Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga Quadriradiata) ハキダメギク（掃溜菊）

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I thought at first they were something remaining after flowers fell off but something bothered me. They're not just the remaining but some small flowers, are they? I did research and learned that they're shaggy soldiers (Galinsoga quadriradiata). They'are so cute and adorable. So, its Japanese name surprised me. 

Its Japanese name is "hakidame giku," which means "rubbish heap chrysanthemum"!! The plant was named so by Dr. Tomitaro Makino, a late Japanese botanist, because he found it in a rubbish heap. I respect and admire him but can't approve of his taste in naming plants. The shaggy soldier is definitely one such example and another is speedwell.

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2025/2/1

Blue Daisy 瑠璃雛菊（ブルーデイジー）

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A combination of blue and yellow was incredibly beautiful. They are blue daisies, completely standing out from the surrounding plants. It'd rained the day before, so they were covered in raindrops.

Blue daisy 瑠璃雛菊

Blue daisy is "lapis lazuli daisy" in Japanese
ブルーデイジー

Neglected... Poor flowers! ほったらかし｡｡｡

They are planted in pots, but weren't well taken care of. I wouldn't have noticed them without such a beautiful color combination.

Blue daisy's Japanese names is "lapis lazuli daisy," a pretty name that matches this lovely flower!

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瑠璃雛菊、ブルーデイジーです。プランターからはみ出し放題。色がこうでなければ雑草にしか見えず、素通りしていたと思います。

それにしてもこの色の組み合わせ、自然のものとは思えないほど美しいです！

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Four Colorful Daisies and Race in Japan デイジーと色と人種

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I didn't expect to see such beautiful color combinations in the nature!

White, salmon pink and pale orange
白、サーモンピンク、薄橙

White and cream yellow
白とクリーム色

Deep red and bright yellow
赤と黄

Pink, deep purple and orange
ピンク、紫、オレンジ

- White petals with a salmon pink and pale orange center
- White petals with a cream yellow center
- Red petals with a deep red and bright yellow center
- Pink petals with a deep purple center with yellow dots

It's incredible that such colors, i.e., the color of not only petals, but pistils and stamens, exist in the nature!! I love them all and their combinations, especially the first one, i.e., white, salmon pink, and pale orange, which is so delicate and elegant. (I need a salmon pink T-shirt to wear with white jeans this summer or next....!)

By the way, pale orange had been called "skin color" in Japan until crayon and colored pencil manufacturers replaced it with "pale orange" in around 2000 due to heightened racial awareness. It's so scary to think that human skin color was always pale orange for Japanese people until not long time ago (or even now), which made me realize how ignorance can make people stupid.

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色は一色でも綺麗ですが、組み合わせるともっと綺麗です。１プラス１は２ではなく無限です。

最初の写真の「白、サーモンピンク、そして薄橙」が特に好き。初夏になったらピンクのＴシャツとホワイトデニムが着たいです！（今年は無理か｡｡｡）

ところで薄橙って昔「肌色」だったんですよね。地味なようで実は結構深刻な話です。無知って恐ろしいです。自戒の念を込めて｡｡｡

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Red Daisy is Super Powerful! 真っ赤なデイジー！

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I don't like red or yellow so much, but have to admit that each color is so powerful and, when combined with each other, and when as a group, super-powerful!!

Daisy, daisy, and daisy! デイジーがいっぱい！

Red & yellow is an invincible combination
赤と黄は無敵！

Powerful colors, RED & YELLOW!!
パワフル！！

These daisies with deep pinkish red petals and bright yellow pistils stood out from the surrounding flowers. Pink daisies are pretty and white ones lovely, but these red ones, small but energetic, have changed my perception of daisies!

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早朝散歩で見つけました。何度も通ったことがある道なのに今まで気付きませんでした。エネルギーの塊のようです！

強い色には興味なかったのですが、コロナウィルスのせいでしょうか、少し変わりました。

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Rich Daisy Poor Daisy デイジーの貧富の差

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Daisies are very common in Japan and diverse in terms of not only color but also economic situation...

Planted pink daisies 鉢植えのピンク雛菊

Planted white daisies 鉢植えの白雛菊

The above pink and white daisies are planted in pots. They are well taken care of, so naturally they are neat and pretty. The daisy below or Philadelphia fleabane, on the other hand, was standing on the edge of a road, and its flower heads were a little unkempt.

Philadelphia fleabane is called "poor plant" in Japan
春紫苑の別名は「貧乏草」

Philadelphia fleabane on a roadside
道端の春紫苑（貧乏草）

Sadly, Philadelphia fleabane is called "poor plant" in some areas of Japan and even said to make someone picking it poor...  

But that's not so for me. Pink flowers, in planters or on roadsides, always recharge me, making me happy and smile☺, not poor!

According to Wikipedia, pink is a pale shade of red that is named after a flower of the same name. I didn't know that a flower named "pink" exists! I hope that the daisies in these shades of pink will also make you happy!!

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早朝の散歩で見つけました。最初の二つは鉢植えのデイジー（ピンクと白）、後の二枚は道端の春紫苑（デイジーの仲間）です。春紫苑って一部の地域では「貧乏草」と呼ばれているそうです。ひどいですね😢

でも私はピンクの花からいつもパワーをもらってます。皆さんにも幸せを感じていただければ幸いです！

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Yellow Yellow Yellow! - Daisy, Buttercup, Dandelion, Mahonia, Daffodil, Hazel 黄色の花たち

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Japan has finally declared a state of emergency. As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has already started growing exponentially, this is what every Japanese but those who still don't realize the gravity of the situation or who still believe that money is more important than people's lives, has been waiting for.

As a result, however, those living in seven prefectures, i.e., Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka, may not go out for about a month unless essential, like for food or medicines, and I, as someone living in Tokyo, am one of them. So I dug into my photo archive to find something beautiful.

Euryops daisy デイジー

Bermuda buttercup オオキバナカタバミ

Dandelion タンポポ

Japanese mahonia 柊南天

Daffodil 黄水仙

Winter hazel ニオイトサミズキ

Yellow flowers usually tell us that spring is here, but not this year. There is sunshine and breeze all around us, but I cannot feel them. I needed something to cheer me up and enable me to forget about the virus for a second...

Prepare for the worst but hope for the best! This blog represents the latter part of this saying. I hope that these photos will also cheer you up!!

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散歩できません😭 そこで例のごとく昔撮った写真を探してみました。

するとありました、黄色い花が！ 黄色って春の花に多い色ですよね。元気をもらえます。まだまだ春を味わえる気持ちにはなれませんが（それどころか今年の春はそれどころではなく終わってしまいそうですが）、とにかく少しずつでも状況が改善することを切に切に願っています。

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