{"id":12295,"date":"2012-06-15T08:17:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T16:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=12295"},"modified":"2012-07-17T17:47:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T01:47:01","slug":"spring-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/spring-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave’s parents keep a beautiful garden at their home in Western Pennsylvania. Certainly, their cold winters aren’t very conducive for orchids, but there’s no shortage of other stunning plants. We visited earlier this month, which was the perfect time to enjoy brilliant blooms and new spring growth.<\/p>\n

\"Clematis<\/a>\"Peony<\/a>\"Japanese<\/a><\/p>\n

With a great spring display, it’s easy to see why Mountain Laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower<\/a>. Its masses of bright pink buds look like pieces of candy, but then open into elegant white blooms. From another area of the garden, a mini conifer seems to float on a sea of pebbles.<\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a>\"Mountain<\/a>\"Dwarf<\/a><\/p>\n

Variegated leaves provide color and interest, with or without flowers. Along with diverse hues and shapes, textures run the gamut. Lamb’s Ear sports incredibly soft leaves which feel as luxurious as a fine fabric.<\/p>\n

\"Hakone<\/a>\"Water<\/a>\"Lamb's<\/a><\/p>\n

No garden is complete without an abundance of creatures. Dave snapped some great shots of hummingbirds visiting a feeder. Finally, another garden companion surveys his turf. We all enjoyed our time in this enchanting spring garden.<\/p>\n

\"Male<\/a>\"Female<\/a>\"Chance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave’s parents keep a beautiful garden at their home in Western Pennsylvania. Certainly, their cold winters aren’t very conducive for orchids, but there’s no shortage of other stunning plants. We visited earlier this month, which was the perfect time to enjoy brilliant blooms and new spring growth. With a great spring display, it’s easy to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-gardening","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12295"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12332,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions\/12332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}