Hot days
continue every day, but during this season when flowers are low, rose of sharon and Salsberg bloom precious flowers as street trees in Chuo-ku.
Even near the company where I work, there is rose of sharon along Shin-ohashi-dori St. (on the map below, in the red frame
), and Salsberg along both sides of Tsukiji River Park (on the map below, in the blue frame).
rose of sharon (Gun) is a deciduous shrub of the family Aoiaceae, about 10-18 cm in size.
Flowers bloom on branches that grow in the year.
rose of sharon constantly blooms new flowers from summer to autumn.
Salsberg (crape myrtle) is the deciduous Takagi of the family Salsberg family loosestrife.
There are six petals, and the edges are strongly wavy to form crepe.
The origin of the name "Sarusuri" is due to the fact that the old bark peels off as the trunk grows, and a new smooth bark appears on the surface.
Even if a monkey tries to climb, it will slip, so it will be a monkey slide (although monkeys actually seem to climb easily without slipping ...)
On the other hand, the origin of the kanji name "crape myrtle" is probably because it blooms pink (somewhat white) for about 100 days (long
)."
Thank you and thank rose of sharon and Salsberg for providing moisture to the cities of asphalt jungle and concrete jungle during this hot season.
