, the only plants that can survive on my balcony are the olive, the jujube and the passion fruit plant. Even the caper is barely surviving this summer, although last year, it produced some fruits after flowering but not this year.
Looking at the new leaves coming out of the buds, it is clear that the plant has no flower buds for next year. On the internet, you can find articles saying that flower buds start to appear during July and August, but my plant's buds have always been like this after the first growth in April. So, the fate had been determined no matter how much I gazed at the plant wishing to find potential flower buds.
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ニューイエローも過熟で茶色くなっているのが１個あります。
半割にしてみると、色の違いが分からない。切り口をカメラに向けるために手こずっているうちに、自然に粒があふれ出してきたので、熟してはいるようです。
フィンガーライムは最近の雨で水やりを適当にしていたため、実が熟していることに気付きませんでした。
ダラムズエメラルドには大きな実が１個だけついていましたが、数日見ていないうちに落ちて腐っていた。
We have had a few weeks of sporadic heavy rains and I have enjoyed a break in watering the plants in the garden. It also meant that I have not observed changes in them. As a result, some of the fruits had matured and gone rotten.
The only fruit on Daram's Emerald had already fallen off the tree.
A brown fruit hanging on the New Yellow tree.
パープルブリスも同様、１個が茶色のシワシワ。
Likewise, a brown fruit on the Purple Bliss tree.
ミアローズは大小さまざまな実があちこちについています。
I have been picking some of Mia Rose fruits but it still has quite a few left.
適当に数個とってみました。左からニューイエロー、パープルブリス、ミアローズ、実生の白。実生の苗は数年前にオクで「赤実」として買ったものが、実際に実がなってみると白でした。でも、毎年確実に数個の実を提供してくれる有難い苗です。
I picked these to see how they taste. From left, New Yellow, Purple Bliss, Mia Rose, and white seedling. I have had the white seedling plant for several years now and it is a very reliable producer.
When I cut them in halves, there was almost no difference in colour. At least, the fruits appear to be mature, since the flesh oozed out naturally.
ニューイエローは黄色くないし、パープルブリスはピンク系でさえない。
The New Yellow is not yellow, while the Purple Bliss is not even pinkish.
ミアローズが僅かに他の実とは違う色かな、という程度。品種ものは味も香りも特徴がないです。香が一番良いと感じるのは実生のほうです。
Mia Rose looks only slightly coloured but only around the core. There was no difference in flavour or taste among them, except that the white seedling's flavour was the best.
