{"id":212,"date":"2017-11-08T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urabandai-inf.com\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2020-07-27T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T04:39:38","slug":"%e6%98%a5%e3%81%ae%e6%a4%8d%e7%89%a9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.urabandai-inf.com\/en\/?page_id=212","title":{"rendered":"Spring plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Japanese Witch Hazel (<i>Hamamelis japonica var. obtusata<\/i>) <\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img01b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: March to April<\/p>\n<p>This tree spreads its seeds in order to reproduce.<\/p>\n<h2>Mistletoe (<i>Viscum album var. coloratum<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img02b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: March to April<\/p>\n<p>Mistletoe branches spread by repeating forked branches. A parasitic plant, it gets moisture from the host tree and nutrition from the host tree as well as photosynthesis. Mistletoe spreads via birds which eat the fruit.<\/p>\n<h2>Wood Anemone (<i>Anemone pseudoaltaica<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img03b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: April to May<\/p>\n<p>Wood anemone starts appearing naturally in high mountains and snowy areas in April.<\/p>\n<h2>Gray\u2019s Bird Cherry (<i>Prunus grayana<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img04b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: May to June<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the species of cherry blossoms that has flowers on spikes.  Others include inuzakura (<i>Prunus buergeriana<\/i>) and shiurizakura (<i>Prunus ssiori<\/i>). In the past, people would carve a groove on the scapula of a deer and put some burning Gray\u2019s bird cherry into the groove.  By watching how the bone cracked, people would divine good or bad fortune.<\/p>\n<h2>Western White Anemone (<i>Anemone deltoidea<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img05b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: April to June<\/p>\n<p>The western white anemone grows to between 5 to 10 cm and the size of the flower is 1 cm in diameter.  It is a very delicate and pretty flower. Because of its size, it is easily missed if one is not looking for it.<a id=\"mz001\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Asian Skunk Cabbage (<i>Lysichiton camtschatcensis<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mizubasho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: April to June<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the size, each plant may have around 500 flowers.  This plant is inedible because it contains poison.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Best time to view<br \/>\n \u30fbAround La Vie Spa Urabandai (beside the road and up 10 meters away from the road) from the end of April through to early May<br \/>\n \u30fbThe middle of May in the Hosono area.<br \/>\n \u30fbShimizusawa (entrance of Nekoma Ski Resort) from early to the middle of May.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the differences in altitude in Urabandai, you can see Asian skunk cabbage in various other places for longer periods of time.<\/p>\n<h2>Japanese Azalea (<i>Rhododendron japonicum<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img07b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: May to June<\/p>\n<p>From Hokkaido (the northern island of Japan) to Kyushu (one of the southern islands of Japan) Japanese azaleas grow abundantly in sunny meadows. Please be aware that there are poisons in all trees and these may cause respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<h2>Japanese Fairy Bells (<i>Disporum smilacinum<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img08b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: May to June<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese fairy bell is a perennial plant that grows in fields, on mountains, hills and in valley forests. Its stems range in size from 20 cm to 35 cm.<\/p>\n<h2>Bog Bean (<i>Menyanthes trifoliata<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img09b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: May to July<\/p>\n<p>Mountains wetlands, perennial grass growing in ponds. Inside the flower there are many hair and it has a very strange flower shape. It is believed to have survived from the Ice Age.<\/p>\n<h2>A variety of skunk cabbage (<i>Symplocarpus nipponicus<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img10b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: May to July<\/p>\n<p>Flowers grow in wetlands between 3 and 5 cm tall. When flowers are in bloom, other, bigger plants grow around them, so they can be hard to find. Leaves are best spotted in early spring but become harder to find later in the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia (<i>Magnolia obovata<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img11b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June<\/p>\n<p>The magnolia smells very sweet.<\/p>\n<h2>Bandai Kuwagata (<i>species of speedwell, Veronica schmidtiana var. bandaiana<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img12b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June to July<\/p>\n<p>There are many types of speedwell flowers in mountainous areas nationwide, including Hokkaido, but the Bandai speedwell which blooms especially in the Mt Bandai region is the basis of its classification.<\/p>\n<h2>Keyflower Orchid (<i>Dactylorhiza aristata<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/lightning\/images\/template\/plant_spring\/img13b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June to August<\/p>\n<p>The keyflower orchid grows from Hokkaido and the sub-alpine area north of central Honshu down to alpine grasslands.<\/p>\n<h2>Saihairan Orchid (<i>Cremastra appendiculata var. variabilis<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24464\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/6c681f330f7ead4ab5a6d27439d2f48a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June<\/p>\n<p>It is found throughout Japan and grows naturally on the forest floor of mountainous areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Benibanaichiyakuso (<i>Pyrola asarifolia subsp. incarnata<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24465\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d5b5a26c6bf053d12312d7c215d606ee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June<\/p>\n<p>It is an evergreen perennial that grows in sub-alpine forests. Benibanaichiyakuso is a herbal medicine and the Ichiyakuso flower has multiple medicinal properties.<\/p>\n<h2>Taniutsugi (<i>Weigela hortensis<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24466\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/c868418cf4dfc55ffe8c2fa801462cf1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flowering period: June<\/p>\n<p>Taniutsugi, a unique species of Japan, grows in sunny places in mountainous areas. People say that this tree is bad luck because in the olden days its branches were used in funerals.  Apart from having been used in funerals, there is nothing else to maintain this negative perception.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=219\">Summer plants<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=225\">Autumn plants<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=230\">Winter plants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Witch Hazel (Hamamelis japonica var. obtusata) Flowering period: March to April This tree spreads its seeds in order to reproduce. Mistletoe (Viscum album var. coloratum) Flowering period: March to April Mistletoe branches spread by repeating forked branches. 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