Notes: Japanese Flora Calendar
From "We Japanese" Book 1, Written by Frederic de Garis, for H.S.K. Yamaguchi, Managing Direcotr, Fujiya Hotel, Ltd. Japan
Each month of the year has its favorite flower or tree, their blooming seasons varying a little according to latitude and location in Japan's long stretch from north to south.
January, the pine; February, plum; March, the peach and pear; April, cherry; May, azalea, the peony, and wistaria (sic); June, iris; July, morning-glory; August, lotus; September has the "seven grasses of Autumn"; October, the chrysanthemum; November, the maples; and December, the camellia. The "seven grasses" are the hagi (bush, or Japanese clover), susuki (pampas grass), kuzu (arrow-root), nadeshiko (wild carnation), ominaeshi (maiden-flower), fujibakama (Chinese agrimony), and hirugao (convolvulvus -- wild morning-glory).
At Miyanoshita the seasonal blossoms appear as follows:
Plum (ume), February and March. Peach (momo) and Pear (Nashi), March and April. Cherry (sakura) from April 10 to 30. Azalea (Tsutsuji), May and early June. Wisteria (Fuji), last half of May. Peony (Shakuyaku) and Tree-Peony (Botan), first half of May. Iris (Shobu), late May and early June. Morning-glory (Asagao), July to mid-September. Lotus (Hasu), late July to mid-August. Chrysanthemum (Kiku), October and November. Maples (Momiji), in full color from mid-October to the end of November.
The orchids and other flowers in our greenhouses, heated by natural hot-spring water, are worth seeing."
Each month of the year has its favorite flower or tree, their blooming seasons varying a little according to latitude and location in Japan's long stretch from north to south.
January, the pine; February, plum; March, the peach and pear; April, cherry; May, azalea, the peony, and wistaria (sic); June, iris; July, morning-glory; August, lotus; September has the "seven grasses of Autumn"; October, the chrysanthemum; November, the maples; and December, the camellia. The "seven grasses" are the hagi (bush, or Japanese clover), susuki (pampas grass), kuzu (arrow-root), nadeshiko (wild carnation), ominaeshi (maiden-flower), fujibakama (Chinese agrimony), and hirugao (convolvulvus -- wild morning-glory).
At Miyanoshita the seasonal blossoms appear as follows:
Plum (ume), February and March. Peach (momo) and Pear (Nashi), March and April. Cherry (sakura) from April 10 to 30. Azalea (Tsutsuji), May and early June. Wisteria (Fuji), last half of May. Peony (Shakuyaku) and Tree-Peony (Botan), first half of May. Iris (Shobu), late May and early June. Morning-glory (Asagao), July to mid-September. Lotus (Hasu), late July to mid-August. Chrysanthemum (Kiku), October and November. Maples (Momiji), in full color from mid-October to the end of November.
The orchids and other flowers in our greenhouses, heated by natural hot-spring water, are worth seeing."