{"id":87,"date":"2008-05-11T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T23:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/11\/more-garden-blooms\/"},"modified":"2010-05-02T16:47:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T00:47:53","slug":"more-garden-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/11\/more-garden-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"More Garden Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With lots of cool days this Spring, our backyard garden has been slow to start. But with mild temperatures and longer days, it&#8217;s finally filling in. Enjoy these (non-orchid) photos.<\/p>\n<p>Our yard is partially shaded by our neighbors&#8217; trees, so the poppies don&#8217;t receive enough sun until mid-Spring. This was one of the first to open this year.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Poppy flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/california_poppy_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/california_poppy_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This variety of Iris is a California native, and it&#8217;s been blooming for a few weeks now. This latest flower is a bit damaged by the elements, but beautiful nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Iris flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/california_iris_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/california_iris_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Iris flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave noticed a Valerian plant growing in one of the flower beds a few weeks ago. They&#8217;re not natives, but they grow wild all over the SF Bay Area. This one probably volunteered from a seed arriving via wind or bird. The flower buds are just starting to form in this photo.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Valerian leaves and flower buds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/valerian_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/valerian_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Valerian leaves and flower buds\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s 1 more pic of some small yellow flowers on an unidentified plant in the back of the garden.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yellow flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/yellow_flowers_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/yellow_flowers_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re missing your orchid fix, don&#8217;t worry. I&#8217;ll have another orchid post for you soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With lots of cool days this Spring, our backyard garden has been slow to start. But with mild temperatures and longer days, it&#8217;s finally filling in. Enjoy these (non-orchid) photos. Our yard is partially shaded by our neighbors&#8217; trees, so the poppies don&#8217;t receive enough sun until mid-Spring. This was one of the first to [&hellip;]<\/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-87","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\/87","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=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}