{"id":189356,"date":"2026-04-18T08:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=189356"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:38:42","slug":"spring-for-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/spring-for-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring for the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Penstemon wrightii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re probably done with snow this year, and the temperature hasn’t quite hit 100\u2109 yet, though it’s come close. The big show is underway outside. Here are some of the early highlights.<\/p>\n

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Penstemon wrightii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Penstemon wrightii<\/i> is native to west Texas, but it survived a relatively mild Kansas winter.<\/p>\n

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Polemoniun reptans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Polemonium reptans<\/i> does fine in the shade here with a little extra water.<\/p>\n

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Polemoniun reptans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Linum narbonense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Linum narbonense<\/i> flowers open a darker blue than the more familiar Linum perenne<\/i>, though they fade a bit as the day progresses.<\/p>\n

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Stanleya pinnata, Linum narbonense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dianthus gratianopolitanus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clematis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clematis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cerastium tomentosum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Geranium sanguineum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Penstemon mensarum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This year’s seedlings two weeks ago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phlox grayi<\/a><\/i> is still blooming, though probably not for much longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re probably done with snow this year, and the temperature hasn’t quite hit 100\u2109 yet, though it’s come close. The big show is underway outside. Here are some of the early highlights.<\/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-189356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-Ng8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189356","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=189356"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189367,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189356\/revisions\/189367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}