肥ひ後ご花はな菖しょう蒲ぶ

noun

Higo Japanese iris; Iris ensata

A cultivated variety of Japanese iris (Iris ensata) originally developed in the Higo region (present-day Kumamoto). Known for large, flat, richly colored flowers.

• 肥ひ後ご花はな菖しょう蒲ぶは、熊くま本もと県けんで江え戸ど時じ代だいから栽さい培ばいされてきた品ひん種しゅです。

  The Higo Japanese iris is a variety that has been cultivated in Kumamoto Prefecture since the Edo period.

• 庭にわに肥ひ後ご花はな菖しょう蒲ぶが咲さき始はじめると、梅雨つゆの訪おとずれを感かんじます。

  When the Higo irises start blooming in the garden, I feel the arrival of the rainy season.