なかなか期待どおりには暖かくならないですが、頭は今年から始める健康ハーブ系植物の栽培のことで一杯です。
これは、２週間くらい前にダメ元で挿し木したシロザ。この冬、Youtube動画で見まくった体に良い山野草の一つです（利用前に、注意事項についてネット上の情報を参照すべし）。ググると「一年草」だそうですが、近所の空き地で、陽当たり良く寒風が当たりにくいスポットで、先日の雪が降る前までは青々していた個体があります。その枝を一部折って持ち帰りました。元の苗は雪のあと、今はさすがに黒く枯れています。
It is not getting as warm as it has been forecast. However, my head is all about growing the herbs that are said to be good for one's health.
This is a cutting of a lamb's quarter I made about 2 weeks ago, thinking I had nothing to lose. Lamb's quarter is one of the many beneficial wild plants about which I have been learning on Youtube during this winter. It is supposed to be an annual plant, not a perennial. However, there was a lamb's quarter in a sunny spot shielded from direct winds, in an empty plot on my way to the park. It was more than 1 meter tall. Up until the recent snow fall, the plant was surviving the winter quite well, and I took a small twig from it and came home. After the snow of last weekend, the plant has gone completely black and shrivelled.
もとから葉腋には小さな芽がありましたが、それが育ってきています。ポットは透明プラスチックなので、根っこが確認できないかと毎日見つめています。これが失敗しても、ネット情報によると、どこにでも自然に生えてくる雑草だそうなので、暖かくなればその辺の空き地で新鮮なのが見つかるでしょう。
When I first prepared the cutting, there was a tiny bud in the axil closest to the soil surface. To my delight, it seems to be growing. Even if this does not work out, I am optimistic that I will find many fresh lamb's quarters when it gets warmer, since this is a common weed that can be found anywhere.
去年の春に地元園芸店で見かけたクリローの極小苗が安かったので、つい買ってしまいました。そのときの店員さんの話では、開花までに３年はかかるだろうとのことでした。それが、最近になって蕾が出てきたのでビックリ。去年は夏-秋にかけて葉っぱが２枚のままだったので、株の成長自体を心配していました。
In spring last year, I saw a tiny Christmas rose plant in a shop nearby. According to the shop assistant, it would take about 3 years for the plant to flower. However, I recently noticed a flower bud growing. What a big surprise, considering that the plant had only two leaves through summer-autumn last year, showing no growth since I bought it.
「メリクロン」とは書いてなかったので実生苗だと思います。よって、ラベルの写真はたぶんあくまでも参考写真だと思っています。
The label does not say that it is a clone of a named variety, so it is most likely a seedling. Therefore, the picture on the label is just for reference, but I would be very happy if the flower looks anything like it.
