kazuyo-san's garden

Kazuyo-san lives in Kochi pref. We stayed at Kazuyo-san's home on July 15-17, 2017 on a company trip and took pictures of vegetables and flowers in her garden. After that, Kazuyo-san would send us her own photos of the vegetables and other plants she grew. New photos taken by Kazuyo will be added here as they become available.

American Blue

American Blue

American Blue or called Evolvulus(scientific name: Evolvulus pilosus) is native to Central America such as Brazil and is a fertile perennial herb of the family Convolvulaceae , genus Evolvulus. Growth
Oxalis triangularis

Oxalis triangularis

Oxalis triangularis is cold-resistant bulbous plant of the Oxalidaceae department Oxalis genus original from Brazil. A leaf color is purple, and three angles of leaf shape is called "Murasakinomai" by
Eggplant

Eggplant

Eggplant (scientific name:Solanum melongena) is non-cold-resistant annual vegetable native to India in Solanaceae family. It is eaten at home such as tomato or cucumber, etc. Many large and small leav
Tomato

Tomato

Tomato (scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum) is a large annual/perennial plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Peru in South America. It is a green vegetable that is grown and eaten around the w
Ardisia crenata

Ardisia crenata

Coral bush, coralberry, coral ardisia or manryo, ( scientific name: Ardisia crenata), is cold-resistant evergreen small shrub of the geneus Ardisia native to China, Korea, India and Japan. Leaves are
Bell pepper

Bell pepper

Bell pepper (scientific name: Capsicum annuum L. var. 'grossum'), is an annual grass of the family solanaceae native to South America. From during the rainy season, white flowers bloom in early summer
Kanoko-yuri

Kanoko-yuri

Kanoko-yuri or, Lilium speciosum (scientific name: Lilium speciosum) is a perennial herb of the family Liliaceae native to Taiwan, China, and Japan of Kyushu and Shikoku . It grows wild in the low mou
Begonia semperflorens

Begonia semperflorens

Begonia senpaflorence (Scientific name: Begonia semperflorens) is native to South America and is non-cold-resistant annual or perennial of the family Begoniaceae. The leaves are egg-shaped without ser
Perilla crispa

Perilla crispa

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Japanese pepper

Japanese pepper

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Persicaria chinensis

Persicaria chinensis

Persicaria chinensis is climbing nature perennial plant of the family Polygonaceae native to East Asia. It grows naturally near the coast of Honshu to Kyushu. The stems and leaves are similar to the H
Verbena

Verbena

Verbena ,scientific name:Verbena hybrids, is half-Hardy is an annual grass of the Department Verbenaceae jenus vervain native to Tropical America. It makes five-petaled flowers bloom from spring to au
Pea

Pea

Pea (scientific name: Pisum sativum) is native to Mesopotamia and is a hardy annual or 2 year's plant in the Fabaceae. It is a plant used in Mendel's law. Beans and young beans are eaten as vegetables
Spinach

Spinach

Spinach (scientific name: Spinacia oleracea L.) is annual vegetables in the family Amaranthaceae native to Central and Western Asia. Long day plant. It is dioecious and blooms from spring to early sum
Bok Choy

Bok Choy

Bok Choy (scientific name: Brassica chinensis l.) is native to Southeast Asia. It is an annual herb in the family Brassicaceae. It was brought to Japan from China. Its stems and leaves are harvested a
Mizuna

Mizuna

Mizuna (scientific name: Brassica rapa var. Laciniifolia) is a biennial plant of Brassicaceae Brassica lapa species Mizuna varieties, with leaves as vegetables. The stems are white, long and slender,
Broccoli

Broccoli

Broccoli (scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. italica) and perennial herb in the genus Brassica, Department of Brassicaceae is an annual grass native to The Mediterranean coast. Yellow flowers blo
Myoga

Myoga

Myoga , scientific name : Zingiber mioga , is a perennial vegetable native to Eastern Asia, and is of the department Zingiberaceae , of the Zingiber genus. Different routes surrounded by bracts (fake
Cotton

Cotton

Cotton, scientific name: Gossypium arboreum, is an annual plant of the department Malvaceae Gossypium genus native of Ind. The cotton wool which split open like popcorn white is fun. As for the colo
Japanese radish

Japanese radish

apanese radish( scientific name: Raphanus sativus Linn.) is annual grass of the family brassicaceae native of West to Central Asia. Bloom in spring Cruciferae-cross shaped white or pale purple flower
Momordica charantia

Momordica charantia

Momordica charantia , or bitter melon (scientific name: Momordica charantial) is an annual grass of vegetables in the family cucurbitaceae native to Tropical Asia. Yellow flowers bloom in the summer,
Cucumber

Cucumber

Cucumber (scientific name:Cucumis sativus L.) is vegetables of the non-hardy non-heat resistance climbing nature annual plant of the gourd family cucumber genus. It makes five yellow valves flower blo
Hibiscus

Hibiscus

Hibiscus (Hibiscus, Scientific Name:Hibiscus hybrids, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis,) is a shrub native to Vanuatu, belonging to the Malvaceae family and the genus Hibiscus. It is the national flower of Suda
Decapitation

Decapitation

Leafy peony or Habotan (scientific name:Brassica oleracea var. sabellicar) is native to Western Europe and is a cold-resistant annual or perennial grass of family Brassicaceae. It was made to apprec
Cabbage

Cabbage

Cabbage (scientific name: Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) is a perennial/annual herb of the Brassicaceae family, native to the Mediterranean. It is a commonly eaten vegetable. Leaves The leaves f
Persimmon tree

Persimmon tree

Persimmon tree, scientific name:dispyrs kaki , is native to China and is a deciduous tree of the genus Diospyros ,of the department Ebenaceae. it consists of fruit, as takes a number of years. Summer,
Garlic

Garlic

Garlic (Scientific name: Allium sativum) is a native of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, and is a vegetable of the bulbous plant of the family Amaryllidaceaes. The height of the plant grows to about 120 cm
Kidney bean

Kidney bean

Kidney bean or Common bean (scientific name: Phaseolus vulgaris) is native to Latin America and is a vegetable of an annual grass vegetable of the family Fabaceae In the summer, the inflorescence is
Chayote

Chayote

Chayote or hayato uri , scientific name:Sechim edule, is a vines and perennial vegetables of the Cucurbitaceae Department of Sechium gennus native to Central America and Mexico . The edible fruit. Oct
Chrysanthemum japonense 'Ashizuri nojigiku'

Chrysanthemum japonense 'Ashizuri nojigiku'

Chrysanthemum japonense 'Ashizuri nojigiku' (scientific name: Chrysanthemum japonense var. ashizuriense) is a cold-hardy evergreen perennial in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Japan. It is a variety
Veronica persica

Veronica persica

Veronica arvensis is a species of perennial weed in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Eurasia and Africa and naturalized throughout the world, including Japan. The creeping Veronica persica is an
White ginger lily

White ginger lily

Hedychium coronarium or white ginger lily(scientific name: Hedychium coronarium) is a semi-cold hardy bulbous perennial plant of the genus Hedychium in the family Zingiberaceae, native to India, Nepa

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