{"id":2388,"date":"2009-08-25T05:01:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T05:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2009-08-25T05:01:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T05:01:20","slug":"seasonal-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/seasonal-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tulips-in-the-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tulips-in-the-snow.jpg\" alt=\"tulips-in-the-snow\" width=\"780\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aesthetics and perfume\u00a0of flowers have always attracted&#8230;however I know little about\u00a0the cultivation of plants. [http:\/\/freshpalette.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/tulips.html] So I will indulge in\u00a0some self-education in an attempt to at least improve my awareness and save myself from future embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>The results of my research:<\/p>\n<p>1) Tulips are one of the earliest flowers to bud. Because they appear while there is still snow cover, spring\u00a0flowering bulbs are used to varying temperatures and will grow in spurts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/tulip-flowers\">http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/tulip-flowers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) The majority of tulips are not scented, but those that are scented have caused unexpected delight. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/sweetly-scented-tulips.aspx\">http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/sweetly-scented-tulips.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) Variegation in tulips are cause by a fungal infection! <a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/flowering-plants\/tulip-info.htm\">http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/flowering-plants\/tulip-info.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) Successful planting is like dance choreography! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bulb.com\/templates\/dispatcher.asp?page_id=21651\">http:\/\/www.bulb.com\/templates\/dispatcher.asp?page_id=21651<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6) Tulip fields make striking environmental art! Perhaps even offer the perfect opportunity to propose&#8230;.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalgraffiti.com\/featured\/tulip-fields-modern-art\/12899\">http:\/\/www.environmentalgraffiti.com\/featured\/tulip-fields-modern-art\/12899<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7) The first tulip festival was said to have taken place in Turkey during full moon with guests dressed in colours to harmonise with the flowers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/sweetly-scented-tulips.aspx\">http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/sweetly-scented-tulips.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8) Tulips grow in the\u00a0alpine region\u00a0of Kyrgyzstan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advantour.com\/kyrgyzstan\/flora-fauna.htm\">http:\/\/www.advantour.com\/kyrgyzstan\/flora-fauna.htm<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aesthetics and perfume\u00a0of flowers have always attracted&#8230;however I know little about\u00a0the cultivation of plants. [http:\/\/freshpalette.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/tulips.html] So I will indulge in\u00a0some self-education in an attempt to at least improve my awareness and save myself from future embarrassment. The results of my research: 1) Tulips are one of the earliest flowers to bud. Because they appear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}