{"id":2352,"date":"2020-07-28T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T14:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T14:18:12","slug":"looking-good-today-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/looking-good-today-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking good today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2352 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pots_near_path_to_back_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/red_day_lily_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2328'>\n\t\t\t\tRed day lily\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rhubarb_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2330'>\n\t\t\t\tRhubarb\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/reddish_fuchsia_lavender_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/melianthus_major_houttuynia_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2323'>\n\t\t\t\tMelianthus major &#038; houttuynia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lysimachia_ciliata_firecraker_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2322'>\n\t\t\t\tLysimachia &#8216;Firecracker&#8217;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/path_to_front_door_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ox_eye_daisies_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/edelweiss_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2314'>\n\t\t\t\tEdelweiss\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gladiolus_plum_tart_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gladiolus_plum_tart_20200728-300x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gladiolus_plum_tart_20200728-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gladiolus_plum_tart_20200728-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gladiolus_plum_tart_20200728.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2321'>\n\t\t\t\tGladiolus &#8216;Plum tart&#8217;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cirsium_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cirsium_20200728-300x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cirsium_20200728-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cirsium_20200728-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cirsium_20200728.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2313'>\n\t\t\t\tCirsium\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acanthus_20200728.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The melianthus major went in last October and made a very slow start, but now it looks fine.<\/p>\n<p>The lysimachia is a thug, but easy to control, and very attractive.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another gladiolus &#8216;Plum tart&#8217; in a pot at the front. Not so far out. They&#8217;re overwintered in their pots by the compost heap.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third year the edelweiss has flowered in its pot, which it shares with Tulipa &#8216;Golden Apeldoorn&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year the cirsium have flowered. Success.<\/p>\n<p>The day lily is my favourite of the three I&#8217;ve got. The others are a plain bright yellow, and a pink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The melianthus major went in last October and made a very slow start, but now it looks fine. The lysimachia is a thug, but easy to control, and very attractive. There&#8217;s another gladiolus &#8216;Plum tart&#8217; in a pot at the front. Not so far out. They&#8217;re overwintered in their pots by the compost heap. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pictures","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2357,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}