Wintersweet or Japanese allspice、ロウバイ

Around here which I have been living, when it comes late December, wintersweet shrubs are in fragrant bloom in the garden of residential neighborhoods, and parks.　

Wintersweet is native to China and is said to have been brought to Japan in the Edo era in the early 17th century. It is widely planted as a garden tree in Japan.

Japanese allspice, along with Camellia sasanqua and Red plum, softens the murderous landscape of winter with few flowers.

The Japanese notation is at the bottom. （日本語表記は下段です）

Teganuma, located in my city

                                               Camellia sasanqua

                                              Red plum

私が住んでいる周りでは、12月下旬になると住宅街の庭にロウバイが香ばしく咲きます。

ロウバイは中国原産で、17世紀初頭の江戸時代に日本に持ち込まれたと言われています。 日本では庭の木として広く植えられています。

またロウバイは、サザンカや紅梅とともに、花の少ない冬の殺戮の風景を和らげます。