{"id":6330,"date":"2020-01-27T03:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T03:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2020-01-27T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T03:10:13","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-18-acacia-dealbata-purpurea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/27\/plant-a-day-2020-day-18-acacia-dealbata-purpurea\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-DAy 2020 (Day 18) Acacia Baileyana &#8220;Purpurea&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are young, fun plants\u2013I grew them from seed last year.  The seeds came from Australian Seeds.  By following the germination suggestions, I had good results and ended up with a few seedlings, which are now more like saplings!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6331\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6331\" class=\"wp-image-6331\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7929-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6332\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6332\" class=\"wp-image-6332\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_7928-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some photos of the progress of these plants from the time they were started a year ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4896\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/dsc08522\/\" class=\"wp-image-4896\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08522.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132-768x1024.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4895\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/dsc08523\/\" class=\"wp-image-4895\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC08523-e1548046169132.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977-768x1024.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4933\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_6330\/\" class=\"wp-image-4933\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_6330-e1550533741977.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acacia baileyana is a classic cool greenhouse plant.  It supposedly blooms when fairly young and can be kept at a reasonable size.  Twice before I tried to get seeds to start and failed, so I\u2019m pretty thrilled to have year-old trees that are eighteen inches tall.  The foliage is elegant, but the purple tinge that the seedlings showed when young has faded.  I suspect that the greenhouse is too shady to bring out the \u201cpurpurea\u201d genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 plans for these plants will be to pot them up in half potting soil, half sand and feed them well in the spring.  They will go outside once winter leaves for good, probably in a sunny spot on the driveway, where they may once again find their purple genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are young, fun plants\u2013I grew them from seed last year. The seeds came from Australian Seeds. By following the germination suggestions, I had good results and ended up with a few seedlings, which are now more like saplings! Here are some photos of the progress of these plants from the time they were started &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/27\/plant-a-day-2020-day-18-acacia-dealbata-purpurea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plant-A-DAy 2020 (Day 18) Acacia Baileyana &#8220;Purpurea&#8221;<\/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-6330","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\/6330","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=6330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6337,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions\/6337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}