{"id":10910,"date":"2022-04-02T03:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T03:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=10910"},"modified":"2022-04-02T03:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T03:52:48","slug":"explosive-spring-growth-and-brilliant-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/02\/explosive-spring-growth-and-brilliant-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive Spring Growth and Brilliant Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_5350.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"10813\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_5350.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10813\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5627.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"10920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5627.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10920\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memory garden is filling in quickly.  The growth is miraculous, really.  Where does it all come from?  The photo on the left was from 2\/26, and the one on the right is from today.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favorite bulbs has reappeared for about the twelfth year in a row\u2013my Fritillaria imperialis. The form is so interesting and the color is a bright spot in a shady spot under the Douglas fir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5628.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"10917\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5628.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10917\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"10916\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10916\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5631-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5629.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"10915\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5629.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10915\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" data-id=\"10911\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10911\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5630-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a love\/hate relationship with the Camellia in our garden.  It has gotten completely out of hand in size and has adopted a poor shape. The flowers don\u2019t make a nice show, typically, because I\u2019ve neglected the shrub as a whole.  But taken individually, I can find beauty in the flowers.  It has two kinds\u2013smaller ones that are less than double, and huge blooms that are very double.  This year it must be stressed because most of the flowers are the smaller type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"10912\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10912\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5636-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"10914\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10914\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5634-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are some Pleine flower pictures from the greenhouse this week\u2013so fantastic and showy, somewhere between starlets and harlots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:70.13163%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"10924\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=10924\" data-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5590-scaled.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:29.86837%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1500 1500w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1800 1800w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"10923\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=10923\" data-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5616-scaled.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10921\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=10921\" data-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5618.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5618.jpg?w=474\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10919\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=10919\" data-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5617.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_5617.jpg?w=474\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The memory garden is filling in quickly. The growth is miraculous, really. Where does it all come from? The photo on the left was from 2\/26, and the one on the right is from today. One of my favorite bulbs has reappeared for about the twelfth year in a row\u2013my Fritillaria imperialis. The form is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/02\/explosive-spring-growth-and-brilliant-flowers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explosive Spring Growth and Brilliant Flowers<\/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-10910","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\/10910","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=10910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10927,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910\/revisions\/10927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}