{"id":3863,"date":"2014-02-16T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2014-02-16T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T18:54:04","slug":"garden-bloggers-bloom-day-february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=3863","title":{"rendered":"Garden Blogger&#8217;s Bloom Day February 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3877\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Witch-Hazel-Diane-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3877\" alt=\"Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Witch-Hazel-Diane-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Witch-Hazel-Diane-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Witch-Hazel-Diane-1-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Witch-Hazel-Diane-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamamelis x intermedia &#8216;Diane&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very cold and snow-covered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maydreamsgardens.com\/2014\/02\/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-february-2014.html\">Garden Blogger&#8217;s Bloom Day<\/a> post, even one day late. \u00a0The only flower that shows in the yard is the super hardy red witch hazel that I&#8217;ve pictured above. \u00a0Everything else is frozen off or covered with a foot or more of snow. \u00a0I have hopes that things may thaw out this week in the mean time here are some of the greenhouse flowers that are maintaining my flower equilibrium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3875\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-purpurea-Skar-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3875\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3875\" alt=\"Oxalis purpurea 'Skar'\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-purpurea-Skar-2.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-purpurea-Skar-2.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-purpurea-Skar-2-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-purpurea-Skar-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oxalis purpurea &#8216;Skar&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3872\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-Geranium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3872\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3872\" alt=\"Ivy Geranium\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-Geranium.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-Geranium.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-Geranium-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-Geranium-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivy Geranium<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3873\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Yellow-Arabis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3873\" alt=\"Yellow Arabis\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Yellow-Arabis.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Yellow-Arabis.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Yellow-Arabis-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Yellow-Arabis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow Arabis<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3871\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Babiana-curviscapa-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3871\" alt=\"Babiana curviscapa\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Babiana-curviscapa-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Babiana-curviscapa-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Babiana-curviscapa-1-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Babiana-curviscapa-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babiana curviscapa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and the last of the many oxalis species is budding up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3874\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-compressa-double-form.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3874\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3874\" alt=\"Oxalis compressa double form\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-compressa-double-form.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-compressa-double-form.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-compressa-double-form-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Oxalis-compressa-double-form-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oxalis compressa double form<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As is the Ferraria ferrariola.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3876\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ferraria-ferrariola-budding-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3876\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3876\" alt=\"Ferraria ferrariola budding up\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ferraria-ferrariola-budding-up.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ferraria-ferrariola-budding-up.jpg 512w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ferraria-ferrariola-budding-up-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ferraria-ferrariola-budding-up-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ferraria ferrariola budding up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And in the house there are cheerful additions as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3870\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clivia-miniata-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3870\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3870\" alt=\"Clivia miniata\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clivia-miniata-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clivia-miniata-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clivia-miniata-1-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clivia-miniata-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clivia miniata<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3869\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amaryllis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3869\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3869\" alt=\"Amaryllis\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amaryllis.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amaryllis.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amaryllis-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Amaryllis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaryllis<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3867\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pink-Phalaenopsis-Orchid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3867\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3867\" alt=\"Pink Phalaenopsis Orchid\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pink-Phalaenopsis-Orchid.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pink-Phalaenopsis-Orchid.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pink-Phalaenopsis-Orchid-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pink-Phalaenopsis-Orchid-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Phalaenopsis Orchid<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3866\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Red-Orchid-Hybrid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3866\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3866\" alt=\"Red Orchid Hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Red-Orchid-Hybrid.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Red-Orchid-Hybrid.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Red-Orchid-Hybrid-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Red-Orchid-Hybrid-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Orchid Hybrid<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3882\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-Paphiopedilum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3882\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3882\" alt=\"Orchid Paphiopedilum\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-Paphiopedilum.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-Paphiopedilum.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-Paphiopedilum-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-Paphiopedilum-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchid Paphiopedilum<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3865\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/A-myriad-of-Orchid-Flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3865\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3865\" alt=\"A myriad of Orchid Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/A-myriad-of-Orchid-Flowers.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/A-myriad-of-Orchid-Flowers.jpg 512w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/A-myriad-of-Orchid-Flowers-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/A-myriad-of-Orchid-Flowers-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A myriad of Orchid Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3864\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-bower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3864\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3864\" alt=\"Orchid bower\" src=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-bower.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-bower.jpg 512w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-bower-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/macgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Orchid-bower-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchid bower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>May the sun shine on your garden (I can see it peeking through the clouds right now).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a very cold and snow-covered Garden Blogger&#8217;s Bloom Day post, even one day late. \u00a0The only flower that shows in the yard is the super hardy red witch hazel that I&#8217;ve pictured above. \u00a0Everything else is frozen off or covered with a foot or more of snow. \u00a0I have hopes that things may thaw out this week in the mean time here are some of the greenhouse flowers that are maintaining my flower equilibrium. and the last of the many oxalis species is budding up. As is the Ferraria ferrariola. And in the house there are cheerful additions as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,4,21,34,47],"tags":[11,38,49,53],"class_list":["post-3863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulbs","category-flowers","category-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","category-greenhouse","category-indoor-plants","tag-bulbs","tag-flowers","tag-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","tag-greenhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3863"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3886,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions\/3886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}