{"id":7476,"date":"2020-05-14T02:26:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2020-05-14T02:26:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T02:26:44","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-131-helianthemum-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/plant-a-day-2020-day-131-helianthemum-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 132) Helianthemum hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ordered these sun roses from a mail order nursery in 2018 as part of the memory garden.  They struggled the first in that former hell strip and I was afraid it was just too dry and full of roots to accommodate them.  However, they are pleasantly surprising me this year with a flush of bright flowers in a burnt orangey-red color that contrasts perfectly with the purple geraniums nearby.<\/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\/05\/IMG_8867.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7467\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_8867\/\" class=\"wp-image-7467\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8867-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=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7466\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_8868\/\" class=\"wp-image-7466\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8868-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=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7463\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/img_8871\/\" class=\"wp-image-7463\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8871-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\">These tough little guys don\u2019t need much to survive.  I don\u2019t think they really like the chip mulch that is thick on the memory garden, but they have overcome the mulch and found their way to health and beauty.  For 2020, I\u2019ll just make sure they get fed as needed and keep the weeds away from them so they can really spread out and provide an even more amazing show next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858-1024x970.jpg?resize=474%2C449\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7464\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858.jpg?resize=1024%2C970 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858.jpg?resize=300%2C284 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858.jpg?resize=768%2C728 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858.jpg?w=1222 1222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8870-scaled-e1589423136858.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered these sun roses from a mail order nursery in 2018 as part of the memory garden. They struggled the first in that former hell strip and I was afraid it was just too dry and full of roots to accommodate them. However, they are pleasantly surprising me this year with a flush of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/plant-a-day-2020-day-131-helianthemum-hybrid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 132) Helianthemum hybrid<\/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-7476","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\/7476","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=7476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7478,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions\/7478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}