場所によっては今日もかなり暑かったようですが、幸いこの辺りではそれほど暑くならず最高気温２４度、心地よい風も吹いていて外の日陰で座るのには快適な気候でした。それでも陽が当たるところにいると数秒ですごく暑くなりました。雲もなく青空だったので、焦げそうでした。

In some places it was very hot today again but it wasn’t too hot where we are because the highest temperature was 24C. very nice temperature in the shade specially with some gentle breeze.  However, without a cloud in the sky. when you are under the sun, it feels like your skin will burn in a few seconds.

少しだけ暑さがましになった夕方に、昨日デリバリーされてきたサルビア・ネモローサ（３株）を夫と植えました。サルビア・ネモローサは８株くらいでしょうか、結構植えてあったのですが、２、３株は小さなうちになめくじに食べられてしまい、残りのうち３株か４株くらい冬越しが出来ず枯れてしまいました。大きくなるとかなりなボリュームなので、今回３株だけオーダーしました。結構大きめの苗で小さな蕾がついている状態のものが届きました。

We waited until it felt slightly cooler in early evening to plant the salvia nemorosa (in 2 Litre pots) that were delivered yesterday.  I cannot remember exactly how many but I think we originally had perhaps about 8 plants of them when we had the garden done, but 2 or 3 were eaten by slugs and 3 or 4 died during the winter.  One plant gets quite large so we ordered 3 new plants and they arrived yesterday.  The were bigger than I expected, they even have some buds already.

手前の小さな子３つが、新しいサルビア・ネモローサ。その奥に１本だけあるのが去年植えた子です。上から撮っているので手前の３つはとても小さく見えますが、そこそこ育っていて４０センチくらいはあると思います。

The 3 short ones are the ones we just planted and the taller one behind them is one that survived the last winter.  I took this photo from above so the new ones look very little but they are at least as tall as 40cm.

 

 

こちらは、別のところに植えられた去年の春に植えた子たち。こちらは竹の前で湿気が多かったのか、２株ほどはなめくじに食べられてしまいましたが、他は元気（奥に１株見えない背の低い子がいますが）。まだ咲き始めですが、たくさん咲く濃いパープルでとても綺麗です。

These are the ones planted last spring, they are right in front of the bamboos and maybe that’s why, 2 or 3 of them that were planted behind these were eaten by slugs by the time I noticed.  These have been doing well (there is one small and short one behind these).  It hasn’t been very long since they started flowering so they don’t look much yet but when they are in full bloom they look beautiful with a dark purple colour.

 

 

 

元気に育ってほしいなぁ〜。

I hope the new ones will grow large and survive the winter.