Showing posts with label shumei-giku. Show all posts
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October 30, 2013

Shumei-giku: Tokei-ji



In the well-tended garden of this small Zen temple, the modest white flowers of Shumei-giku (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) are blooming gracefully in the pleasant sunlight and crisp air of mid-October.

October 21, 2012

Shumei-giku (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica)flowers in Tokei-ji


The name "Shumei-giku" means "a plant which bears chrysanthemum (Kiku)-like flowers in autumn."

Winter is drawing on bit by bit. Soon the bright colors of flowers will fade away from this garden.