今日また一日中雨の天気。最近 庭仕事をまめにやったのですが、実生のクリスマスローズが開花していたのを見逃していました。これは何年も前にこぼれ種から育った苗で、親は数株あったゴールド苗の一つと思われます。他品種との交配があまり進んでいなかった昔のゴールド苗は脆弱で、うちでは１-2シーズンで姿を消してしまいましたが、この実生だけは生き続けています。ただし株が増えずにずっとこのサイズのままです。
It rained all day today again. After doing various work with my herbs recently, I realised that I had overlooked the flowering of the golden Christmas Rose. This is a seedling from one of the several golden Christmas roses that I used to have many years ago. Golden Christmas roses in those days were new and had not been crossbred with other varieties and they were delicate. My golden Christmas roses lasted only for one or two seasons. After they all disappeared, I noticed a tiny bud coming out of the ground which grew up to be this plant. It has not grown much over the years, but at least it does not die.
もう種のさやができています（中はいつも空っぽ）。写真では明るい色の花ですが実物は濃い黄色で、とても気に入っています。
After the peak of flowering, seed pods are already forming (they are always empty). The flower looks a little on the light side in the photo, but the actual colour is in deep yellow. This plant is my treasure.
先日 近所のJAで買ったフレンチラベンダーが順調に育っていて、茎の一つひとつに蕾が出てきました。苗全体が満開になるのが楽しみです。
The French lavender that I got a few days ago is growing. Now each of the stems has flower buds at the top, and it will be very pretty when in full bloom.
矮性のラズベリー「ルビービューティ」の葉っぱが展開しています。鉢植えだとコガネの幼虫に根っこが食べられるので地植えにしましたが、成長が緩慢です。写真では３本の茎が写っています。うち左側の２本が一つの株、右側の１本は去年の春にタイガに何度か掘り起こされて根っこが齧られて作落ちした株です。
Leaves on the dwarf raspberry, Ruby Beauty, are expanding. While it was planted in a pot, the roots were prone to damages by bugs of scarab beetles, so I replanted them in the ground in winter 2025, near the porch door. However, Taiga kept uprooting these plants and biting the roots. So, in early spring last year, I relocated them in the current spot where Taiga could not reach. They are still in the process of recovering from the damage.
今はタイガが踏み込めない場所に植わっているので安心。根元から来年用のシュートが出始めています。この品種は地下茎でどんどん増えるという印象ではありません。
At the root of one of the stems, I found a new shoot. Unlike other types of raspberries, this variety does not spread fast through the roots.
その１本立ちの株の先っちょには、もう蕾が出ています。
At the top of the same stem, flower buds are already forming.
