{"id":8803,"date":"2011-05-31T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:31:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:31:43","slug":"inside-plants-take-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2011\/05\/inside-plants-take-summer-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Plants take a Summer Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont5.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">This last weekend of May, not only marks the last frost-free date for us in New England, but it also is the start of our long, hot summer. With three weeks of cool rain, we have all been eager to get out and get some some, for with temperatures in the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s, and relative humidity just as high, it does indeed feel as if it is suddenly summer.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">I use this last weekend in May to relocate houseplants and greenhouse tropicals from the glasshouse, to the deck stairs, the terrace and to other places around the garden. Camellias and other sturdier plants that can handle some cool frost have all been moved out earlier this spring, but now it is safe to move the most tender tropicals, even begonias. Below, I share some before and after shots, showing just how important these potted plants are to our outside living spaces. It now suddenly, feels like summer, again.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont2.jpg?resize=399%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"399\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Before plants arrive back out&#8230;.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont3.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&#8230;.and after plant collections are tiered onto the stairs.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont4.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Be careful when placing houseplants out for the summer, for they will burn quickly unless you gradually acclimate them to the bright sunshine. My plants live in a glass greenhouse, so they are more adaptive, and can be placed in full sun right away. I like to mix pots of summer-blooming bulbs, agave, cacti, succulents like Gasteria, even trees like Japanese Maples and pines.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont7.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">AN AGAVE COLLECTION LINE ONE SIDE OF THE STAIRWAY.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cont6.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Ferns and orchids also find a shady niche where they can be watered easily twice a day with rainwater.<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This last weekend of May, not only marks the last frost-free date for us in New England, but it also is the start of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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