White, Pink and Red Cape Periwinkles 白、ピンク、赤の日日草

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

I like colors. I like color combinations. So, naturally, I like these bicolor cape periwinkles or Madagascar periwinkles.

Pale purple cape periwinkle with dark purple eye
濃淡紫の日日草

Also called "Madagascar periwinkle"
Baby pink petals with pale pink eye 
濃淡ピンク

Pale pink petals with bright pink eye 
別の濃淡ピンク

White petals with yellow eye 白と黄色

White petals with red eye 紅白

Dark red petals with white eye 濃い赤と白

Red petals with red eye 真っ赤っか

In Japan, cape periwinkle is called "daily plants" because it flowers every day from early summer to late autumn. I'm happy that I can enjoy such a beautiful flower through autumn!

There is another thing which shouldn't be forgotten and which makes this flower prettier... Green leaves! A single color is beautiful, but a bicolor flower combined with the green leaves makes the flower look far prettier and more conspicuous. Diversity matters to not only people but flowers😆!

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日日草です。初夏から晩秋まで次々咲くので「日日草」。ということは秋まで楽しめるんですね！

色が豊富です。白、黄、濃淡ピンク、濃淡赤。そしてその組み合わせが葉の緑と相まってファンになってしまいました。ダイバーシティ（多様性）、人だけでなく花にも大切です😆！

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Marvel of Peru is Late Riser!! オシロイバナはお寝坊さん！

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

They were always asleep when I walked early morning, so I thought that they hadn't bloomed yet, but I was wrong. A few days ago, at around 4 p.m., I saw them all in full bloom.

  
These are marvel of Peru flowers, also called four o'clock flowers because they usually open from late afternoon or at dusk (namely between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.). 

Pink marvel-of-Peru at 4 p.m.
午後四時のピンクのオシロイバナ

Still asleep at 6 p.m. 朝６時はまだお眠

Watched over by swamp rose mallow
アメリカ芙蓉に見守られ

Yellow four o'clock is awake 黄色の白粉花

Beautiful stamens 雄しべもくっきり

Still asleep at 6 a.m. 朝６時はまだ眠たい

In Japan, they are called "face powder flowers" because its endosperm was used as face powder during the Edo period (1603-1868).

I don't go out these days unless it's really necessary, but doing something at a different time from normal reminded me of what it was like before Covid-19.... 

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早朝いつも萎んでいるので、まだ咲いてないんだと思ってたのですが間違ってました。先日夕方４時ごろ出かけたら満開。英語では「four o'clock（午後４時）」とも言われているのですがその通りでした。ピンクも黄色もきれいです。

オシロイバナという名前は、江戸時代に白粉（おしろい）の代用品として使われていたことに由来するそうです。

最近、朝の散歩にしか出かけません。久しぶりにいつもと違うことをして、コロナ前のことを思い出しました｡｡｡

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Verbenas & Lantanas Look Same😅 - Seven Bicolor/Tricolor Ones バーベナとランタナがもう分からない😅

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I like small flowers. I like colorful flowers. This makes me like small and colorful flowers so much!!! The first one is my favorite because of the shape of the buds, which look like stars!!　

Star-like buds - red, orange and pink   
星形のつぼみ -  赤、オレンジ、ピンク

White and yellow 白と黄色

White, yellow, orange and pink
白、黄色、オレンジ、ピンク

Red, orange and yellow 赤、オレンジ、黄色

White, yellow and green 白、黄、緑

Yellow and pale green 黄と緑

Two yellow colors 黄色２種

To tell you the truth, I have given up on differentiating verbenas and lantanas because I don't think lay persons like me can tell which one is which. According to SFGATE, ".... Because of their similar characteristics, they’re often confused as the same plant..... Lantana and verbena appear similar, but they have different hardiness zones, growth habits and toxicity levels."

Okay, they are different in hardiness zones, growth habits and toxicity levels, but with only these, I can't make distinctions. I need more, like differences easy to see, such as differences in the color or shape of petals or leaves, but I couldn't find them, which made me give up on differentiating these two... 

I can't tell which one is which, but can tell what they have in common! They are both small, colorful and pretty! That's why I love them both❤️!

