Under the clear sky without clouds, a elegant western-style building standing on a hill is surrounded by bright red Matsubagiku that looks like a castle wall. I’m almost dazzling. Each flower of Matsubagiku is small and looks like a chrysanthemum, but it is a completely different variety from chrysanthemum. The flowers open at dawn and close in the evening. In addition to being resistant to high temperatures and dryness, it grows into large communities, so some of them have been planted in flower beds or stone walls in alleys and have become wild.

雲ひとつなく晴れ渡った空の元、丘に立つ瀟洒な洋館を城壁のように真っ赤な松葉菊が取り囲んでいます。眩いばかりです。松葉菊は一つ一つの花は小さくて菊の花のようですが、菊とは全く別品種です。松葉菊は夜明けと共に花を開き、夕方にはしぼみます。高温や乾燥に強い上に、大きい群落になるので、路地の花壇や石垣などに植えられ、野生化しているものもあります。