{"id":4574,"date":"2015-05-16T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T03:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2015-05-16T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T03:21:14","slug":"garden-bloggers-bloom-day-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=4574","title":{"rendered":"Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"White-Pink<\/a>

White-Pink Tree Peony<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, I can’t believe that I completely missed the date for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day<\/a>. \u00a0Especially given that May is one of the most flower-filled months of the year. \u00a0So given that I am so late I will just hit the highlights without a lot of reflection. \u00a0The Peonies are well into their cycle with the species peonies and tree peonies just finishing up and the intersectionals (Itohs) just starting.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>

Yellow tree peony up close<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Paeonia<\/a>

Paeonia x ‘Morning Lilac’ single flower<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Paeonia<\/a>

Paeonia x ‘Morning Lilac’<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Paeonia<\/a>

Paeonia x ‘Scarlet Ohara’<\/p><\/div>\n

Many of the garden standards like Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Bearded Iris, Roses, and Clematis are starting up.<\/p>\n

\"Rhododendron<\/a>

Rhododendron chionoides<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Black<\/a>

Black and Blue Bearded Iris<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>

Yellow Bearded Iris<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Knockout<\/a>

Knockout Rose Red<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Azalea<\/a>

Azalea Exbury Hybrid ‘Klondyke’<\/p><\/div>\n

One strong growing plant with wonderful foliage in the monument bed is Virginia Waterleaf. \u00a0Based on last year’s aggressive spreading, I’m planning to cut this back after flowering and before seeds set.<\/p>\n

\"Virginia<\/a>

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hydrophyllum<\/a>

Hydrophyllum virginianum<\/p><\/div>\n

Right behind the waterleaf is an Enkianthus which holds myriad little bells at the moment.<\/p>\n

\"Enkianthus<\/a>

Enkianthus campanulatus<\/p><\/div>\n

Also a bit uncommon and quite nice is the Indian Aster.<\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/a>

Indian aster (Kalimeris indica)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the alpine bed and troughs there are lots of saxifrage and androsace in bloom.<\/p>\n

\"Androsace,<\/a>

Androsace, saxifrage, campanula, aubretia, and oxalis all blooming in the alpine bed<\/p><\/div>\n

But I continue to find the Lewisia particularly attractive.<\/p>\n

\"Lewisia<\/a>

Lewisia pygmaea<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lewisia<\/a>

Lewisia cotyledon<\/p><\/div>\n

My favorite flower in one of the large troughs right now is a very compact silvery dwarf harebell from Croatia that naturally forms a cushion of flowers.<\/p>\n

\"Silvery<\/a>

Silvery dwarf harebell (Edrianthus pumillo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Well that’s it for this month given that I am already a day late. \u00a0What a glorious time of year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, I can’t believe that I completely missed the date for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. \u00a0Especially given that May is one of the most flower-filled months of the year. \u00a0So given that I am so late I will just hit the highlights without a lot of reflection. \u00a0The Peonies are well into their cycle with the species peonies and tree peonies just finishing up and the intersectionals (Itohs) just starting. Many of the garden standards like Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Bearded Iris, Roses, and Clematis are starting up. One strong growing plant with wonderful foliage in the monument bed is Virginia Waterleaf. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21],"tags":[38,49],"class_list":["post-4574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","tag-flowers","tag-garden-bloggers-bloom-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574","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=4574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4597,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4574\/revisions\/4597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}