Nogawa Park & ICU (March 30th)

Weeping willow trees in Nogawa Park now has beautiful leaves.

We went to Nogawa Park and the ICU campus.
We found lots of Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire), but it was still early for the cherry blossoms. It will be nice next weekend.


Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).


Chelidonium japonicum (Yamabuki-sou).


Veronica didyma var. lilacina (Inu-no-fuguri).
This is much smaller than Veronica persica (Oo-inu-no-fuguri).


Viola keiskei (Maruba Sumire).


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou) in ICU.


Gentiana zollingeri (Fude Rindou).


Maple trees have now beautiful young leaves.


Viola grypoceras f. variegata (Aka-fu Tachitsubo Sumire) in ICU.


Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).


Prunus jamasakura (Yama-zakura) in ICU.


The cherry blossoms in ICU.


Cerasus spachiana f. spachiana (Ito-zakura).






Morchella esculenta var. esculenta (Amigasa-take).
We found lots of them and we cooked them with steak for supper.

Shinjuku Gyoen (March 29th)

Cherry "Someiyoshino".

We went to Shinjuku Gyoen to see some cherry blossoms. It was a little too early for the peak but several kinds of them were already blooming. Unfortunately it started to rain a bit and it was pretty cold all day.


Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amerika.




The white flower one... Probably Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).








Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura).


The white one is probably Cerasus speciosa (Ooshima-zakura) & the pink one is Prunus cv. Youkou （＝Prunus x yedoensis cv.　Amagai-yoshino x P. campanulata) (Youkou, 陽光).




Prunus cv. Youkou.




Prunus cv. Youkou.




Prunus jamasakura cv. Kenrokuen-kumagai x P. campanulata (Yokohama Hi-zakura).

Koishikawa Botanical Garden, Hakusan, Tokyo (March 27th)

Prunus yamasakura "Mure Zakura".

We went to see some cherry blossoms at Koishikawa Botanical Garden in Hakusan.
This time we could enter the greenhouse for the first time. They showed some orchids and the plants from the Ogasawara islands. Cherry blossoms just started to bloom, but we could see several kinds of them already there.



Prunus yamasakura "Mure Zakura".


Veronica cymbalaria (Kogome Inu-no-fuguri).
ここならではの外来植物のひとつですね。


Viola yedoensis (Noji Sumire).
この色合いが好きです。いつもの場所に咲いていました。


Viola diffusa (Tsukushi Sumire).
やっぱりここといったら、このスミレですよね。っというか、小さすぎてほとんどの人は目も留めていませんが…。


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


Viola diffusa (Tsukushi Sumire).


Viola diffusa (Tsukushi Sumire).


Tetranema roseum (Mexico digitalis) in the greenhouse.
はじめてここの温室に入れました。耐震強度の関係で、部分的に開放中。


Paphiopedilum delenatii in the greenhouse.


Ajuga boninsimae (Shima Kako-sou) in the greenhouse.
This one is pretty rare species in the Ogasawara islands.
温室内には、学名に「bonin...」とついている小笠原の植物が栽培されていました。
いつかは行ってみたいな…。


Peperomia boninsimensis (Shima-goshou).


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


This cherry had white flowers.


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


Cherry "Someiyoshino".


Prunus x yedoensis cv. Izu Yoshino.
I didn't know the cherry called "Someiyoshino" has quite a few variations.


Prunus yamasakura (Yamazakura).
I like Yamazakura because of its beautiful red leaves.


Prunus incisa cv. Soushunzakura (Mame-zakura).
This one was already finishing, but the flowers were so lovely.


Prunus x yedoensis cv. Amagiyoshino.
Another variation of Someiyoshino.
ソメイヨシノって、いろんな品種があるんですね。




Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii (Baimo).


A sleepy cat.


Taraxacum albidum (Shirobana Tanpopo).


Spiraea thunbergii (Yuki-yanagi).
ユキヤナギも満開に咲いているとうれしくなります。


Viola grypoceras (Tachitsubo Sumire).
きれい色のタチツボスミレがたくさん咲いていました。