{"id":9181,"date":"2014-11-10T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:59:16","slug":"dream-of-spring-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/garden-visits\/dream-of-spring-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream of Spring Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Spring Flowers by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/4556625073\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4556625073_53d6e4d0b3.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Flowers\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it comes up towards Christmas there is less you can do in the garden. Perhaps it is time for gardeners tips to help you dream of your perfect spring garden.<\/p>\n<p>The mix of plants\u00c2\u00a0 varies according to location and a gardeners peccadilloes. Bulbs are a firm favourite from Africa to Zetland. The range and selection is enormous and you are seldom disappointed for the first season at least.<\/p>\n<p>Snowdrops followed by Aconites and Daffodils start the spring show. A bold splash of colour from Primroses, Primulas and Tulips <em>above<\/em> will kick start your garden patch.<br \/>\nRockeries look a picture in spring as the smaller plants get to bloom their socks off.<br \/>\nMy personal favourite is the Rhododendrons and Azalea bed <em>below<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rhododendron April blossom by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4527851500\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/4527851500_0e5a28a721.jpg\" alt=\"Rhodo blossom\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Alternative Spring In Madeira<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Monte Palace Tropical Garden<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Madeira Botanical Garden<\/li>\n<li>Orchid Garden<\/li>\n<li>Palheiro Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Santa Catarina Park<\/li>\n<li>Municipal Garden also known as the Donna Am\u00c3\u00a9lia Garden<\/li>\n<li>Parque Municipal do Monte<\/li>\n<li>Quinta Jardins do Imperador<\/li>\n<li>Quinta Palmeira<\/li>\n<li>Jardim de Santa Luzia<\/li>\n<li>Quinta das Cruzes<\/li>\n<li>Jardim do Almirante Reis<\/li>\n<li>Parque de Santa Catarina<\/li>\n<li>Quinta Vigia<\/li>\n<li>Jardim do Hosp\u00c3\u00adcio Princesa D. Maria Am\u00c3\u00a9lia<\/li>\n<li>Magn\u00c3\u00b3lia a wonderful park and garden located near Funchal,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or view these gardens from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madeira-web.com\/PagesUK\/monte-palace.php\">Madeira web cam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it comes up towards Christmas there is less you can do in the garden. Perhaps it is time for gardeners tips to help you dream of your perfect spring garden. The mix of plants\u00c2\u00a0 varies according to location and a gardeners peccadilloes. Bulbs are a firm favourite from Africa to Zetland. The range and selection is enormous and you are seldom disappointed for the first season at least. Snowdrops followed by Aconites and Daffodils start the spring show. A&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/garden-visits\/dream-of-spring-flowers\/\"> 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":[244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-visits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181","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=9181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}