{"id":9597,"date":"2020-12-25T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=9597"},"modified":"2020-12-25T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:25:24","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-348-nepeta-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/25\/plant-a-day-2020-day-348-nepeta-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 348) Nepeta species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I decided to replace the parking strip with a memory garden I knew I needed to grow as many plants as possible from seed to fill it out quickly. I chose three different types of catmint to try and now they feature prominently in the western-most side of that garden. They represent three very distinct types, with a low-growing small carpeter, a mid-sized sprawling fountain, and a sturdy, tall-growing clone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollinators seem to love these plants. They attract both bumble and honey bees. They are low-care features of the border and bloom for a long season. They also have fragrant foliage that makes pruning chores more fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catmint May 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Catmint May 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I was surprised how few photos I have of these plants and their flowers. I\u2019m already taking them for granted as the workhorses that they are and not doing a good job of showcasing their attributes. I\u2019ll improve my gallery in the coming year.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I decided to replace the parking strip with a memory garden I knew I needed to grow as many plants as possible from seed to fill it out quickly. I chose three different types of catmint to try and now they feature prominently in the western-most side of that garden. They represent three very … Continue reading Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 348) Nepeta species<\/span> →<\/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-9597","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\/9597","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=9597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9600,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597\/revisions\/9600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}