{"id":3062,"date":"2010-04-23T10:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T14:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2018-05-28T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T17:48:21","slug":"for-the-vase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3062","title":{"rendered":"For the Vase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>We had ferocious, 30-knot winds Wednesday.  All night the old wooden house was buffeted and storm-tossed, creaking and groaning like she was about to slip her foundation moorings.  The wind chimes clanged like alarm bells.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t sleep past 4 a.m. because I just had to check for damage.  No trees or big branches were brought down, but there were some stalks of alstroemeria flattened, so I cut them for a vase.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/thurs422046.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I rarely rob the garden to cut flowers for vases.  The lavender was a gift from my neighbor last night.  The only other bloom is a single stalk of the gladiolus &#8216;Atom,&#8217; red bloom rimmed in white, which was stubbornly growing to face away from view, so it got the chop too.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/thurs422016.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The morning was absolutely still, not a breath of wind, and there had been a light rain during the night.   Perfect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/thurs422007.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I used a stick to redirect more lax alstroemeria stems off helpless neighbors.  Did this last summer quite a bit too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/tues42010004.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beautiful, rambunctious plant, with lots of blooms for the garden and lots to spare for vases. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/tues42010001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(But never turn your back on it, and keep a <em>sharp eye out at all times<\/em>.) <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/thurs41510039.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s going to be lots more vases ahead for these lilies of Peru.<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had ferocious, 30-knot winds Wednesday. All night the old wooden house was buffeted and storm-tossed, creaking and groaning like she was about to slip her foundation moorings. The wind chimes clanged like alarm bells. 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