玄関前に植えてある食用菊の「松風」が咲き始めました。今日は台風30号の影響で終日雨だったので、花の開きかたがゆっくりです。他にも２品種の菊がありますが、まだまだ硬い蕾です。菊は毎年春に新しい土に植え替えていますが、狭いうちの庭では場所を変えることはできないので、古い土をごっそり取り除いて、他で休ませてあった土と入れ替えています。
The edible chrysanthemums in front of the porch have started to flower. Due to the typhoon No. 30 approaching the southern tip of Japan, it rained all day today, so the flowers are developing very slowly. I have two other varieties of chrysanthemum, but they are far behind. Chrysanthemums grow better in new soil every year, so I change the soil in spring by removing the old soil out of the ground and replacing it with fresh soil that I prepared during the winter.
The plants are looking lanky this year. Normally, I cut the plants back several times during the summer, which encourages them to stay stocky as well as producing more branches. This year, due to the continual rain lasting nearly 1 1/2 months, I skipped the trimming in late August that I do every year. As a result, flower buds were formed earlier than usually followed by early flowering, and the stems were left long.
これは玄関から門の方向。
This is the view from the porch, and
こちらは門から玄関の方向。
this is from the gate.
去年は11月にオレンジが色づき始めた頃に、これらの菊が満開でした。
Last year, these chrysanthemums were in full bloom in November when the oranges were turning yellow.
オレンジのほうはまだまだ青いです。
As you can see, the oranges are still green this time of the year, while the chrysanthemums are starting to flower.
毎年秋に、ユリの球根、エビネ、クリスマスローズなどの植え替えを行います。それらの作業が昨日でやっと終わりました。土の再生のために苦土石灰を漉き込んでおいたので、今日の雨は有難いです。春には菊やヒガンバナの植え替えのために利用します。
Every autumn, I repot lily bulbs, Ebine orchids, Christmas roses, etc. Those tasks were at last completed yesterday, which left a mound of used soil. I tilled magnesium lime into the soil for reuse in the future, and today's rain is most welcome. I will be using this soil next spring for replanting of chrysanthemums and spider lilies.
コーネリアンチェリー苗には今年も苦戦しています。猛暑の時期には葉っぱが茶色く枯れて、その後の１月以上の雨で、枯れた葉っぱが腐り始めました。
これ↓はパイオニア。枝の分岐が少ないうえに葉っぱが刈れると貧相になります。写っている緑色の葉は、秋になって出てきたものです。
My Cornelian Cherries are looking miserable this year again. During the heat wave this summer, a lot of the leaves turned brown, followed by rotting in the long rain.
This↓ is Pioneer. It always had few branches to start with, and when most of the leaves are gone like they are now, the plant looks rather shabby. The green leaves you can see are those that came out in autumn.
こちら↓はカザンラク。枝の分岐は申し分ないですが、葉っぱの枯れ込みが激しいです。
初夏にはたくさん確認されていた来春用の蕾が、夏の間にポロポロ落ちてしまいました。今残っているものは干からびているので、去年のように冬の嵐に当たると落ちてしまうかも。
In early summer, this tree had lots of flower buds for next spring, but most of them fell off during summer. Those that are left on the tree look shrivelled and they are probably not viable. They will likely be blown off in winter storms as they did last time.
This is Kazanlak. This one has sufficient branches, but again a lot of leaves have gone dry.
こちらも蕾が落ちて、今確認できるものはこれ１個だけ。これも風に当たっただけで落ちるかも。
Kazanlak lost almost all the flower buds - this is the only one I could immediately find, and it will probably be lost during winter.
玄関前に置いてあったオニユリの球根を植え替えて場所が開いたので、先日株分けしたアロエベラをここに移動させました。軒下で雨水を避けられるので、より適した環境になると思います。これらの苗全部が直径18cmの鉢に植わっていたとは驚きです。
After repotting the Oniyuri lilies that used to stand beside the porch door, I moved all the aloe vera pots in the vacated spot. I separated these plants recently and they look much happier than they did in an 18cm diameter pot. Also, being under the balcony, they can avoid direct rain, which should be more suitable for them.
