{"id":9997,"date":"2016-08-16T05:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T04:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9997"},"modified":"2016-08-05T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T11:09:21","slug":"growing-convolvulus-cneorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/growing-convolvulus-cneorum\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Convolvulus Cneorum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Madiera mch11 220 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5591480879\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5106\/5591480879_4159dec414.jpg\" alt=\"Madiera mch11 220\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Convolvulus is synonymous with bindweed that grows in poor soil and is notably hard to eradicate. However there are some species of Convovulus that are worth a space in a Mediterranean style garden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convolvulus cneorum<\/strong> is a compact evergreen shrub with narrow, oblong, silvery leaves. The numerous flowers are funnel-shaped white flushed with pink when in bud.<br \/>\nGrow in well-drained soil or gritty compost in a sheltered spot in full sun.<br \/>\nThe plants are not frost hardy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convolvulus White Ensign<\/strong> (Flash Seeds) is a dwarf Morning Glory with clusters of white, trumpet flowers with yellow centres!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convolvulus Eneorum<\/strong> will withstand a north facing or east facing wall but also dislikes heavy frost. The grey leaved shrubs can grow to 3 foot high and wide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/organic-gardening-bindweed\/\">Organic Control of Bindweed<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Weedkillers for Bindweed<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000TAUNNA\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B000TAUNNA.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000TAUNNA\/richardpettin-21\">Roundup Weedkiller concentrate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000TAXYTU\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B000TAXYTU.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000TAXYTU\/richardpettin-21\">Handy spray gun<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acceptable Convolvulus and unacceptable bindweed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9997","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=9997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}