The arrival of the young plants
2015年07年02日 | diary
The Tohoku Earthquake disaster in 2011 off the Pacific coast occurred on March 11, 2011.
Our school is participating in the “Green Baton Movement” which is a project of the Asahi Newspaper.
This project is to raise young plants from the disaster area of through this year and then plants them back in the disaster area.
Eight dodan-tsutsuji plants sent to our school from Iwate Prefecture on June 24th.
We put them in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary now and she is watching over them.
Next spring, they’ll be planted on the “Sennen Kibou no Oka” in Iwakuma City, Miyagi Prefecture.
This hill is being made as part of “a seawall grove” on the Pacific coast using the rubble made by the earthquake.
Dodan-tsutsuji is a compact, medium-sized delicious shrub with ovate leaves turning red and orange in autumn.
Small pure white, urn-shaped flowers in clusters in spring.
Flowers of dodan-tsutsuji
Colored leaves
We will raise them carefully.
Please look forward to our blog being updated.
