{"id":20329,"date":"2017-04-07T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2017-04-07T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T06:04:32","slug":"spring-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=20329","title":{"rendered":"Spring in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The garden is bursting with spring colour at the moment. The clematis on the fence outside our kitchen window flowers first but is followed by the clematis on the rose arch. The one on the fence is a pink\/mauve but the one on the rose arch is a blue\/mauve.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20352\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20352\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20352\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20352\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pink_clematis.jpg\" alt=\"Clematis outside our kitchen window\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pink_clematis.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pink_clematis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pink_clematis-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clematis outside our kitchen window<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20343\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20343\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20343\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20343\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clematus_on_the_rose_arch.jpg\" alt=\"Clematis on the rose arch\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clematus_on_the_rose_arch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clematus_on_the_rose_arch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/clematus_on_the_rose_arch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clematis on the rose arch<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20344\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20344\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20344\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20344\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/so-pretty.jpg\" alt=\"It's so pretty\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/so-pretty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/so-pretty-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/so-pretty-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I think the blue one is even prettier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These bell shaped clematis are the only ones that do well in this garden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20346\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20346\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20346\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20346\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tulips_when_closed.jpg\" alt=\"These tulips are bright when closed\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tulips_when_closed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tulips_when_closed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tulips_when_closed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These tulips are bright when closed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20347\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20347\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20347\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20347\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vibrant_tulips_when_open.jpg\" alt=\"But are absolutely vibrant when open\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vibrant_tulips_when_open.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vibrant_tulips_when_open-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vibrant_tulips_when_open-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But are absolutely vibrant when open<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These tulips have been here since we moved in ten years ago and flower every year but have never made more. The group of four stays just the same every year which sort of amuses me.<\/p>\n<p>Primulas on the other hand, have spread all over the garden and pulmonarias spread like weeds. Even the hellebores are spreading. I love seeing the changes in the garden through the seasons and also through the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The garden is bursting with spring colour at the moment. The clematis on the fence outside our kitchen window flowers first but is followed by the clematis on the rose arch. 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