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Plant walk in early winter

[Sam] December 5, 2016 12:00

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 Harumi Triton Plaza 2F "i green Pocket Plaza Flower, Water, Tree" is an annual mini-garden guided tour to stroll around the park with the guidance of an exclusive gardener.

This month was held on December 1st.

Blueberry Utterd in the slope garden along the Asashio Canal is colored red and vividly.

deciduous tree dropped leaves all at once during the winter and became dormant.

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You can feel the warmth of the winter buds (flower buds) covered with fluffy fluff of Tamushiba on the "Flower Terrace".

Among the plants that bear red fruits at this time, the holly mochi (cinna holly) is the mochi family. It is also distributed as a holly for Christmas decoration, but the original holly is a nearby tree. In addition, the Japanese holly is a different species in the family Mokusei. The shape of the leaves is similar, but in fact it ripens black-purple.

In the park, Japanese witch hazel, Snowdrop, which originally blooms around February, and Kingsari, which blooms around May, begin to bloom, and this year is a little unusual.

In addition, panda violets that resemble the color contrast of white and light purple petals as pandas, which gives a dignified impression even though it is small, Marbanoki with two back-to-back flowers like red starfish after falling leaves, and white calyx and red flowers You can enjoy crerodendron (Genpei Kazura) that resembles Genji and Heike.

 

From the left, Hiiragi Mochi, Manryo, Senryo, Miyamashikimi, Marbanoki 

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From the left, Japanese witch hazel, Kingsari, Snowdrop, Panda Sumire, Crerodendrone

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