{"id":435,"date":"2010-06-15T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idenk.co.uk\/ideasdigest\/?p=435"},"modified":"2010-10-04T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T08:47:19","slug":"weed-it-out-or-let-it-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/weed-it-out-or-let-it-blossom\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed it out or let it blossom?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that gardening time of year.\u00a0 Depending on your level of expertise, it can be hard to distinguish a\u00a0plant you want to keep from a weed you want to get rid of.<\/p>\n

And depending on the garden design,\u00a0cultural norms and personal preferences, it is possible to categorise a plant one way or the other.\u00a0 The Rhododendron or Russian Vine can be loved or loathed in different parts of the world and different gardens.<\/p>\n

Is this a prickly weed where it shouldn’t be? Or a prized species that will flower to delight all who see it?<\/p>\n

\"Berkhaya\"<\/p>\n

Before cutting something down or pulling it out, being clear on what is of value is important.<\/p>\n

What creative ideas could you hold onto before casting them aside?\u00a0 It took a while for the ineffectual glue that became essential for the Post-It Note to be appreciated.<\/p>\n

PS it’s Berkheya purpurea<\/a>, native of southern africa and\u00a0growing happily in Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s that gardening time of year.\u00a0 Depending on your level of expertise, it can be hard to distinguish a\u00a0plant you want to keep from a weed you want to get rid of. And depending on the garden design,\u00a0cultural norms and personal preferences, it is possible to categorise a plant one way or the other.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[98,38,16,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.idenk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}