{"id":9693,"date":"2021-01-12T04:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T04:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2021-01-12T04:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T04:47:15","slug":"early-2021-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/12\/early-2021-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Early 2021 Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I spent some time in the greenhouse this weekend and found a few happy surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, sister Cate had sent me a link to the snowdrops blooming in British gardens and I realized I should check out my own. Sure enough, in the first week in January, they were already in bloom, the bravest of all garden bulbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first Clivia blooms have made an appearance! This seedling is blooming for the first time. I found it under the bench and so the color is maybe not fully developed yet. Within a few more days the color should adjust to the true hues. So far, though, it looks to be a peachy yellow, which might be really nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I dug this precocious plant out from under the bench and watered it well. I\u2019ll get more photos as the full flowers open in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as I was ready to give up on Cymbidium orchids due to poor blooming, my plants are all spiking this year! I fed them better than I had in the past and I think that made a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If I can keep the mold and mildew away, these should produce some amazing flowers. I am guessing there will be seven or eight spikes in all, maybe more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, also in the greenhouse, the Veltheimia bracteata bulbs have flower spikes coming, too! Their buds are beautifully intricate even before the flowers open. I need to get some magnified photos of them in the next few day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I spent some time in the greenhouse this weekend and found a few happy surprises. First of all, sister Cate had sent me a link to the snowdrops blooming in British gardens and I realized I should check out my own. Sure enough, in the first week in January, they were already in bloom, the … Continue reading Early 2021 Surprises<\/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-9693","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\/9693","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=9693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9708,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions\/9708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}