{"id":211,"date":"2003-05-09T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2003-05-10T04:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.5\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:01:46","slug":"acanthus-mollis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/plant-highlights\/acanthus-mollis\/","title":{"rendered":"Acanthus mollis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone who visits my garden in April or May is stopped dead in their tracks by Acanthus mollis. It&#8217;s so big. And it&#8217;s floral spike is bizarre and somewhat menacing.<\/p>\n<p>Acanthus mollis is not really a good landscape plant in Austin, although it can be useful if you have a very shady site. It needs lots of water. As soon as the temperatures reach the 90s, it wilts and looks about as attractive as cooked spinach. Once the summer gets really hot, it fades away leaving a big hole in the border design. But when temperatures cool off in the fall, it&#8217;s back again. Fall and winter (if it&#8217;s not too cold) are it&#8217;s best seasons. In spring, the leaves are often ravaged by spring cankerworms and whatever beetles are about.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one tough plant, though, and keeps coming back despite my neglect. People in more temperate climate consider it a pest.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/photos\/320\/AcanthusMollis1.jpg\" alt=\"photo: Acanthus mollis\" width=\"320px\" \/><br \/>\n2003-05-09. Acanthus mollis. Austin, Texas. (zone 8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/photos\/320\/AcanthusMollis2.jpg\" alt=\"photo: Acanthus mollis\" width=\"320px\"\/><br \/>\n2003-05-09. Acanthus mollis. Austin, Texas. (zone 8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/5220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}