{"id":10415,"date":"2021-05-12T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=10415"},"modified":"2021-05-12T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:35:00","slug":"happy-valley-and-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/happy-valley-and-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valley and Back Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring is so overwhelming with all the exquisite flowers and the burst of leaves around us here in the Northwest.  I took a trip to Happy Valley, Oregon to visit friends this weekend and saw some gorgeous blooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10416\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2804-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Clematis glimpsed on a neighborhood walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10418\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Parrot tulip I planted back in late November.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10417\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2802-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lovely ornamental hawthorn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I landed home and the garden jumped ahead of me again\u2013so many things blooming or preparing to bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10420\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2818-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>These gorgeous bouquet tulips in my yard are over three weeks old and still very showy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10432\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2813-1-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2812-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10429\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>These opened as soft yellow flowers and have aged to this fiery magenta hue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10422\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2816-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Eryngium \u201cBlaukappe\u201d seedling blooming in its third year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10431\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2814-1-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Native Nootka rose in the memory garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2815-1-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10428\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2815-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2815-1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2815-1-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2815-1-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Veronica in the memory garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10421\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2817-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>Many columbines are blooming in the memory garden, but this is probably my favorite\u2013a big, clean-looking white one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10419\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2819-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption>The golden chain tree in the pot by the greenhouse (likely rooted through the pot and into the ground) is blooming.  These plants are pretty invasive. Pretty, and invasive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is so overwhelming with all the exquisite flowers and the burst of leaves around us here in the Northwest. I took a trip to Happy Valley, Oregon to visit friends this weekend and saw some gorgeous blooms. I landed home and the garden jumped ahead of me again\u2013so many things blooming or preparing to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/happy-valley-and-back-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Valley and Back Home<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10433,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10415\/revisions\/10433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}