{"id":18505,"date":"2017-06-11T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T10:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18505"},"modified":"2017-06-11T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T10:50:59","slug":"beat-garden-blues-and-bee-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/art-and-sculpture\/photos\/beat-garden-blues-and-bee-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat Garden Blues and Bee Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumour that Bees are in terminal decline is not borne out in my garden this year. The Bees seem very happy on the blue flowers and I am happy as it gives me an excuse to show some more blue photographs (of flowers!).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18509 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bee-happy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bee-happy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bee-happy-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bee-happy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bee-happy-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>It is hard to be &#8216;blue&#8217; when your senses are fully engaged.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating a buzz provides a new sensory experience in the garden and it make a change from the sound of wind and the patter of rain.<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand I have just felt the pain from pruning a very prickly leaved Berberis that will now have fewer blue berries for the blackbirds later this year.<\/li>\n<li>The Californian Lilac below is exuding its share of perfume to scent the nostrils.<\/li>\n<li>I can barely wait for the Blueberry and Bilberry season to deliver the taste of my favourite fruit. I can&#8217;t think of a blue vegetable unless you count purple sprouting broccoli but if I have missed your favourite let me know.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Seeing red&#8217; as a phrase could be replaced with &#8216;seeing blue&#8217; when you consider some of the great blue flowering plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18289 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/first-test-026a-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/first-test-026a-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/first-test-026a-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/c-of-seanothus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/c-of-seanothus.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/c-of-seanothus-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ceanothus &#8211; Lilac blue<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18507\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/076.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/076-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/076-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hepatica Blue to Mauve<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium.jpg 306w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/delphinium-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Delphinium Deep Blue<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/wind-burn-on-hydreagea5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/wind-burn-on-hydreagea5.jpg 2238w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/wind-burn-on-hydreagea5-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Wind-burn-on-hydreagea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumour that Bees are in terminal decline is not borne out in my garden this year. The Bees seem very happy on the blue flowers and I am happy as it gives me an excuse to show some more blue photographs (of flowers!). It is hard to be &#8216;blue&#8217; when your senses are fully engaged. Creating a buzz provides a new sensory experience in the garden and it make a change from the sound of wind and the patter of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/art-and-sculpture\/photos\/beat-garden-blues-and-bee-happy\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-18505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-photos","tag-colour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}