Month Flower Cards Images January Matsu (松, pine) Two Normals (1 point), one Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Crane and Sun (20 points) February Ume (梅, plum blossom) Two Normals (1 point), one Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Bush-warbler in a Tree (10 points) March Sakura (桜, cherry blossom) Two Normals (1 point), one Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Camp Curtain (20 points) April Fuji (藤, wisteria) Two Normals (1 point), one Red Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Cuckoo (10 points) May Ayame (菖蒲, iris) Two Normals (1 point), one Red Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Water Iris and Eight-plank Bridge (10 points) June Botan (牡丹, peony) Two Normals (1 point), one Purple Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Butterflies (10 points) July Hagi (萩, bush clover) Two Normals (1 point), one Red Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Boar (10 points) August Susuki (薄, Susuki grass) Two Normals (1 point), two Specials: Geese in Flight (10 points), Full Moon with Red Sky (20 points) September Kiku (菊, chrysanthemum) Two Normals (1 point), one Purple Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Poetry Sake Cup (10 points) October Momiji (紅葉, maple) Two Normals (1 point), one Purple Ribbon (5 points) and one Special: Deer and Maple (10 points) November Yanagi (柳, willow) One Red Ribbon (5 points) and three Specials: Lightning (1 point), Swallow (10 points), Ono no Michikaze ("Rainman") with Umbrella and Frog (20 points) December Kiri (桐, paulownia) Three Normals (1 point, one off-shaded), and one Special: Chinese Phoenix (20 points)