Aesculus × Carnea (Red Horse-Chestnut) 紅花栃の木（ベニバナトチノキ）

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A week ago, I had to go through Ginza, one of the most renowned commercial districts in Tokyo, and unexpectedly found such a beautiful flower high up on a tree. This is aesculus x carnea or red horse-chestnut.

Aesculus x carnea ベニバナトチノキ

Apple Flowers リンゴの花

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I first thought that they were belated cherry or apricot blossoms, but they weren't. They're apple🍎 flowers!  

Apple flowers リンゴの花

Hassaku Orange Tree Flowers 八朔の花

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It smelled good there, like Daphne, but the Daphne season was over more than a month ago. So, I walked around and found the source. Hassaku orange flowers were in bloom, emitting a citrus aroma so strongly that I smelled it through a mask. After checking nobody was around me, I took off the mask for the first time in more than a year outside and breathed deeply!😉

Hassaku orange flower and bud 八朔の花

Echium Decaisnei エキウム・デカイスネイ

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Everyone has their preferences but I didn't know insects had, too. These flowers are echium decaisnei. You can see they're very popular among not only hoverflies but ants. 

Echium decaisnei エキウム・デカイスネイ

Glandora Diffusa (Purple Gromwell) 深山蛍葛（ミヤマホタルカズラ）

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This is glandora diffusa or commonly purple gromwell. The blue and purple flowers against the dark green leaves are beautiful! 

I've taken photos of many plants recently, so sometimes I forget where I took them, like these pictures. There's a good thing, though. The color of the flowers has changed for the last two weeks, i.e., they were purple on April 9 while slightly bluish on April 26! Thanks to my forgetfulness, I was able to enjoy the beauty of gromwell twice😊 

Glandora diffusa on 4/26 is bluish ミヤマホタルカズラ - 4月26日は青い

Purple gromwell on 4/9 is purplish 深山蛍葛 - 4月9日はもっと紫

Double Flowered Clematis 八重咲きのクレマチス

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

The pale purple color caught my eye. This is double-flowered clematis. 

Clematis クレマチス

Oxalis Debilis (Pink Woodsorrel) 紫酢漿草

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This is oxalis debilis or commonly pink woodsorrel, the fourth woodsorrel I've found in my neighborhood following:

• oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel);
• oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel); and
• oxalis corniculata forma rubrifolia (creeping red woodsorrel).

Oxalis debilis 紫酢漿草

Is Wild Strawberry Green Because the "Little Lady" Works From Home? 野イチゴが熟してないのは「おばあさん」のせい？

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This is the only red wild strawberry I could find in my neighborhood...

Wild strawberry 野イチゴ

Oxalis Corniculata (Creeping Woodsorrel) and Oxalis Corniculata Forma Rubrifolia (Creeping Red Woodsorrel) 酢漿草（カタバミ）と赤酢漿草

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I wrote about oxalis or wood sorrels a few days ago. Then after that, I found this oxalis corniculata or creeping woodsorrel, which are also conspicuous for the bright yellow color, but much smaller than usual wood sorrels. And then I found another oxalis, i.e., oxalis corniculata forma rubrifolia or creeping red woodsorrel (see the third photo), whose petals are also bright yellow but leaves are dark red. 

Oxalis corniculata 酢漿草

Parliamentary Museum Has Azalea and Cherry 憲政記念館のツツジと桜

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I saw people coming out of a building across the street near the National Diet Building. I also saw trees with white flowers and green leaves inside the premises. Naturally I got closer to it, finding that that is the Parliamentary Museum.    

Miniature Japanese national diet building 国会議事堂ミニチュア

Dandelion and Hoverfly タンポポとアブ

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I took a walk around the Japanese National Diet a couple of days ago, finding a dandelion and a hoverfly on it.

A dandelion and a hoverfly タンポポとアブ