Thursday, February 9, 2012

On the Edge


I was walking along the river, which are more like canals here in Shinjuku, when I spotted these little pots of plants decorating the fence.

The plants were so random, cactus and smaller plants like herbs. Someone must have gone through a lot of trouble to place these here. I'm guessing the people who live along the river.

The rosy plant in the top photo was my favorite.


11 comments:

  1. How cool! It just proves that you can have a garden anywhere! What a cheerful little collection of plants! A few of those are succulents, which are some of my favorite kinds of plants to grow since they reproduce themselves and I can't seem to kill them. Ha!

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  2. «Louis» understands why the 'rosy' one is your favorite. This would make a nice subject for a watercolor painting.

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  3. Plants always make things look better I think Kaori, if I'm not mistaken this one that you like is a geranium!

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  4. My succulents just braved a few days under the snow. I like your choice: this flower is so beautiful...

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  5. That looks a lot like geranium leaves, I love how you took that photo.

    My plants are dead. Despite my protection efforts, -10° C at night killed them... :-(

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  6. Geranium; more accurately—pelargonium; or in Japanese: テンジクアオイの葉 (天竺葵).

    It is funny how some of the PET bottles are standing on their noses. But if you cut a bottle in half you can get two of those bases. Those aren’t simple holes that the wire passes through. They are some kind of insert. The kind gardener went to a lot of work. If I knew their birthday I know just what to get for their birthday.

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  7. Great discovery, great shot. Despite the fact that it gives me vertigo! :)

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  8. An interesting mix of plants. But a nice idea to add some green!

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  9. wonderful wonderful wonderful


    please have a good friday ahead.

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  10. @Rachel, a plant that won't die? Where do I find them! It's shameful how I can't seem to keep plants alive for very long :0)

    @Louis, oh I think you're right. If only I could paint :-D

    @Grace, thank you for the plant info! I was just thinking that I forgot to ask everyone what that plant is ;D

    @VP, you must have strong plants over there to live through that snowfall! ;)

    @Ciel, -10C!? I don't think I could live through that either! D:

    @TallGary, I thought it was quite innovative how they decorated that space, too! :D

    @Rurousha, I couldn't find a pretty angle to take the photo so finally I just looked down...but it's okay, it's really not that high! ;D

    @Halcyon, it was really fun just seeing all the types of plants lined up! :-D

    @Robert, thank you so much! Happy Friday to you, too :D

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  11. It does really pays if somebody take an effort to beautify the place. The plastic became not just a trash but a pot which is a very good recycling idea. Thanks for sharing.

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