Have you ever thought of onions as a decoration? Up to this week, I did not even know how the flowers of onions look like. And sure, tulips have an onion, too. This onions are called giant onions – allium giganteum ギガンジュームアリアム. Their onions are actually eatable and sometimes used for medicine, too. At this point […]
Decorating our School in Fuse with Gloriosaグロリオサ
When I went to the local flower shop in the shopping alley in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施this time, these large and colorful flowers immediately caught my eye. So I inquired about them: they are called Gloriosa （グロリオサ in Japanese). I picked some to put into the reception room of our English Conversation School here, payed and went […]
Safflower紅花
Last week, I bought these beautiful flowers at the local flower store to bring some color and freshness to the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka東大阪布施.These rich orange colored flowers are called Safflower紅花. Generally looking a little like weed, they have been known and used as spice, color and medicine since ancient Egypt time! […]