Sunday, March 13, 2011

Spring coming soon

It's fine and worm this weekend (Feb 27). Plants must have been started their activities for spring. But can I find some flowers in the end of February?

I've found! OINUNO-FUGURI (common Field-speedwell, Japanese name means large dog's tassel), which is small and blue, is blooming on the side of the road near a shrine.

 
HAKOBE (great chickweed) is also blooming with OINUNO-FUGURI.

HIME-ODORIKOSO (purple deadnettle, Japanese name means little dancing girl) become blooming at the bank of a paddy field at the other side of the shrine.


I drove away from that place and arrived at terrace paddy fields. I walked around the fields but I could not find blooming flowers except OINUNO-FUGURI.

 
OINUNO-FUGURI at here is fewer flowers with still read colored leaves.

I found buds of ASEBI (Japanese pieris, Japanese name means drunk horse tree) tree at the side of the terrace paddy fields.


The ASEBI will bloom by a couple of weeks, I think.
It was a fine day for flower watching today.