Showing posts with label bell flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bell flower. Show all posts

July 4, 2010

A Kikyo (Platycodon grandiflorum) flower in Tokei-ji temple



When the brilliant flowers of Ajisai (hydrangea) are on the decline, the azure bell flowers of Kikyo begin to bloom quietly in the garden of summer.

The vivid sky blue of these flowers announces the departure of gray rainy season and the arrival of the bright blue sky of midsummer.

September 4, 2009

A white bell-flower in Tokei-ji temple

Although the flowering season of bell-flowers is almost over, I found one white bell-flower remaining in the garden of Toukei-ji temple. This small white flower seemed to silently regret the demise of brillant sunlight of summertime.