将来が楽しみな「源平しだれ桃」の幼木

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　これは種がこぼれて生えた「源平しだれ桃」の幼木です。２年前に幹をＳ字型に曲げて紐で縛っておいたら、ご覧の通り、鑑賞に値する樹形になってきました。これから数年すると高さ２ｍほどになり、枝がしだれ、花が紅白に咲き分けると期待しています。

　三つ子の魂百までで、人間同様、樹木も幼い時の教育が生涯を支配します。庭にはこのような幼木が数本あり、未来は「しだれ桃の里」になりそうです。しかし、肝心な人間には花が咲きません。

 This is a young tree of "Bicolored weeping peach" which grew by seed. Two years ago, the trunk was bent into S shape and tied with strings by me. As you can see, it became an unique shape and worthy of appreciation. In the next few years, the height will be about 2m, and I expect the branches to hang down and to bloom in red and white.

 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb, the education for young tree as well as humans dominates their lives. There are several such young trees in the garden, so the future is likely to be "A field of weeping peach". However, an important human does not bloom.