Photo courtesy of Peter Ninnes
今年は低い温度が続いているせいで、千曲市の名物の花、森地区のあんずの花が遅れています。でも、千曲市の隠れ名物の花、戸倉キティパークの節分草も遅れて、逆にちょうど今満開です。
友人のＰｅｔｅｒさんからの写真です。５ｃｍぐらいな小さな白い花びらの中心に真黄色の雄しべと紫の雌しべが特徴。
節分草は珍しい花なので、今に見るのはチャンス！
With this year seeing cold temperatures continuing for longer than normal, our town's trademark flowers, the apricot blossoms in Mori, haven't started blooming yet. On the other hand, one of our lesser known flowers, the setubunsou in Togura's Kitty Park have also been delayed and are actually in full bloom right now.
My buddy Peter Ninnes sent these pictures today of the setsubunsou in peak form. They are a petite plant, with tiny 5-cm small white flowers featuring bright yellow stamen and purple stigma. A very photographic flower -- if you can find them. And they are very rare. We are fortunate to have a grouping of them here locally. Now is a great chance to come and see them.
