Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　

　The 72nd weather "Momokumeba Eizuru".

The steadily growing warm sunlight pours on the earth, and small green onion-colored life will soon begin to sprout from the ground and tree branches.

One of the pleasures of walking around the green space and park in early spring is the observation of winter buds, buds, and "leaf scars".

The shape of winter buds varies from tree to tree, and the traces of the deciduous leaf pattern "leaf scars" are unique, and the Omojiro faces of plagiarized people and animals are found, and interest is not exhausted.

The first thing that attracts attention at Harumi Triton Square's "Flower Terrace" is the winter buds of hydrangea and "leaf scars".

Dark purple winter buds and candle-shaped crowns stand out from all over the light brown branches.

"Leaf scars" are in which traces of the vascular bundle consisting of the wood part of the water passage absorbed from the roots and the teacher part of the nutrient passage remain like spots. In the case of hydrangea, there are three traces of vascular bundles, It is shaped to V-shaped, expressive, and can be parable in various ways from grandfather to baby face.

Winter buds of horse chestnuts, which have a strong presence, are covered with glossy mucus.

Compared to oshima cherry, the winter buds of Someisino have a hairy impression.

American zaifuriboku has a slightly open bud scale and white hairs.

The winter buds of Tamushiba and Shidekobushi are covered with fluffy fluff and feel warm.

The signs of spring are changing to a certain sign.

　

From the left, horse chestnut tree, maple

From the left, Yoshino cherry tree, oshima cherry, U.S.A.S.A.