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日曜日なので、穏やかな内容を書いています。
フローズン・クイーンがなんと4回目の冬越しをしました。
3日前程から、私の住む街も真夏の気温になり、実は素敵な名前を持つ庭の薔薇達が傷んでしまいました。
慌ててフローズン・クイーンを部屋の中に避難させています。
それで、兎に角涼しく風通しの良い場所を好む。
花は5月から6月位までの間に開き、カラーという白い花の形に似ている赤紫色の花を点け、直射日光は余り好まず、水が好きだがあげすぎると根腐れを起こし、花が枯れても茎全体が枯れて自然に抜けるようになるまで切らず、夏が苦手なのに日陰で育て、葉も同様に全体が枯れるまで待ち、冬は土の上全部枯れたらそっと引き抜き、中の球根を掘らずに乾いた土に埋めたままにし、(日曜版です。暑いですね)、気が付いたら冬の日光に当て、水をあげず、春先に外に出し、日向で水切れしないように育て、冬越しが出来たかどうかを其の年の発芽で確認する、という植物です。
関係ないですが、近所に水芭蕉のような植物が開いており、美しい限りです。
つまり4回目の冬越しに成功しました。
私の知る限り、球根は冬前に掘り起こし、また春に植える物、という認識ですが。フローズン・クイーンは、これで合っているようです。もし今年の冬を越して4回目の発芽をすれば、フローズン・クイーンの球根は、自ら土の養分を冬の間に蓄えている。という話になるかもしれません。
Butterfly Just Dance
なので、本当に一年間発芽していた時に使った養分を、冬の間に土から吸収しながら休眠し、その間、日光も水も必要としない植物がフローズン・クイーンということになります。
通常球根タイプの冬越しは、球根を土から掘り起こして干したまま保管します。
土の中を見ると分裂して球根の数が増えているか、一つの球根がシーズンの間、葉を繁らせながら同時に冬越しの養分を蓄えているか、です。
ならどうしてフローズン・クイーンだけ、土に埋めたまま水遣りをしないで冬越しをする、という指定があるのでしょう。
やはりフローズン・クイーンは、冬の間に球根自ら土の養分を蓄えながら休眠する、非常に珍しい品種なんでしょうね。
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| クリスタルから落ちた虹 |
急に暑くなった為、素敵な名前を持つ庭の薔薇が庭の照り返しで、体感温度が28度前後になってしまった所為で、かなり葉を落としたりシーズンで開花していた花が枯れたり、葉が縮れたりしてしまいました。
すぐに剪定で調節したり、夜涼しい時間に蚊取り線香を点けつつ、肥料を追加したり涼しい場所に移動したりして、夏の素敵な名前を持つ庭に変えていっています。
噴水も相変わらず白い睡蓮を透明の中に咲かせたまま、涼しい光を散らしています。
私は熱中症にいきなり罹った後、用心してカーテン越しの光しか見ていなかったのですが、なんだか遮光布から壁に溢れる光りが9月頃の白い陽射しに見えて、爽やかな気分になっていました。
まだ初夏なのですが、少し季節を見送る爽やかさに包まれています。
その所為か、新しいお香をTemuで購入しました。
近い内に写真でご報告できると思います。
それでは、夜にはまだ早い素敵な日曜日をお過ごし下さい。
私はビールを飲みます。
20260517 20:48 文章を直しました。
Since it’s Sunday, I’m writing something gentle.
Believe it or not, Frozen Queen has survived her fourth winter.
About three days ago, the temperature in my town soared to midsummer levels, and unfortunately, the roses in my garden—which have such lovely names—have been damaged.
I hurriedly brought Frozen Queen inside to protect her.
Believe it or not, Frozen Queen has survived her fourth winter.
About three days ago, the temperature in my town soared to midsummer levels, and unfortunately, the roses in my garden—which have such lovely names—have been damaged.
I hurriedly brought Frozen Queen inside to protect her.
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| Frozen Queen, which has survived its fifth winter |
Anyway, it prefers a cool, well-ventilated spot.
The flowers bloom from around May to June, producing reddish-purple blooms that resemble the shape of white calla lilies.
It doesn’t like direct sunlight very much, and while it likes water, overwatering causes root rot. Even if the flowers wilt, don’t cut the stems until the entire stem has withered and naturally falls out.
