{"id":8509,"date":"2021-12-31T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8509"},"modified":"2022-01-01T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:53:19","slug":"new-plants-and-seeds-purchased-the-last-day-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8509","title":{"rendered":"New Plants and Seeds Purchased the Last Day of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Milkweed<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Early 2021 I purchased milkweed seed and planted them in flats and directly in the gardens. Only a single plant survived. Well, this is it today. Not sure how much longer it will survive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkweedPlant_IMG_1672.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed Plant\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tropical Milkweed, that is not recommended for Monarchs, doesn\u2019t seem to die back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Milkweed_IMG_1673.jpg\" alt=\"Tropical Milkweed Plants\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Milkweed_IMG_1674.jpg\" alt=\"Tropical Milkweed Plants\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Volunteer plants have occurred.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Milkweed_IMG_1679.jpg\" alt=\"Tropical Milkweed Volunteer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The annoying thing is that I planted the proper milkweed seed in the exact locations and not a single sprout.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkweedSeeds_IMG_1644.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed Seeds\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I planted the seed, I unfortunately found two Monarch caterpillars. They should have gone through the chrysalis cycle and been on their journey to someplace warmer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Monarch1_IMG_1711.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Monarch2_IMG_1713.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Concerned about them. The night temperature has been in the low 40s. I have tried caring for caterpillars in the past with no success. I hate leaving them on their own, but right now I am waiting to see what happens.<\/p>\n<p><b>Kalanchoe blossfeldiana<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Kalanchoe_IMG_1668.jpg\" alt=\"Kalanchoe\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Kalanchoe_blossfeldiana_IMG_1707.jpg\" alt=\"Kalanchoe\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tillandsias Pretty Boy<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasPB1_IMG_1642.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias pretty boy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Removed the wire hanger and constructed a hanger of linen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasPB2_IMG_1648.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias pretty boy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasPB3_IMG_1656.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias pretty boy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasPB4_IMG_1666.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias pretty boy flowers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tillandsias Houston Colossus<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasHC1_IMG_1641.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias Houston Colossus\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made a wee linen basket for this plant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TillandsiasHC2_IMG_1659.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias Houston Colossus\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Tillandsias_IMG_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Tillandsias hanging from shelf\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They frame my laptop, how cool is that?!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milkweed Early 2021 I purchased milkweed seed and planted them in flats and directly in the gardens. Only a single plant survived. Well, this is it today. Not sure how much longer it will survive. The tropical Milkweed, that is not recommended for Monarchs, doesn\u2019t seem to die back. Volunteer plants have occurred. The annoying &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Plants and Seeds Purchased the Last Day of 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-plants","category-succulents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8509"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8516,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8509\/revisions\/8516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}