The water hyacinth have started to bloom

The water hyacinth flowers have started to bloom in Saitama Prefecture, in the Greater Tokyo area of Japan. Generally, water hyacinth are best viewed in autumn, but as I shared on City-cost before, in Kazo City you can see them for four months of the year. They usually start to bloom around mid June there.

Evidently, the water hyacinth in my area of Saitama Prefecture also bloom from mid June as I spotted a few popping through on my walk on Monday morning. Right now there are only a few flowering. Moreover, you can only see a few of the green leaves of the flowers above water at the moment. Eventually, even more leaves will become visible and then the flowers will bloom also and you will barely be able to see the water at all. Right now its mostly water you can see.

Hyacinth and Water Hyacinth sound similar, but they are actually distinct plants. Water hyacinth, as the name suggests, are grown in waterways. In the photo below (taken Monday) the water hyacinth are growing in an old rice field. Have you seen any water hyacinth yet this year?