{"id":142117,"date":"2023-09-03T06:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=142117"},"modified":"2023-09-03T06:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:12:39","slug":"african-violet-hour-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/african-violet-hour-21\/","title":{"rendered":"African Violet    hour 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African Violet<\/p>\n<p>Compact, low-growing, slow-growing<br \/>\nhouseplant with thick, fuzzy leaves and<br \/>\nclusters of petaled flowers that bloom<br \/>\nseveral times a year.<\/p>\n<p>They can be persnickety if ignored,<br \/>\nlove bright, diffused warm conditions<br \/>\ndevoid of drafts, yet appreciate a soft<br \/>\nbreeze to keep from being stuffy.<\/p>\n<p>They want to be watered regularly but<br \/>\nnot too much that their roots rot or<br \/>\ntoo dry that their leaves shrivel. They<br \/>\nwill not wade in water.<\/p>\n<p>Do not get their leaves wet, water<br \/>\nfrom beneath or plant in a two-stage<br \/>\npot that holds below the plant. They<br \/>\nwill not flower if mistreated.<\/p>\n<p>Their blooms come in pinks, whites,<br \/>\nand several shades of purple that add<br \/>\ndrama to your windowsill. Prepare<br \/>\nto be their slave.<\/p>\n<p>When you compare their traits,<br \/>\nthey are much like a mother-n-law,<br \/>\nbossy with needs and wants, pesky<br \/>\nfor you to jump through hoops,<\/p>\n<p>and even then, they may not perform.<br \/>\nGet a silk plant; they look authentic,<br \/>\nso lifelike, your guests will never guess<br \/>\nit can\u2019t fail to please.<\/p>\n<p>~ J R Turek Hour 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Violet Compact, low-growing, slow-growing houseplant with thick, fuzzy leaves and clusters of petaled flowers that bloom several times a year. They can be persnickety if ignored, love bright, diffused warm conditions devoid of drafts, yet appreciate a soft breeze to keep from being stuffy&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142131,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142117\/revisions\/142131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}