{"id":7978,"date":"2020-06-19T04:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T04:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7978"},"modified":"2020-06-20T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T16:43:33","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-173-linaria-purpurea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/19\/plant-a-day-2020-day-173-linaria-purpurea\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 173) Linaria purpurea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The driveway bed features both the purple species and the pink Canon Went clone of this fun plant. The originals came in a pot that sister Cate shared and these generous spreaders have made themselves at home in the border and in pots ever since. Bees love these flowers, which is fun to watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possibly because of the late spring, a few of these plants have really grown tall this year\u2013approaching six feet! They usually top out at half that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n