flower zone

white freesia

spotted growing in a little gap between someone's fence and their house.

tulips and pansies

cute and fun arrangement in a local green space in my neighborhood.

creephing phlox

a popular cute spring flower, spotted near a sidewalk in my neighborhood.

assorted bulbs - hyacinth, tulips, daffodils

these cute and colorful plants are maintained by neighborhood ladies at a local park.

blooming somei yoshino sakura sprout

one of the coolest things i've ever seen. i thought it was a fallen sprig, but it was actually growing out of the ground and blooming like that.

sakura - shidare and somei yoshino

the two big spring cherry trees growing in a park near my house. somei yoshino is the white one, and shidare is the pink.

spring starflower

cute little spring flowers i saw blooming on the sidewalk near my house.

dandelion

saw this craaazy mutated dandelion on an errand walk near my house. super cool!

yakushima azaleas

these were growing in a flower bed in an underground shopping arcade near yokohama station.

kawazu sakura

an early blooming variety of sakura. this one was blooming like crazy at a train station i visited in early march.

early sakura

growing around a train station in my city.

crocus

the first cheerful blooms of winter, spotted in a community flower bed in my neighborhood.

damiana

spotted growing like crazy in a flowerbed near my hotel in guam.

hibiscus

growing wild and thriving in guam~

coral vine

seen in guam. unfortunately this is an invasive species there, but it's really pretty.....

another beautiful, but unfortunately invasive species. this one is apparently native to madacascar.

assorted plumeria

spotted all over tamuning in guam.

jungle geranium

one of many beautiful flowers i saw in guam.

kawazu sakura

this was blooming so early, i thought it was ume, however it's actually an early blooming sakura. i didn't get to see these last year, so i'm glad to experience them now!

spider lily

a traditional japanese autumn staple, spotted growing in my neighborhood

kinmokusei/tea olive

another iconic japanese autumn flower. i absolutely love the smell!

hibiscus

perfect, prototypical hibiscus growing in front of an office building in my neighborhood.

hydrangea

huge bush spotted on a walk to a forest park near my house

nejibana/screw flower (?)

name has a ? because i don't actually know the english name for these, literal translation of the japanese name is screw flower. seen growing all throughout a flower bed at the fancy apartment complex down the street from me. these things are ridiculously tiny and cute, apparently a type of orchid.

hydrangea

on a pedestrian path i use to get to one of my usual combini.

hydrangea

seen behind an office building that i passed on a night walk.

hollyhock

saw on a walk from the combini, same area as the alstroemeria and huge bank of hydrangeas documented earlier.

coral flower/brazilian plume

also in that ^ same area.
called サンゴバナ "coral flower" here, and apparently "brazilian plume" in english. beautiful no matter what you call it.

hydrangeas

near a pedestrian overpass at the river near my house

myrtle

saw on a walk near a bus stop

hydrangea

near one of my favorite bookoff locations

hydrangea

growing like crazy at one of the lawson locations near me

peregrina

spotted while walking in zhongli district of taipei, taiwan

ginger

spotted along two different roadsides in zhongli district of taipei, taiwan

hydrangea

spotted in akihabara

hydrangea

saw while walking in tsunashima area, yokohama

hydrangea

growing out front of maison kura. the most perfect pool blue color, difficult to capture with my phone's camera.

hipericum

saw on a walk near one of my neighborhood train stations

hyrangeas

another massive bank of hydrangeas that i always pass on my walk between home and the closest family mart.

alstroemeria

one of my favorite flowers. growing streetside, in the same area as the huge wall of hydrangeas.

campanula

i passed these omw to the local drugstore and family mart..

hydrangea

these are also somewhat near the drugstore i visit most often.

hydrangea

saw walking back from one of the stations near my house

hydrangea

at some business down the street from my house (i think they make LED signs??) the plant itself is gigantic, this thing is a beast.

hydrangea

saw out front of the bookoff near azamino station on a rainy night

hydrangea

along a pedestrian walkway omw to the closest seven 11

lantana

the orangey ones are from a huge shrub of these growing wild next to the pedestrian underpass near my house, the pink and yellow ones grow by the sidewalk near the closest lawson.

blue anise sage

these grow all along the sidewalk near the mega don quijote in my neighborhood. never seen them before, but the black stems look sooo cool with the purple flowers.