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白状します。バーベナとランタナ。もう分かりません。あるサイトによると耐寒性、生育習性、毒性基準が異なるそうです。でもそれだけじゃわからな～い。花びらや葉っぱの形とか、私のような素人にもわかるような見分け方を教えてほしい～！ でも見つらない｡｡｡ で、諦めました🙇

でもね、どっちもちっちゃくてきれい！ だからどっちも好きっていうことでお許しください（笑）

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Orange Lily - A Stamen Consists of Filament and Another 百合の雄しべ

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I like parts of a flower, i.e., pistil, style, stamen... Their shapes and points where they are attached vary between flowers. Their detailedness is amazing, which makes each flower unique! And that's why I love the orange lily below. Look at its long stamens!    

Stamens of lily are long and conspicuous!
ユリの雄しべは長い！目立つ！

A stamen consists of a stalk called "filament" and the tip part called "another." Umm, is "another" the name of the tip part of a stamen? Please someone, give a better name to this beautiful brown parts!!

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ユリです。でも今日の主役は雄しべ。すごい存在感です。葯と花糸から構成されています。ちなみに葯って「another」って言うそうです。「another」？ なんておざなりな｡｡｡ 誰かもうちょっといい名前を付けてあげて～😃

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Suntanned or Sunburned Mini Sunflowers ヒマワリに日サロは不要です

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I thought that sunflower was yellow and tall, but that's not true. They are red and even black when suntanned or sunburned, so please be careful so that you won't be like these sunflowers😜

Red or orange sunflower 赤いヒマワリ

Suntanned 日焼けしてます

Sunburned🥵 焼きすぎました🥵

Of course I was kidding!! Sunflowers have been evolving and now can be orange, red and even black. They also have mini ones like those below. 

Mini red sunflower! ちっちゃい赤ヒマワリ

Brother and sister? 兄弟？

SunBelievable Brown Eyed Girl
サンビリーバブル

SunBelievable Brown Eyed Girl is small!
サンビリーバブルはちっちゃい

Everything changes as sunflower does. We also need to change to live with a New Normal.

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ヒマワリも日焼けすることを初めて知りました。というのは嘘で、今は、赤やオレンジ、そしてミニもあるんです。

ヒマワリ同様、われわれも「New Normal」を生き抜くために変化しなければならないんですね｡｡｡😃

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Seven Types of Verbenas/Lantanas ７通りのバーベナ・ランタナ

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These are verbenas (or lantanas). I knew these small flowers were in bloom, but as they are everywhere, I just let them go. But one day, I saw them in various colors, which made me unable to ignore them....　Which one do you like the best? 

White, pink, orange, yellow
白、ピンク、オレンジ、黄

White and yellow 白と黄

Yellow 黄色

Pink ピンク

Pale pink 薄ピンク

White 白

Bright pink 濃いピンク

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バーベナ（またはランタナ？）です。よく見かけるのでスルーしていたのですが、１日で７種類（７色）見たので無視できなくなりました。どれが一番好きですか？

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Four Hibiscuses - Hamabo, Rosa-Sinensis, Moscheutos, Syriacus ４つのハイビスカス

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I wrote about hibiscus moscheutos (or swamp rose mallow) and hibiscus syriacus (or Korean rose) a few days ago. I had already seen this yellow flower, but didn't realize that it was another hibiscus, hibiscus hamabo.

Hibiscus hamabo ハマボウ

Then, I found the red hibiscus rosa-sinensis or Chinese hibiscus below, the only hibiscus called "hibiscus" in Japan. It's so confusing that hibiscus hamabo, hibiscus rosa-sinensis, hibiscus monscheutos and hibiscus syriacus are not called hibiscus in Japan!! 

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis or Chinese hibiscus
いわゆるハイビスカス

Stamens are on the tip of style
雄しべは花柱の先端

The difference between hibiscus rosa-sinensis (above) and hibiscus moscheutos (below) is where the stamens are attached. The stamens of hibiscus rosa-sinensis (above) are attached to the top of the style while those of hibiscus moscheutos (below) to a lower part of the style.

