Friday, April 28, 2017

Bog rhubarb and long-headed poppies

In a garden…
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Frank: What are those big-leafed plants?
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aka giant butterbur
Tadao: Oh, in Japanese we call them fuki. In English, bog rhubarb, I believe.
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Frank: Are they weeds?
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Tadao: Good heavens, no. Vegetables. We can eat the stalks and the roots.
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Frank: Planted by design then? Or for medical uses?
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aka field poppies
Tadao: No. The fuki were in the soil already. They've taken over the whole garden. Quite aggressive.
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Frank: Those orange poppies are colorful.
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Tadao: Long-headed poppies. Grow at the roadsides. Invasive species but colorful as you say.
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Voice-over

April and May: Petasites japonicas (J. fuki,フキ) and Papaver dubium (J. nagami hinageshi, ながみひなげし).
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