Flower Calendar

Place: Honmaru O-shibafu(Lawn)

It's alternatively called "Hikanzakura". It grows up to 5 to 7m. Its thick leaves are in the shape of long ellipse or egg.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

It grows in mountains and grows up to 5 to 18m. It has white flowers with the diameter of 6 to 10cm that smell good.

Place: Around Fujimi Tamon, Ninomaru Garden

This perennial usually grows in deciduous forests. Its line-shaped leaves have saw teeth at the edge, and feel gritty.

Place: Ninomaru Grove, Around Bamboo Garden

It grows mountains and hills, and grows up to 1 to 4m. It has 2 to 3 flowers at the tip of the branches around April to June. The flowers are in vermilion, red, or red-purple.

Place: Ninomaru Garden, Honmaru area

It's alternatively called "Kirishima". While it has been planted since ancient times, a species that is very close to Kurumetsutsuji grown naturally in Mt. Kirishima.

Place: East of Rose Garden, Ninomaru Garden

While it grows naturally in mountains occasionally, it often times is planted in gardens or parks.

Place: Rose Garden

While it's native to China, it's often planted in gardens from Edo period.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows in the groves in the hills or mountains. It has about 10 yellow flowers at the tip of the stem.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows under the leafy shade of trees in the hills or mountains. It grows up to 10 to 30cm.

Place: Rose Garden

It often grows gregariously in sandy soil near the seashore. It's about 1 to 1.5m high, and its branches are covered by minute thorns.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows in hills or mountains. While it has green scapes, the stem near the root is in reddish violet. It grows vertically up to 30 to 60cm.

Place: Iris Garden

It’s a variant species of Hiougiayame (Iris setosa). It’s a perennial that grows in high moors or in wet grass fields. It has purple flowers.

Place: Rose Garden

It's an original species of early modern roses and modern roses, and has been loved and planted in gardens since early days.

Place: Ninomaru Garden

This perennial is a waterweed that grows all over Japan except Hokkaido. Its rhizomes grow horizontally in the mud at the bottom of the water horizontally.

Place: Honmaru O-shibafu(Lawn), West of Shoryobu Chosha

It is native to South-Central area of North America, and was brought over to Japan in 1873. It's 10 to 20cm high. Its leaves are in the shape of long ellipse, and feel like leather.

Place: Iris Garden

It's a garden species of Nohanashoubu (Iris ensata var. spontanea). The perennial grows gregariously in wet places near water, and grows up to 60 to 80cm.

Place: North of Tenshudai, Around Fujimi Tamon

The hermaphrodite flowers of Gakuajisai (Lacecap hydrangea) have changed into decorative flowers. It's been loved and planted since early days.

Place: South of Orchard, Ninomaru Grove

This perennial can usually be seen in hills and mountains here and there. It has pink or white flowers.

Place: Rose Garden

It often grows gregariously in sandy soil near the seashore. It's about 1 to 1.5m high, and its branches are covered by minute thorns.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows in grass fields in the mountains or hills.

Place: Around Honmaru Resthouse

This annual plant is native to North America. It’s named after an elementary school student who died in the Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake.

Place: Around Obansho Guardhouse and Hakucho-bori Moat

It's alternatively called "Manjushage". This perennial grows gregariously in and around human settlements.

Place: Around Honmaru Resthouse

It blooms twice a year on early April and on sometime between October and December. Its flowers are mostly in white, but there are species whose flowers are light pink or dark pink.

Place: Honmaru O-shibafu (Lawn), around Honmaru Resthouse

It’s native to China, and is a variant species of Ginmokusei (Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. fragrans). It’s often planted gardens all over Japan.

Place: Ninomaru grove, South of Orchard

It’s alternatively called "Koneso". It grows in sunny places in hills and mountains, and grows up to 2m approximately.

Place: Ninomaru Grove, around Hakucho-bori Moat

It's alternatively called "Kaya". This big perennial can often be seen in sunny places in plains or mountains.

Place: North of Tenshudai, around Fujimi Tamon

It's native to Japan. Having may garden species, and Sazanka often are planted in gardens and parks.

Place: South of Orchard, Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows in half-shaded places in mountains or damp cliffs.

Place: Honmaru O-shibafu (Lawn)

It's a species that belong to the lineage of Mamezakura (Prunus incisa Thunb. ex Murray), and blooms twice a year on early April and on sometime between October to December.

Place: Around Bamboo Garden, East of Suwano Chaya

While it sometimes grows naturally in mountains in warm area, it is often planted in gardens.

Place: West of Shoryobu Chosha, Ninomaru Garden

It is a hybrid of camellia and Chanoki (Camellia sinensis), and is a garden species. It has trumpet-shaped flowers between November and early March.

Place: North of Tenshudai, Ninomaru Garden

It is said to be a garden species of Sasanqua,it blooms bright red double flowers and colors the garden in winter. It is often used for garden trees because it is resistant to pruning.

Place: South of Orchard, Around Honmaru Resthousee

It grows naturally in groves of warm places, and is often grown for ornamental purposes.

Place: South of Orchard, Ninomaru Garden

It grows naturally in groves of warm places, and grows up to 50 to 80 cm.

Place: North of Honmaru Resthouse, South of Orchard

It grows in neashore area, or mountains, and grows as big as 10 to 15m.

Place: Around Bairinzaka

It's native to China. It's often cultivated in gardens or fields. There exist many garden species of Prunus mume.

Place: Ninomaru Garden

While it grows in coastal places in warm region, they are said to have been planted before instead of a volunteer plant.

Place: West of Ninomaru Resthouse, South of Orchard

It's native to China. It has a little bigger flowers than Robai (Chimonanthus praecox), and its inner tepals are in yellow.

Place: Ninomaru Grove

This perennial grows under the leafy shade of trees in the mountains. In the freezing early mornings during winter, you can see frost columns (shimobashira). That's why these are named shimobashira in Japanese.

Placem: Around Bairinzaka

It's native to China. It's often cultivated in gardens or fields. There exist many garden species of Prunus mume.

Place: Honmaru O-shibafu (Lawn)

It is said to be a hybrid of Kanhizakura (Cerasus campanulata).

Place: South of Orchard, around Obansho Guardhouse

It is an endemic species of Japan and that grows naturally in coastal area occasionally, and grows up to 2 to 4m. It has white flowers at the tip of branches around June.

Place: Around Fujimi Tamon

This perennial can often be found in East Japan. While it's often cultivated, as its flower season is around a turn of the year, the flower is often used for decoration of the new year.