Geneva, Switzerland: Hana Tanimura planted Chinese Parasol Tree seeds and now they are sprouting

"hi hiroshi! I planted the seeds today, and they are now sitting outside my kitchen window soaking up some sun :) will be sure to keep you posted when they sprout!"

---Hana Tanimura

Then

"hi hiroshi! great news: two of my chinese parasol seeds sprouted this morning. i was worried that they weren't doing so well, but then i tried cutting and soaking the seeds as kathy thomas suggested, and look—it worked!"

---Hana

Congrats, Hana!

Mame

Shiba

"hello hello! arrived back from japan yesterday and am very happy to report that my sprouts are doing great. i have named them mame and shiba respectively, after an insanely ridiculous cultural phenomenon in japan called mameshiba. hope this finds you well! sayonara"

---h

"hi hiroshi, here are the most recent photos of my (now three!) chinese parasol sprouts. the first two that i planted are growing some really cute new leaves, too..."

---h