{"id":292,"date":"2017-02-18T11:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2017-02-18T11:42:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:42:43","slug":"crepe-myrtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/crepe-myrtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Crepe Myrtle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WaterDropletOnCollardLeaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WaterDropletOnCollardLeaf-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beads of water on a green leaf with white veins\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water droplets on a collard leaf. I think it is a beautiful sight. I hope you do to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crepe Myrtle is a common ornamental around Houston. It is easy to understand why when you see the showy blossoms thriving in July heat. It is a heat that kills just about everything except okra and collards so the pillars of pink are welcome by many. I find it garish and so I was thinking of removing the two in my yard and replacing them with veggie beds. Ah, that is but a dream, for now I will enjoy their low maintenance beauty.<br \/>\nI also came across this interesting information while learning about Crepe Myrtles, check it out!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/crapemyrtletrails.org\/crape-myrtle-history\/\">http:\/\/crapemyrtletrails.org\/crape-myrtle-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ps- The reason the photo is of collards is because Crepe Myrtle is not very photogenic in the winter, more photos in the summer, I promise.<\/p>\n<p>~ Lisa<\/p>\n<p>pps- this post is referenced in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/18\/dream-garden\/\">Dream Garden<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>pps- Collards are a constant companion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crepe Myrtle is a common ornamental around Houston. It is easy to understand why when you see the showy blossoms thriving in July heat. It is a heat that kills just about everything except okra and collards so the pillars of pink are welcome by many. I find it garish and so I was thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}