{"id":9507,"date":"2014-05-11T01:45:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T08:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9507"},"modified":"2014-05-06T02:58:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T09:58:01","slug":"first-flowers-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/art-and-sculpture\/photos\/first-flowers-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"First Flowers of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring sprung early this year and then lasted and lasted. Many are now faded and just a happy memory. Get your cameras in use to record what plants are where and how good they looked.<br \/>\n<a title=\"IMG_3667 by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/5389834676\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5098\/5389834676_c17fffac5f.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3667\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You never tire of seeing the first snowdrops of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3670 by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/5389230599\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5298\/5389230599_ffb0bc7c0e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3670\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) are also amongst the first spring bulbs giving a lovely dash of yellow.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3666 by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/5389229675\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5093\/5389229675_4bc9fa91af.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3666\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both winter aconites and snowdrops do well in shady positions such as under trees. They are relatively low maintenance and once established can spread left to their own devices.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Coming Soon to Your Spring Garden<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4062\/4386081228_d8198e9486.jpg\" alt=\"crocus\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/crocus-planting-depth\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/crocus-planting-depth\/\">Crocus<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/daffodils2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/tips-for-growing-daffodils\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/tips-for-growing-daffodils\/\">Daffodils<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4047\/4550279129_24e099cc5e.jpg\" alt=\"tulips\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-tulips\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-tulips\/\">Tulips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/top-10-spring-shrubs\/\">Spring flowering shrubs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/first-spring-narcissus-in-pots\/\">Spring Narcissus in pots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring sprung early this year and then lasted and lasted. Many are now faded and just a happy memory. Get your cameras in use to record what plants are where and how good they looked. You never tire of seeing the first snowdrops of the year. Winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) are also amongst the first spring bulbs giving a lovely dash of yellow. Both winter aconites and snowdrops do well in shady positions such as under trees. They are relatively&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/art-and-sculpture\/photos\/first-flowers-of-spring\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}