Since it doesn’t do well in summer, grow it in the shade, and similarly, wait until all the leaves have withered. In winter, once everything above ground has withered, gently pull it out, leaving the bulb inside buried in the dry soil (this is the Sunday edition.
It’s hot, isn’t it?), and when you notice it, expose it to winter sunlight without watering. In early spring, move it outside and grow it in full sun, making sure it doesn’t dry out, and confirm whether it has survived the winter by checking for sprouting that year.
On a completely unrelated note, a plant resembling a skunk cabbage has bloomed in my neighborhood, and it’s absolutely beautiful.
In short, it successfully survived its fourth winter.
On a completely unrelated note, a plant resembling a skunk cabbage has bloomed in my neighborhood, and it’s absolutely beautiful.
In short, it successfully survived its fourth winter.
As far as I know, bulbs are typically dug up before winter and replanted in the spring.It seems this is the case with Frozen Queen.If it survives this winter and sprouts for the fourth time, it might mean that Frozen Queen bulbs store nutrients from the soil on their own during the winter.
Butterfly Just Dance
https://butterflyjustdance.blogspot.com/2025/05/3.html
So, Frozen Queen is a plant that goes dormant during the winter, absorbing the nutrients it used while sprouting over the course of the year from the soil, and requires neither sunlight nor water during that time.
Typically, when overwintering bulb plants, you dig the bulbs up from the soil and store them in a dry place.
If you look inside the soil, you’ll see either that the bulbs have divided and multiplied, or that a single bulb has grown lush foliage throughout the season while simultaneously storing nutrients for overwintering.
So why is it that only the Frozen Queen is specifically instructed to overwinter while buried in the soil without watering?
It seems the Frozen Queen is indeed a very rare variety that goes dormant during the winter while the bulb itself stores nutrients from the soil.
Typically, when overwintering bulb plants, you dig the bulbs up from the soil and store them in a dry place.
If you look inside the soil, you’ll see either that the bulbs have divided and multiplied, or that a single bulb has grown lush foliage throughout the season while simultaneously storing nutrients for overwintering.
So why is it that only the Frozen Queen is specifically instructed to overwinter while buried in the soil without watering?
It seems the Frozen Queen is indeed a very rare variety that goes dormant during the winter while the bulb itself stores nutrients from the soil.
Because it suddenly got hot, the roses in my “Garden of Beautiful Names” were exposed to the sun’s glare, causing the temperature to feel like around 28 degrees Celsius. As a result, they dropped quite a few leaves, the flowers that were in bloom for the season withered, and the leaves curled up.
I’ve been taking immediate action by pruning them, lighting mosquito coils during the cool evening hours, adding fertilizer, and moving them to cooler spots—gradually transforming the garden into a summer “Garden of Beautiful Names.”
The fountain continues to scatter cool light, with white water lilies still blooming in its clear waters.
After suddenly coming down with heatstroke, I’ve been cautious and have only been looking at the light through the curtains. But somehow, the light spilling from the blackout curtains onto the wall looked like the white sunlight of September, and it put me in a refreshing mood.
It’s still early summer, but I’m wrapped in a refreshing sense of bidding farewell to the season.
Perhaps because of that, I bought some new incense on Temu.
I think I’ll be able to share a photo of it soon.
Well then, please enjoy this lovely Sunday—it’s still a bit early for nightfall.
I’m going to have a beer.
I’ve been taking immediate action by pruning them, lighting mosquito coils during the cool evening hours, adding fertilizer, and moving them to cooler spots—gradually transforming the garden into a summer “Garden of Beautiful Names.”
The fountain continues to scatter cool light, with white water lilies still blooming in its clear waters.
After suddenly coming down with heatstroke, I’ve been cautious and have only been looking at the light through the curtains. But somehow, the light spilling from the blackout curtains onto the wall looked like the white sunlight of September, and it put me in a refreshing mood.
It’s still early summer, but I’m wrapped in a refreshing sense of bidding farewell to the season.
Perhaps because of that, I bought some new incense on Temu.
I think I’ll be able to share a photo of it soon.
Well then, please enjoy this lovely Sunday—it’s still a bit early for nightfall.
I’m going to have a beer.












