{"id":66055,"date":"2015-06-10T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T15:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=66055"},"modified":"2015-06-10T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T15:32:37","slug":"pepper-tree-courtyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=66055","title":{"rendered":"Pepper Tree courtyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big><center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015\/1-_MG_1556-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1556-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spotted locally around dusk, a front-house courtyard with Pepper Tree (Schinus molle), stone paving &#8220;grouted&#8221; with Dymondia margaretae.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015\/1-_MG_1552-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1552-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planting includes euphorbias, agaves, phormiums (or dianella) a small Cercis &#8216;Forest Pansy,&#8217; and purple irises in bloom near the side gate.<br \/>\nThere may possibly be bauhinias as well (pink flowers at roof height). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015\/1-_MG_1551-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1551-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plantings are repeated the length of the entrance garden, including a cercis on either side of the front walkway, another pepper tree at the far end.<br \/>\nAeonium-filled black urns flank the arched entranceway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015\/1-_MG_1550.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1550.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It struck me as such a vibrant example of reimagining the space from the front door to the sidewalk.<br \/>\nImagine how dreary and perfunctory the same images would be if replaced with lawn.<br \/>\nPrivate yet still inviting, full of interest but mindful of an overall quiet balance, showcase and shady retreat in one stroke.  Nailed it!<\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotted locally around dusk, a front-house courtyard with Pepper Tree (Schinus molle), stone paving &#8220;grouted&#8221; with Dymondia margaretae. Planting includes euphorbias, agaves, phormiums (or dianella) a small Cercis &#8216;Forest Pansy,&#8217; and purple irises in bloom near the side gate. There &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=66055\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[28,551,2423,898],"tags":[2598,2856,1108,1929,2657],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-hbp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66055"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66055"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66074,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66055\/revisions\/66074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}