{"id":18,"date":"2021-01-20T16:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2021-03-28T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T21:29:20","slug":"bloodroot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/20\/bloodroot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodroot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-768x1024.png 768w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-225x300.png 225w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-1152x1536.png 1152w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-1536x2048.png 1536w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2-1568x2091.png 1568w, http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bloodroot\u00a0<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Sanguinaria Canadensis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the earliest Native woodlands. Its early blooms are fleeting but are a harbinger of warm weather.   The emergence of the blooms (illustrated in the photo above) is also one of the charms of the plant.  The full leaves gives them an entirely different appearance post bloom. They like hillsides to self seed down and need an area you remember to leave alone when they are dormant.  I grow crocus, ferns and hostas to mark their area.  Very distinctive foliage makes them attractive through the spring with them eventually going dormant (and disappearing) in summer.\u00a0 The roots were used as a dye by Native Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Full to partial shade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Color: &nbsp; &nbsp; White<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Time:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Early April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloom Height: &nbsp; 6-8 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foliage Height:&nbsp; 6-10 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Habit: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tight clump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moisture:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Normal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uses:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Early spring show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloodroot\u00a0 &#8211; Sanguinaria Canadensis One of the earliest Native woodlands. Its early blooms are fleeting but are a harbinger of warm weather. The emergence of the blooms (illustrated in the photo above) is also one of the charms of the plant. The full leaves gives them an entirely different appearance post bloom. They like hillsides&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/20\/bloodroot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bloodroot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shade","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/workinggardens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}