http://tokyogreenspace.com/2010/07/10/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/ Thu, 31 May 2012 01:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://tokyogreenspace.com/2010/07/10/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/#comment-1555 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:57:14 +0000 http://tokyogreenspace.com/?p=3263#comment-1555 [...] What’s great about this sidewalk awning is that it requires minimal space and maintenance, yet impacts thousands of people coming to the ward office, or just passing by on this busy street. Two very kind city workers involved with green space took time out to talk with me about the sidewalk, facade, and roof greening. The sidewalk awning is a combination of two hardy vines: nozenzakura (ノウゼンカズラ in Japanese or Campsis grandiflora in Latin) with orange flowers, which I have seen in my neighborhood blooming all summer. [...]

]]> http://tokyogreenspace.com/2010/07/10/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/#comment-1518 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:43:54 +0000 http://tokyogreenspace.com/?p=3263#comment-1518 [...] The sidewalk awning is a combination of two hardy vines: nozenzakura (ノウゼンカズラ in Japanese or Campsis grandiflora in Latin) with orange flowers, which I have seen in my neighborhood blooming all summer. [...]

]]> http://tokyogreenspace.com/2010/07/10/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/#comment-1265 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:21:02 +0000 http://tokyogreenspace.com/?p=3263#comment-1265 This genus is one of the many that spans East Asia and Eastern North America. Campsis grandiflora is native to East Asia, while Campsis radicans’s range is from Florida to New Jersey, west to Iowa and Texas.

]]> http://tokyogreenspace.com/2010/07/10/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/#comment-1255 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:28:32 +0000 http://tokyogreenspace.com/?p=3263#comment-1255 The name of this flower is ノウゼンカズラ（Campsis grandiflora). One of my favorite summer flowers around here.

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