In a garden…
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Frank: What are those big-leafed plants?
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Tadao: Oh, in Japanese we call them fuki. In English, bog rhubarb, I believe.
Frank: What are those big-leafed plants?
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| aka giant butterbur |
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Frank: Are they weeds?
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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Tadao: No. The fuki were in the soil already. They've taken over the whole garden. Quite aggressive.
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 |
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Frank: Those orange poppies are colorful.
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.
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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