{"id":54257,"date":"2014-04-26T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T14:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=54257"},"modified":"2014-04-26T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T19:45:43","slug":"waxflowers-in-bloom-at-grand-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=54257","title":{"rendered":"waxflowers in bloom at Grand Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2014\/P1015039.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015039.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><big>The last time I worked at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse prompted this <a href=\"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=33762\">post<\/a> on Grand Park*.<br \/>\nYesterday the waxflowers were in bloom, an Australian shrub that most likely passed completely unnoticed at my last visit.<br \/>\nThe waxflower, or chamelaucium, is a member of the myrtle family.  Its tiny, needle-like, evergreen leaves are arguably past the point of subtlety, but wonderfully adapted to sun and drought.<br \/>\nFrom a distance, for a moment the foamy mass had me guessing Baja spurge, Euphorbia xanti.   <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2014\/P1015041.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015041.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Branches of the waxflower are familiar to everyone as a perfunctory addition to mixed bunches from grocery stores.<br \/>\nBut they are not seen in gardens much anymore.  A single shrub is possibly a bit too precious.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2014\/P1015036.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015036.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Massed in the landscape they are wild things again, as good with concrete as they are with a vase.<\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n<p>*August 30-31, 2014, 50,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladowntownnews.com\/news\/huge-grand-park-concert-back-on\/article_231e3458-c591-11e3-991b-0019bb2963f4.html\">Made in America Festival<\/a> attendees will sprawl across Grand Park.  Watch out for the plants, people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I worked at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse prompted this post on Grand Park*. Yesterday the waxflowers were in bloom, an Australian shrub that most likely passed completely unnoticed at my last visit. 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