今朝の水やり時にふと見たら、今年の春に買ったばかりのコーネリアンチェリー「パイオニア」にコガネがついていました。しかも、最近伸びてきた新梢の葉っぱを齧ったようです。
When I was watering the plants this morning, I noticed a beetle (Mimela splendens) on the Pioneer cornelian cherry plant that I bought this spring. The bug had been eating the fresh leaves of the new shoots.
The bug was about to start eating the leaves of the new shoot on the right?
左側の枝は右の枝に少し遅れて出てきたので、より新鮮な葉っぱ。こちらがボロボロになっています。即、コガネを ’容赦ない方法' で取り除きました。
It had already done the damage on the left branch. This branch came out after the one on the right, therefore, the leaves were fresher and softer. I immediately removed the bug in a 'merciless' way.
こちらのカザンラクは、春に出た葉っぱばかりで、夏の新梢がないので無事でした。
This is Kazanlak that I bought in Spring last year. It has no summer new shoots, so the plant was untouched by the beetle.
それにしても、翌年用の蕾が出始める気配がない。夏の終わりまでには出るそうですが、せっかちな私は、その前、いつどんな形状のぷっくりが有れば秋までに蕾として立ち上がってくるのか、知りたい！
Am I going to get flower buds for next year or not? I am told that, if the plant is to get flower buds, I should be seeing them by the end of summer. I am too impatient to wait until then. So, I stare at the base of leaves every day to see if I can find anything that resembles round heads of flower buds.
無点オニユリの大鉢のほうも咲き始めました。門の階段のところへ乗り出してきていたので、横を通るたびに花粉が服につきました。仕方なく蒸し暑いなか、支柱を立てて束ねました。
それにしても、翌年用の蕾が出始める気配がない。夏の終わりまでには出るそうですが、せっかちな私は、その前、いつどんな形状のぷっくりが有れば秋までに蕾として立ち上がってくるのか、知りたい！
Am I going to get flower buds for next year or not? I am told that, if the plant is to get flower buds, I should be seeing them by the end of summer. I am too impatient to wait until then. So, I stare at the base of leaves every day to see if I can find anything that resembles round heads of flower buds.
The spotless tiger lilies in a larger pot have started to flower. The plants were leaning heavily over the steps at the gate, and every time I passed, I had to be careful not to get the pollen on my clothes. So, in this sweltering heat, I put up supports and made a bundle of the lilies.
こちらは２本だけの鉢。今年は異様に背が高くなってしまいました。
These two plants in a smaller pot have been moved next to the porch door. They are looking unusually lanky.
夕方散歩で城北公園へ向かう途中、近所のシンちゃんに会えました。タイガを見つけてジャンプしてから走り寄って来たのが可愛かったのですが、私のカメラが間に合いませんでした。
On our way to the Johoku Park for our evening walk, we met Shin, a rescued dog in our neighbourhood. When he spotted Taiga at a distance, he jumped with joy before running towards us. I was too slow to catch that with my camera.
タイガばあちゃんの臭いを嗅ごうとして、
Shin tried to take a sniff at Taiga who is a few times older than him.
「若造が！」と言わんばかりにフェイントをかけられました。
Taiga moved aside as if to say "Not in million years, young man".
「ま、いいか」
"Well, I tried."
暑さ対策として、シンちゃんの首には保冷剤が巻かれていました。
Shin was wearing a cooling pack around his neck, due to the hot weather.
夕方の公園ではアガパンサスが満開。
In the park, agapanthus plants were in full bloom.
沢山咲いていると綺麗です。
When you have large clusters like these, they do look attractive.
ノカンゾウも咲いていて、ああ、夏だ。
Orange daylilies were also in bloom - another flower associated with mid-summer.
