{"id":546,"date":"2012-03-17T23:57:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T04:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2012-03-18T07:09:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T12:09:38","slug":"the-springtime-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"The Springtime Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and pinks and whites. The first of these was actually taken yesterday but the rest were from today, all in our yard. I love <em>Chionodoxa<\/em> (Glory-of-the-snow, so-called because it blooms early when it&#8217;s still cold, except is hasn&#8217;t been). I&#8217;m particularly fond of the blue varieties but this pink one is nice and has the added advantage of being tall enough to bloom above the <em>Pachysandra<\/em>. Most varieties are too short for that. <\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-546 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120316_030531.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120316_030531-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White Hyacinth\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120316_030531-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120316_030531-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-548'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite Hyacinth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030568.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030568-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Periwinkle (Vinca minor)\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030568-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030568-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-549'>\n\t\t\t\tPeriwinkle (<em>Vinca minor<\/em>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030571.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030571-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chionodoxa forbesii var. &#039;Pink Giant&#039;\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030571-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030571-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-550'>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Chionodoxa forbesii<\/em> var. &#x2018;Pink Giant&#x2019;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030575.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030575-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chionodoxa forbesii var. &#039;Pink Giant&#039;\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030575-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030575-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" 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lucilae<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030586.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030586-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chionodoxa lucilae\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030586-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/img_20120317_030586-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-553'>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Chionodoxa lucilae<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and pinks and whites. The first of these was actually taken yesterday but the rest were from today, all in our yard. I love Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-snow, so-called because it blooms early when it&#8217;s still cold, except is hasn&#8217;t been). I&#8217;m particularly fond of the blue varieties but this pink one is nice and has &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=546\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}