今日は、雨、本降りの雨。雨のおかげで、今年は、紫陽花がどこもすごく綺麗らしいです。大体、5月か6月にはヒートウェーブが来て水不足になってお庭にホースを使って水を撒くことが禁止される地域が多いのですが、今年はこの雨だし太陽もあまり出ないしで人間と違って紫陽花にとっては良い環境らしくて、我が家のアナベルも綺麗に咲いています。ヒートウェーブが来て2、3週間雨が降らなくて暑い日が続くお水をあげていてもアナベルは元気がなくなり、葉っばが茶色くなって枯れちゃうのですが、今年は青々としています。
Its rain again today, quite a lot of rain. I see that hydrangeas are doing so well everywhere this year with this rain. Usually we do have a week or two or longer heatwave in May or June, when we have no rain and gets quite warm and have drought so people in many areas are not allowed to water their garden with a hose. This year, with this rain and lower temperature hydrangeas are thriving. Our anabel hydrangeas are doing very well, too. When we have a heatwave for two or three weeks, even though we water our garden, anabels become limp and the leaves go brown. They are looking very happy unlike human beings.
この一角、アナベルも去年までまだまだ小さかったですし、ホスタもなかったので頑張っていたのはクリスマスローズだけで寂しいところだったのですが、アナベルがこんなに育って、そしてホスタも大きく育ったので良い感じになりました。
This area has been a bit of a dead area. Anabels were always here but they were still small and a few plants we planted didn't do well other than Christmas roses. Last year we planted hostas and they are doing very well, the bright yellow green brightens the area up.
プリムラはもう終わり。
Primulas are gone now.
この隅っこは酷い粘土質で水が溜まりやすく、何を植えてもだめ。今年、羊歯とアスチルベを植えてみました。アスチルベは今の所元気、羊歯はあまり元気ではない気がしますが生きてはいます。
This corner is particularly clayey and wet all the time so nothing seemed to grow. We planted the ferns and astilbes. The astilbes seem to be doing OK. The ferns don't look very well but are still alive.
アップしている写真は1週間ちょっと前の写真なので、アスチルベはこれよりだいぶん背が伸びました。
I took these photos a week or longer ago, these astilbes are quite a bit taller now.
ゼラニウムは育ち過ぎるほど育っています、背も高くなりました。ちょっと刈り込まないといけない感じです。
Geraniums are going wild, too wild so we'll probably have to cut back soon.
ペンステモンは一昨年の冬を越せず全部ダメになったので植え替えたのですが、ショッキングピンクをオーダーしたのにこんな色(涙)。去年よりだいぶん背は伸びていますがお花は以前のほどついていません。
The year before last year, penstemons all died over the winter so we re-planted them last year. We ordered shocking pink one but the actual flowers are this colour, not what I wanted! They did grow taller this year than last year but they don't seem to have a lot of flowers, not like the ones we had before.
サルビア・アミステッドは2箇所に植えていて、1箇所のは元気、もう1箇所のはいくつか一昨年冬越しできなかったので去年上なのしたのにまた冬越し出来ず。
We had salvia amisted planted in two areas, this side is doing fine but the other side isn't. Some didn't survive the winter before last year so we re-planted them last year but again they didn't survive the last year.
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