「枝垂れ八重桜」の成長を期す

　左の太い樹木は「枝垂れ梅」で、開花はすでに終わってます。中央の細い幹に花が咲いてる幼木は「枝垂れ八重桜」で植木鉢に植わってます。八重桜は一般の桜より開花が２週間ほど遅く現在咲いてます。

　写真を見て気づきましたが、偶然にも、この２本の樹木はそれぞれ幹が同じようにS字カーブして並んでます。これらは私が幹をくねらせたのではなく、プロの園芸士が生後1年の頃に人工的に曲げたのです。細い「枝垂れ八重桜」は今後この姿のまま成長し、今は８０cmほどの高さでも、直植えすると大きくなり、将来は枝ぶりも鑑賞に値すると期待してます。

　このように植物の観賞とは花のみならず、年間を通じて樹木の姿をも味わえる楽しみがあり、私も見よう見まねで「枝垂れ花桃」の子をS字カーブにし、すでに成長し今春開花したものもあります。庭は花盛りですが、今年の３月は寒冷だったので多くの植物が４月に一斉に咲き出してます。

　それにしても、この小さな「枝垂れ桜」のように将来どんな姿になるか期待感を持たせるものもあり、この期待感こそ「私たちが今後、希望を持って生きる一つの原動力」になります。そうだ、今日も光合成する植物たちと持ちつ持たれつつ、健やかに生活しよう。

Dear my friends abroad

　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　The thick tree on the left is a "weeping plum" which has already finished blooming. The young tree with flowers blooming on the thin trunk in the center is a "weeping double cherry" which is planted in the flowerpot. Double cherry blossoms are currently blooming about two weeks later than regular cherry blossoms.

　I noticed when I looked at this photo that, coincidentally, the trunks of these two trees are lined up in the same S-shaped curve. These stems were not bent by me, but by a professional gardener when they were about a year old. The slender "weeping double cherry" will continue to grow as it is, and although it is currently about 80cm tall, it will grow larger if I plant directly on the ground, and I hope that her branches will be worth appreciating in the future.

　In this way, we admire plants not only about flowers, but also the pleasure of enjoying the appearance of trees throughout the year. I also tried to imitate the "weeping peach" child by making it into the S-shaped curve, and it has already grown and bloomed this spring. The garden is in full bloom, but since it was cold in March this year in Japan, many plants are blooming all at once in April.

　Even so, there are things like this small "weeping cherry" that give us a sense of anticipation. And this sense of anticipation will become "one of the moving powers for us to live with hope from now on" I will live a healthy life together with plants interdependently that photosynthesize.

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