Spotted Bellflowers in Kamesei's Silk-themed garden
先日は亀清旅館の「紬」テーマの庭、客室「松風」の坪庭、の咲いている花の説明をしました。今度はもう一つな、繭のイメージを表現する白い花が咲きだしました:
ホタルブクロ
初夏の蛍の時期で咲く花です。ちょうど今は松風の庭に沢山咲いています。
庭はこういう理由で楽しいですね。一つ一つの季節を教えてくれる。
The other day I posted an entry describing the flowers that were blooming in our silk-themed garden for guestroom "Matsukaze". A new flower has started to bloom, and it too has a shape reminiscent of a silk worm's cocoon:
Campanula punctata Lam. (Spotted Bellflower)
In Japanese, the flower is known as "hotaru-bukuro", or firefly pouch. It blooms in early summer, the same time that fireflies come out and light up the night.
That's what I like about gardens -- they really impart a sense of the season.
