Showing posts with label asagao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asagao. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Again and again ...

I think anyone will be hard to resist this awesome morning glory, Namsan. It always blooming beautifully with its full energy.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Japanese Asagao - Red Mountain 赤峰

In Japan, when a hobbyist would like to join the Asagao show, he or she will make the morning glory plant to produce huge flowers. For green leaves morning glory such as Red Mountain, we will keep only one single vine and remove all other vines to allow the plant to keep all fertilizer and energy for the production of huge flowers.









Thursday, March 20, 2014

No Name Blue Blizzard

I received this seed packet labelled as Higo Morning glory, "Norigoromo, 法衣". However, when it was flowering, it was not Norigoromo. It was with blue blizzard medium size flowers. But still, I liked it as much as others.






Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Japanese Asagao - e9235


I don't have a name for this beautiful green leaves morning glory. The vendor has labeled the seed packet "e9235". So, I will use "e9235" to remember it.

Look at the changes of colours on each of the flowers. There is no one flower look alike !!




















Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Japanese Asagao - Shogetsu 松月

Higo morning glory, 肥后朝顏,is a variety preserved in Kumamoto and has the retracted (or suhama 洲浜) leaves. Cotyledons are round and variegated true leaves have shortened and rounded shape. Higo Aasago is usually cultivated in a small Amakusa pots to suppress growth of the plants and only three flowers are displayed for enjoyment.

Shogetsu 松月,  means Pine Tree and the Moon, is having blue colour white throat flowers.

My Japanese friend has helped with the meaning of Shogetsu.

Shogetsu is "松月" written in Kanji. Its mean a pine tree and the Moon. As you know,a pine tree is an evergreen symbol. The moon is sacred. Old people at EDO period thought it was stylish to see the moon through the pine tree. They said that "IKI(粋)" "IKI(粋)" means smart or stylish. Shogetsu is used to name as lucky words everywhere... kimono,doll,dish,Painting,Pottery....at Japanese traditional culture.


Higo morning glory is having Suhama leaves.






Tuesday, March 4, 2014

No Name Red Speckled

I do not have a name for this medium size red speckled morning glory. It is with yellow variegated leaves. I am completely in love with this morning glory.






Japanese Asagao - Red Mountain 赤峰

Red Mountain, is a perfect name for this green variegated leaf red flower morning glory.





A great pair, Tancho and Red Mountain.