{"id":8100,"date":"2020-06-29T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2020-07-02T02:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T02:28:27","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-184-mdicago-sativa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/29\/plant-a-day-2020-day-184-mdicago-sativa\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 184) Medicago sativa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My brother brought me this plant for the memory garden in 2018. We were unclear about its identity, but I\u2019ve since done some research and found out it is alfalfa! How sadly citified must I be that I didn\u2019t recognize such a well-known crop plant? The plant is surprisingly ornamental. It gets big and bushy\u2013three feet tall and wide and starts blooming in June with soft lavender-blue clover-like flower heads. It is planted in a tough spot under in poor soil under a Douglas fir tree and shrugs off that adversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n