Autumn Leaves 紅葉

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Some go to famous places to see autumn leaves while others enjoy them in their neighborhood. I'm one of the latter. These are autumn leaves in a small park in my neighborhood. 

I've been stressed out these days and wasn't sure if I would be able to enjoy autumn leaves, but I was wrong. These beautiful yellow, orange, red, and green colors allowed me to forget what's going on just for a moment. 

Windmill Pink (Silene Gallica) マンテマ

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These are windmill pink flowers (Silene gallica). They usually flower in May and June. Like other plants, however, the windmill pink there has flowered in November.    

Windmill pink (Silene gallica)　マンテマ

White Bush Clovers with a Pale Grass Blue Butterfly 大和小灰蝶（ヤマトシジミ）と白萩

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

This is white bush clover with a pale grass blue butterfly on it. Pink bush clovers are common across Japan, so I was lucky to see the white ones plus such a beautiful butterfly on it😊! Although you may not be able to see in the picture, the butterfly, as the name suggests, is pale blue and beautiful! 

A pale grass blue on white bush clovers　大和小灰蝶と萩

White Bush Clovers　白萩

Ilex Pedunculosa (Longstalk Holly) 戦（ソヨゴ）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

This is longstalk holly (Ilex pedunculosa). Many trees currently produce red fruits, but longstalk holly bears unique fruits which look like cherries🍒. Longstalk holly flowers are also tiny and cute!

Longstalk holly　戦（ソヨゴ）

Morning Glory アサガオ（朝顔）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I wrote about morning glories in mid-October and that many Japanese believed morning glories flower in summer but they actually bloom from summer to autumn. But now it's mid-November and they're still in bloom more beautifully in deeper purple!  

Bamboo-Leaf Oak (Quercus Myrsinifolia) シラカシ（白樫）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I love the maccha green baby acorns like those in the second photo, but love a little bigger and older one like this in the first photo, showing such a beautiful gradient of green and brown colors😊! 

Bamboo-leaf oak acorn (November 10)　シラカシ（11/10）

September

Preparation for Winter - Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis) セイタカアワダチソウ（背高泡立草）の冬支度

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I wrote about Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) last month but at that time, they had only bright yellow flowers. And this morning I found some of them have started to prepare for winter like this, so fluffy!

Canadian goldenrod preparing for winter　冬支度です

Japanese Camellia (Camellia Japonica) ツバキ（椿）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I've seen Japanese camellia fruits many times, but not such a beautifully shaped one. It looks like chocolate, doesn't it? I couldn't tell Japanese camellia flowers from sasanqua camellias', but now I can because I've seen many of both. Experience is the best teacher.  

Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica)　ツバキ（椿）

Triadica Sebifera (Chinese Tallow) 南京櫨（ナンキンハゼ）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Some plants make you happy throughout the year and one such plant for me is Chinese tallow, whose flowers and leaves are so beautiful in summer and autumn respectively, and its fruits in these photos look like popcorns🍿, so cute aren't they!!

Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)　南京櫨（ナンキンハゼ）

Wine Red Dahlia ワインレッドのダリア

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Usually I'm not interested in gorgeous flowers that much, but this dahlia is so intriguing because of the color. Deep colors, like the wine red of this dahlia and the purple of clematis, are so deep that I sometimes can't take my eyes off them.  

 

Dahlia　ダリア

"Season Defying😆" Hydrangeas 美魔女紫陽花😆

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Do you do something for anti-aging? If so, take a look at the hydrangea. It's so anti-aging or season defiant, isn't it? You can see how it's so rare by looking at the 2nd photo! I'm not that interested in anti-aging but still want to know why only this bloom can keep such a beautiful color.  😆
 

"Season defying" hydrangeas　"美魔女"紫陽花

Surrounded by hydrangeas "accepting aging"　周りは年齢を受け入れてる？

Clematis クレマチス

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These are clematis. The flowers are deep purple (so beautiful!) but they're poisonous. As the name "clematis" suggests, these flowers are in the same genus as that of sweet autumn clematis. 

Clematis　クレマチス