{"id":171717,"date":"2023-04-21T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=171717"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:53:08","slug":"blues-and-purples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/blues-and-purples\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues and purples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-496x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-496x640.jpg 496w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-1588x2048.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne-1200x1548.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linum-perenne.jpg 1985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 85vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Linum perenne<\/em> puts on a good show when the neighborhood cats haven&#8217;t flattened it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-587x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-587x640.jpg 587w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-939x1024.jpg 939w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-768x838.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-1408x1536.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-1878x2048.jpg 1878w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-christophii-1200x1309.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 85vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer purple, there&#8217;s <em>Allium christophii<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-640x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-640x563.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-1536x1351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-2048x1802.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Phemeranthus-1200x1056.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hardy succulent <em>Talinum<\/em> (or <em>Phemeranthus<\/em>) <em>parviflorum<\/em> is more of a curiosity than a bedding plant, though it would work well in a rock garden. As the species name indicates, the flowers are small, and they open for just a few hours in the evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-573x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-573x640.jpg 573w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-1374x1536.jpg 1374w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-1832x2048.jpg 1832w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Allium-visitor-1200x1341.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 85vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other visitors to the garden are less destructive than cats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linum perenne puts on a good show when the neighborhood cats haven&#8217;t flattened it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-IFD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171835,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171717\/revisions\/171835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}