Hibiscus moscheutos
Stamens are attached to lower part of style
アメリカ芙蓉の雄しべは花柱の下の方

White hibiscus moscheutos 白のアメリカ芙蓉

Hibiscus moscheutos' bud
白のアメリカ芙蓉のつぼみ

Then, I found white, pale purple and bright pink hibiscus syriacus flowers below.

White hibiscus syriacus 白い木槿

Pale purple hibiscus syriacus 薄紫の木槿

Bright pink hibiscus syriacus 濃いピンクの木槿

I felt a little sad about the end of the hydrangea season, so the beginning of the hibiscus season got me excited!! 

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先日、２種類のハイビスカスについて書きました。といってもアメリカ芙蓉と木槿について。英語ではどちらもハイビスカスなんです。

更に、以前見た黄色のハマボウ、赤のハイビスカス（いわゆるハイビスカス）、そして白、薄紫、濃いピンクの木槿も、英語では全～部ハイビスカス。ということでまた書いちゃいました。

紫陽花が終わって寂しかったのですが、ハイビスカスでこんなに楽しめるなんて！ 嬉しい驚きです😉！

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Who's Francis Mason? フランシスメイソンって誰？

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

They are Fransis Mason. Who's Francis Mason? That was what I thought when seeing the flower tag first a few months ago. It's funny that a flower has such a noble name, isn't it!

White Francis Mason abelia
斑入りの衝羽根空木

White and pink
白とピンク

Pink Francis Mason
ピンクもきれいね

The flower tag says that Francis Mason is white, but I found a place where pink ones are in bloom side by side with the white ones. The combination of white and pink made them look prettier and gorgeous...

Francis Mason has another interesting characteristic. Although pink ones have just green leaves, white ones have variegated leaves, i.e., dark green leaves with golden-yellow margin.

I googled the reason for such a noble name, but couldn't find any information.... 

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フランシス メイソンです。咲く前から札を見て興味津々。「フランシス メイソン？貴族？」なんて思ってました。

いざ咲いてみると可愛い白い花。しかも、ピンクの花と一緒に咲いている場所を発見。白とピンクが一緒だと更に可愛いですね。蒸し暑い梅雨を少しだけ涼しくしてくれました。

葉っぱは、緑の葉と、緑に端が黄色の葉と２種類あります。名前の由来を調べたのですが結局分からず｡｡｡でした😢。

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Japanese Bindweed & Morning Glory Have Siblings😆? ヒルガオとアサガオの兄弟😆

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These pale pink flowers are Japanese bindweed. I've seen them on roadsides every morning for the last month.

Japanese bindweed ヒルガオ

The purple flowers below are morning glories although I rarely see them open early morning....

Morning glory still asleep?
まだ寝てるアサガオ？

Finally waking up....
おはようございます｡｡｡

Morning glory and Japanese bindweed are in the same family and this is more obvious when they are said in Japanese.

Morning glory             =    "morning face" 
Japanese bindweed  =    "afternoon face"

See? It's clear that they are in the same "face" family. The thing is that the treatment of these siblings are terribly different, i.e., morning glory beautifully planted in gardens while Japanese bindweed abandoned on roadside...

They have two siblings in Japan, "evening face"and "night face," meaning "bottle gourd" and "moonflower" respectively. So, we have here the four siblings of the FACE family; "morning face," "afternoon face,"  "evening face," and "night face"!!

Of the four, however, "evening face (or bottle gourd)," an ingredient of sushi, "kanpyo (dried shavings of calabash)," is actually not a sibling because it's not in the bindweed but gourd family as shown in the English family name.....

Now I have seen two of the four real and quasi siblings in person, I'm wondering where I can find the other two......

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ピンクが「ヒルガオ」、紫が「アサガオ」です。ヒルガオは道端にごろごろ咲いていて、アサガオは公園に植えられていました。待遇の差がひどすぎる😭！！

朝顔、昼顔、夕顔、夜顔、と四つあるそうですが、夕顔はウリ科で後はヒルガオ科。夕顔はホントは家族ではないんですね。でも、まだ会えてない夕顔と夜顔にとっても会いたくなりました😄

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