Coming: Early spring 2026, Niiharu Citizen Forest

 

Last week, Yokohama was cold. The temperature was around 8°C at best. Greens around us on street looked bleak … This weekend, the highest temperature has reached 14 or 15°C in the North Forest of Yokohama. Finally?

Tadpoles started swimming in Niiharu.

Spring ephemeral, Wind flowers now have florets.

This is also Spring ephemeral, Carex conica Boott.

Yellow avalanche lilies show their buds.

This time of the year,
Pertya scandens have pretty popping plumules.

In Niiharu,
there are lot of trees of Early stachyurus,
Japanese native.
But those receiving lots of sunshine open first.
Flowers are honest.

I think this year
Orychophragmus violaceus flower earlier than violets.
They came from China about 300 years ago.
I heard in China they are vegetable.
Here, we normally don’t eat them.

Er …
chestnuts at the tip of a tree remain there as such …

Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii open its flowers now.
They are the first comers for flowering
in early spring and become dormant in late May.

Spring is coming honestly, I feel. But like the very short autumn last year it could end quickly. When the cherry blossoms are gone, Yokohama might jump into hot summer … global warming. Let us see.

Sawtooth oaks have new buds now.

If you have any questions about Yokohama’s Green Tax and Green Up Plan, please make a contact with

Strategic Planning Division, Green Environment Bureau, City of Yokohama
横浜市みどり環境局戦略企画課

Phone: 045-671-2712 

FAX: 045-550-4093

Email: mk-kikaku@city.yokohama.lg.jp