Monday, June 24, 2024
The "phantom water lilies" at the Nakajima Family Natural Garden have finally bloomed.
The Nakajima couple lovingly nurtured the water lilies for seven or eight years, and they finally began to bloom last year.
During the winter, the soil is dug up and the pots are buried under straw to allow them to overwinter, and these mystical water lilies are carefully and lovingly nurtured!
It has glossy, circular, lobed leaves and modest, delicate pink flowers.
It is with boundless love, gratitude, and prayer that I was able to witness this precious moment when this mysterious flower, in which a water fairy seems to lurk, blooms.
◇ ikuko (photo by noboru)
