Azalea - 躑躅 - つつじ I participate in blog ranking in Japan.
Something hard for me to memorize in English is flower names. Not that I know all kinds of flower names in Japanese, but at least I know common flower names. In English, on the other hand, I'm so clueless unless those English names are already popular in Japan.
One day when I first moved to the current address, I met a grandma from the neighborhood, and she was telling me how whoever planted our flowers were clueless about flowers. She said something like azaleas should be planted more in the shade, and roses should be at where azalea is now. Back then, I was so clueless and I didn't even know what azalea is. I was just nodding along her talk.
After while, I was checking out all the plants in my house, and found that most of azaleas were dying from the strong sun and not enough water. Ack!
I started to give them extra water once in a while, but still not good enough - I'm very forgetful. In the end, I lost four of them. One is totally dead, the other three... I hope their roots are still alive, but I don't know, maybe someone who's familiar with plants can give me some guidance?
Though, other azaleas "somewhat" survived, and even though they're not in their best condition, they bloomed! It's amazing considering those azaleas were half dead at the heigh of summer.
Aren't they nice? The green is not its greenest, but still bloomed!
I remember when I was little, I often took azalea flowers and sucked its nectar with bunch of other neighbor kids, but I don't think I can do that any more... They're too precious... :P Hopefully I can see azalea flowers every year from now.
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October 18, 2007
Azalea
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I like "Forget-Me-Not" as a name. It's easy to remember. But "Chrysanthemum", which is very popular in Japan, can hardly be spelled correctly. It's also hard for me to catch and memorize foreign people's names. I like easy names such as "Tom", John", "Mary", "Susan" and "Jane". But it's hard for me to meet such people with easy names. I'm sorry.
Lovely azalea flower, isn't it? :)
Hehe, you also have the memory of sucking azlea nectar ;) It was very nice, I remember.
Well, I can see azalea flowers here in May though, the flower comes out there now?
tansolosinti-san,
Ha ha, I can't even pronunce chrysanthemum... Whoever invented those names should've thought twice. Ajisai is hydrangea, I bet kids won't memorize those names... .__.;
As for human names, so far I don't have any problem with English names, but names in Chinese/Indian spelt in roman characters, ... they're really hard to memorize. All the name looks the same to me ^^;
リトルさん、
In May... No wonder I was thinking something's wrong, cause I remember in my memory that when I sucked azlea nectar, it was warmer than October weather. The flower now should be something like camellia, isn't it? We have camellia at home, too, but they bloomed around April or so. And yes, my azalea bloomed now. Weirrrrred!
Here in my neighborhood orange osmanthus (<- I never knew this big word. It's 金木犀) was in full bloom, bringing sweet scent of fall. It feels so nice to be outside, walking, biking, jogging... I love this time of the year.
Hi passiflora-san,
Pleased to meet you and thank you for coming to my blog:)
I like flowers, but I only enjoy seeing them, not glowing them.
Me too. I cannot remember their names easily. (Even in Japanese)
I don't know so many flower names in Japanese, let alone English.
Maybe I also should just nod along someone's talks about flowers. (lol)
I don't know much about tending flowers, but yet I can appreciate the beauty of flowers.
Your azaleas are so wonderful!
Anyway, thank you for leaving comments on my piece as well as Joe's.
Hi, where do you live in?
United States???
Hi Passiflora,
Thank you for your comments to my blog the other day.
Flowers are wonderful things and always cheer me up like your azalea does.
I wish I could have a large sunny garden. If I can have it, I will plant many kinds of roses.
I hope your azalea will survive for many years and make you happy. :D
neige-san,
I love the scent of osmanthus (I would never know how to spell/pronounce this, either, lol). I remember when I was little, my neighbor had the trees, and I always picked the little flowers and stuffed them into my pocket. I know, I was a bad kid v__v;
smileycat-san,
I recently found out one of my greens (actually, only one) was dying because I forgot to water it orz. Maybe it's better for me to just enjoy seeing them, rather than growing them? ^^;
karen-san,
Thank you for your comment. Though I didn't spend too much time of my Azalea, if someone compliment it, it still makes me happy ^^
dai-san,
Yes, I live in the States :)
kai-san,
I have roses in my yard, too, and when I first moved in, I was so happy to see them. They were so pretty. Thank you for coming by!
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